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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires
521 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 27
A fire was discovered in Mannington Chambers, Liverpool-street, early this morning. The outbreak occurred in the portion of the building occupied by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night Mr. St. Watson, third officer of the New. South Wales Fire Brigades, inspector for the E. Division, inspected the Lismore brigade. These inspections are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the old landmarks of Rous Mill, a building formerly used as a hotel but laterly converted into a large general store, was totally destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →St. Mary's R.C. Church at Grafton has totally destroyed by fire early on Tuesday morning last. One of the boarders at the Convent near by,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Mackay Woodruff, fire adjuster, is at present in Lismore, his business being in connection with the recent fires which destroyed Glover's store at Rous Mill and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A forest fire is raging in Hanover, and ten thousand acres have already been swept. Troops have been called out to extinguish the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday evening about 5.30 a fire occurred at Gundurimba by which a house and contents, with the exception of a few pictures, a sewing machine and a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquiry as to the origin of the fire at Rous Mill reported in these columns, whereby the store of Mr. P. J. Glover was totally destroyed by fire, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A man named Hall and his wife were suffocated during a fire at Wellington, New Zealand, which destroyed a boarding house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquiry as to the origin of this fire, was held at Alstonville on Saturday before Mr A J Peisley, P.M. After hearing the evidence of four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a big fire at [?] New South Wales, six business places were completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some changes are to be effected in the local management of the above Brigade. Mr. Sydney Watson, third officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hoard of Fire Commissioners has promised that the Lismore Fire Station would be completed shortly, and that a motor engine for the use of the Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire has broken out in the bazaar at Scutari. A high wind, in raging and there is a luck of water, so the fire has assumed huge proportions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty houses, and large quantities of silks, carpets and fancy goods were burned in the fire at Scutari. The newspapers deplore the evacuation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The most disastrous fire ever experienced in Wyong occurred in Railway-street this morning. It originated in the Railway Coffee Palace, a wooden two-storied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A timber mill and chair factory as well as two adjoining cottages were destroyed by fire in Melbourne this morning, and the damage is estimated at well over £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Malou[?] and Nassor's clohting warehouse at Redfern was partly destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The flames were got under control after several hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Armidale Fire Brigade has resigned in a body as a protest against the appointment of a Sydney man as captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night at ten o'clock it was discovered that Englert Bros tailoring establishment in Molesworth-street was on fire. Smoke was seen issuing through the…
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