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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Fatal Fire. Six Lives Sacrificed. Several Persons Missing. Chicago

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 5

Six men were killed by a fire which gutted a Clark-street lodging house last night. One man jumped from the fourth floor, and was dashed to death on the…

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Fatal Fire. Five Persons Killed. Winnipeg

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 5

A fire has destroyed the international Harvester Coy.'s warehouse, during the course of which an explosion occurred burying three persons and two firemen. In…

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Local and General News. Damages Caused by Fire

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 2

At the Murwillumbah District Court on Saturday, D. J. Gillies sued W. McKeever, in which plaintiff, who is a brother of defendant's son-in-law,…

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Fire Outbreak

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 4

A fire broke out in the warehouse of the International Harvester Co., Glebe, this morning. A big conflagration was averted by…

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Coraki Fire Brigade

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 6

On Saturday last the municipal authorities took a referendum on the question of whether the Council should acquire the powers to establish a fire…

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Burnt Out Disastrous Bush Fires. Heat Wave in Western Australia Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 5

A heat wave in West Australia has caused disastrous bush fires in heavily timbered country in the South-west. Reports from Rridgetown, Warren, and Upper…

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Fire Brigade Disbands. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 5

At a meeting of the Bourke Fire Brigade it was unanimously decided that all the members should disband…

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Latest Telegrams a Destructive Fire. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 5

A fire at Drouin (Victoria) to-day destroyed £6000 worth of property…

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Destructive Fire. Cabinetmaking Premises Gutted. Thousands of Pounds Damages Done. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 13

The premises of Macgregor and Grant, cabinetmakers, at the Glebe, were destroyed by fire at about 9 o'clock last evening. The cellars of Sharpe Bros., cordial…

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Destructive Fire. Timber Mill Destroyed. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 5

Messrs, Parker and Lamb's timber mill at Auckland (N.Z.) was destriyed by fire, and the damage is estimated at £10,000…

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Printing Office Fire. the Builder" Burnt Out. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 5

A fire broke out in the "Builder", printing works in Kent-street early yesterday morning. The two top tloor with their contents were practically burnt out, while…

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Fatal Fire. a Brave Woman Rescurer. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 5

During the course of a fire in which a block of tenements: at Dartmouth was burnt, Mistress Maud Callard and her three children were Incinerated. The fourth…

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Fire Brigade Finances

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

Some time ago the Casino Council received a notification from the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. that in future their…

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Disastrous Fire in India. Calcutta

Northern Star · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 5

Three hundred houses at Peshawar have been burnt, causing many to be destitute…

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Burnt Out

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 4

Mr. Isaac Blanch, who some few months since established a general store at Braemar, on the railway line between Coombell and Rappville…

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Sawmill Destroyed by Fire. Damage Estimated at £1000

Northern Star · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 12

On Thursday morning, at three o'clock, the Main Arm sawmill on the Tweed River was discovered to be on fire, and in a short Lime after the outbreak the whole of…

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Fire at Ellis' Mill

Northern Star · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 8

Further inquiries in regard to the fire at the Main Arm sawmill show that about five of the workmen and Mr. Len King were passing the mill between 1.30 and 2…

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A Fire That Saved £60,000

Northern Star · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 6

After reading that the Equitable fire in New York destroyed property valued as high as £1,500,000, it is a trifle disturbing to be told that the insurance company,…

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Fire at West Wyalong, Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 5

A fire broke out in the Manchester Unity Oddfellows Hall at West, Wyalong this morning, and spread, to the Royal Hotel, and Turner's private dwelling. All three…

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A Faithful Retriever. Warns Household of Fire. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 5

Mr. P. H. IllinKworth, commissioner for Shipley division, with his wife, children, and servani, escaped in their night attire from a newly rented Elizabethan man…

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