Telegrams. Mice Cause Fires. Sydney
There have been numerous outbreaks of fire in the Western Districts, due it is said, to mice…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
506 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 26
A Mysterious Fire
The fine large residence situated on the Bungawabul road a mice or so below Coeraki owned by Mrs. J. Rodgers of Tomaki and lately tenanted by Mr. M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire. Loss Estimated at Four Million. Miles of Atlanta City Destroyed
VANCOUVER, Tuesday.--Several square miles of the residential section at Atlanta has been burned. The loss is set down at four million sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Raid on Pola. Extensive Fires Caused. LONDON
Borne states that a squadron of Italian aeroplanes bombed the arsenal at Pola, and caused a great fire, which burned for two days. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Fire. Fifteen Thousand Homeless
LONDON, Tuesday.--As a result of the fire in Atlanta fifteen thousand are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The S.s. Arahura. Fire Narrowly Averted
WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--When the steamer Arahura reached Napier the crew refused to continue unless her benzine cargo was removed. When the cargo was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mice and Fires
Since the invasion of mice into the district reports have come to hand showing how houses have narrowly escaped being burnt. Mrs. F. Ekert, of Olovass, is the latest to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shed Destroyed by Fire
Edward F. Williams, who lives on the Bexhill road some miles from Lismore, reported to the police yesterday that a shed on his property had been burnt to the…
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Amsterdam advices from Budapest state that a thousand houses were burnt at Gysengyses, and 250 are still burning. Seven fatalities occurred, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Japan. Much Damage Done
LONDON, Wednesday.--A great fire at Yonezawar, Japan, destroyed all the public buildings, besides 3500 private houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Interest. Narrow Escape From Fire
Mr. F. Ekert, of Clovass, experienced a narrow escape of having his dwelling burnt down on Saturday night. About midnight he discovered,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires in Germany
LONDON, Thursday.--Several forest fires are reported in the vicinity of Berlin. There is great anxiety, regarding the crops…
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The fine large residence situated on the Bungawalbin road, a mile or so below Coraki, owned by Mrs, J. Rodgers, of Tomki, and lately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable War. Destructive Fire Hungary
LONDON, Friday.--The Hungarian town of Gyenyose was partly destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Inquiry. Roseberry Sawmill Totally Destroyed
An inquiry as to how the fire originated [?]t Brown and Jolly's sawmill at Roseberry--and which caused the total destruction of the mill--was held before Mr. A. J. Peisley,…
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Mr. R. C. K. Kemp, Coroner, held an inquiry at Coraki on Friday touching the recent fire at Mr. M. G. Kable's residence. Constable Hall deposed that the place…
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Some extraordinary evidence was given at an inquiry held at Coraki on Friday into the cause of a fire that destroyed Mr. M. G. Kable's…
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The P.M. conducted an inquiry at Kyogle on Friday into the destruction of Brown and Jolly's Rosebery sawmill by fire. From the evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Fire at Coraki. an Open Verdict
On Friday last Mr. B. C. K. Kemp, coroner, held nu inquiry at the Coraki Court House touching the destruction by fire of the residence lately occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires. Mice Blamed
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mice are believed to be responsible for fires which consumed 25 tons of hay and ai quantity of chaff near Temora. A homestead near Narromine was…
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