Child's Painful Death. Clothes Caught Fire. Sydney
A child named Alice Cook, six years old, met with a painful death at Bango, near Yass. She was standing in front of the kitchen…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
343 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 18
The Fire Station
Lismore fire station or as a visiting official described it "the fowl house doing duty as a fire station" is certainly no [?]dit to the town, and it is to be hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire. Half the Main Street Demolished. Considerable Damage Done. Melbourne
A disastrous fire occurred at Sheep Hills, Victoria, yesterday morning, practically demolishing half of the main street. The outbreak originated in a fruit shop,…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Sheep Hills, near Warracknabeal (Vic.), on Sunday morning, which practically demolished half the main street. The outbreak started in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Fire in Sydney
EARLY last Monday morning a fire broke out in the furniture warehouse of W. W. Campbell and Company, Clarence and Kent-streets, Sydney. The brigrdes were soon on the spot…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Proposed Fire Brigade. Visit of Deputy Superintendent. Murwillumbah
Last night Mr. Sparks, Deputy Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, met aldermen anf explained matters in connection with the proposed fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Smithfield. Sydney
Carter's large general store at Smitfield was totally gutted by fire early yesterday morning. Nothing was saved, and the damage is estimated at £2000. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incendiary Fires in Berlin. Police Watching 7000 Houses. London
Two hundred incendiary fires have been reported in Berlin since February. The police are their their wit's end. watching seven thousand houses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire in America. London
A fire destroyed six business blocks and two hotels in Atlanta, Georgia. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Fire in Madrid. London
A fire in the working class quarter in Madrid destroyed 200 houses, rendering 300 families homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cadet "Camp Fire."
A "camp fire" in connection with the cadet encampment will be held to-night, when assistance will be given by the Town and Pipe Bands, as well as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires—Their Origin and Composition. A Fireman to Firemen
ON Monday night Deputh Superintendent Sparkes of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade gae a chaty address to the [?] of the Casino Fire Brigade, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire. Settler's Home Destroyed. Family's Narrow Escape Bathurst
A disastrous fire is reported from Kincora, near Rock Forest. A settler named Michael Murphy was burnt out and the inmates of the house…
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ON Sunday morning what might have resulted in a serious conflagration happened at Holloway's Imperial Hotel, Casino. It appears that a boarder, whose name is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Experience. Fire at Camperdown Grocery Store Destroyed. Sydney
A grocery shop kept by Miss Jane Murphy at Camperdown was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Miss Murphy and her sister word the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Fire. Sydney
What threatened to develop into a large conflagration occurred in Sussex Street last night. Flames were observed breaking though the roof of the premises occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cargo on Fire. Threatens to Prove Serious. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire broke out to-day at noon in the pargo of the steamer Ionic, 12,232 tons, which was lying alongside the railway wharf at Wellington loaded for London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire. Woman Burnt to Death. Parkes
The buildings at Cunich's cherry gardens were destroyed by fire last night. Mrs. Cunich perished in the flames, and when her remains were recovered only a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cargo on Fire. Still Burning Fiercely. Wellington (N.z.)
The fire in the cargo of the steamer Lonic is still burning [?] and it is probable that the forehold. where the fire occurred in the cargo of flax, will have to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post Office on Fire. Auckland (N.z.)
A fire broke out in the post office block of buildings at Wellington, New Zealand, last night. The flames, [?] by a fierce gale[?] a large portion of the older…
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