Big Fire in Fiji. Sydney
An extensive fire broke out at Levuka and large stores and copra sheds were destroyed. The fire is still burning. The damage is estimated at £30,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
506 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 15 of 26
Great Fire. at Norwegian Port. Heavy Damage
LONDON, Tuesday. -- A Copenhagen message reports that a great fire is raging at Trondhjem (Norway). It broke out at four points and destroyed goods in transit from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Shop. Woman's Sensational Escape
SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Miss M. Bourchier, who keeps at confectioner shop in Elizabeth street, was awakened early this morning by a suffocating feeling. She found the room…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Fire at Doon Doon
A fire which destroyed the house of Mrs. McMahon at Doon Doon occurred on Thursday night. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Fire at Trondhjem. Enormous Damage. Likely to Rage for Days. London
A Copenhagen message says that the Trondhjem fire broke out at four points; the contents of the destroyed buildings are valued at five million kroners. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire in Brisbane. a Church Destroyed
BRISBANE, Sunday.--A fire in Manning-street, South Brisbane, early on Saturday morning destroyed the Catholic Apostolic Church, also Burton's building yards, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in America
LONDON, Sunday. -- Bush fires are raging in California, and many are believed to be incendiary. The Industrial Workers of the World are suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fires
Mr. Eli Knight, of Wooroowoolgen, had a haystack and almost the whole of his grass burnt on Saturday night. He was in town, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fires on Upper Richmond. Sydney
A barn and its contents the property of Mr. M. Reynolds, on the Upper Richmond, near Kyogle has been destroyed by fire; this is the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Tarnopol London
Copenhagen advices state that the Germans expect the Russians defend Tarnopol, where they have concentrated their best troops. A great fire has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Man-killing Weapons. German Liquid Fire Shells
The "Matin" says:--The Germans have introduced a new weapon against the British troops, consisting of liquid fire shells, which explode in the air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sussex Street. Anthony Hordern's Clothing Factory. Sydney
A fare broke out in Anthony Hordern and Son's clothing factory in Sussex Street, adjoining the I.W.W. rooms. The blaze, which stalled on the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Tyalgum Settlers' Trying Time
Bush fifes are raging in almost every part of the district. Our Tyalgum correspondent reported yesterday that settlers in that locality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Murramundi
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Railway Hotel at Murramundi was destroyed by fire. The adjoining building was also burnt to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino Fire Station
The matter of change of site of Casino Fire Brigade station was before the Council on Tuesday evening, when a discussion took place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Country Fire Sydney
The Railway Hotel and an adjoining building at Murr[?]di were burnt out last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Grass Fire. Tuncester Country Aflame. Wide Sheets of Flame
A grass fire which rapidly spread broke out at Tuncester, a few miles from Lismore, at mid-day yesterday, and continued burning all the afternoon despite the efforts of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fires
The continuance of dry weather conditions increases the risk of grass fires, a number of which have broken out in various parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cane Fire
A serious cane fire started at Childers, Queensland, yesterday afternoon. It is estimated that already between 1500 and 2000 tons have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tuncester Fire
The grass fire in the Tuncester district was got under control early yesterday morning after being confined by the fighters for the night to hilly country. A further…
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