Fire Station
The Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners wrote at last night's meeting of the Municipal Council stating that the tender of Messrs. Tyler &…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
428 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 14 of 22
South Murwillumbah Fire
An outbreak of fire occurred in a spare room of Mr. E. Bloomer's home, Prospero Street, at about 6.30 o'clock last night, and for a time the ringing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombing From Low Altitudes. Many Direct Hits Obtained. Extensive Fires Caused. LONON
The Air Ministry, in an official report, states that in addition to the morning attack on the aerodrome at Buhl on the 2nd instant, we attacked yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Fires Observed. Signs of Retirement Astride the Cambrai-Bapaume Road. LONDON
The Australian Press Association learns that the progress on the western front was continued to-day (Tuesday), and further villages were captured this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires at Casino
A fire oeeurred on Wednesday morning at about 4 o'clock in a small room at the back of the sample room of the Commercial Hotel, Casino. Fortunately the Fire Brigade got…
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A few minutes before 4 a.m. on Wednesday a fire was discovered by one of the drivers of the New England Motor Co. returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. the Tyalgum Fire
Mr. W. L. Brasnett (Deputy Coroner). held an inquiry at Tyalgum on Tuesday last into the recent fire at Mr. H. V. Foster's store. The finding was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Pursuit. Point-blank Artillery Fire. (Reuter.)
LONDON Thursday.—Reuter's corespondent at British headquarters, reporting on Wednesday morning, said:—The great pursuit of the retiring Germans continues. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rapidity of Germen Retreat. Details of the Great Pursuit. Point-blank Artillery Fire. Attack on British Embassy in Russia. Naval Attache's Gallant Defence. Western Front. on Heels of Fleeting Enemy. (Reuter.)
LONDON,Thursday.—Reuter's Paris carrespondent says Chauny, Jussey and La Fere are aflame. The French are still close on the heels of the fleeting enemy…
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About 4 a.m. on Wednesday a fire broke out in a shed at the [?]ar of the Commercial Hotel. Some bedding stored in the shed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Re-examination of Scully. Reports of Fires in the Papers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—-In the re-examination of Seully,' Mr. Windeyer, reading from a report, said: "Ryder found you were supplying King with a chemical that would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Fires Not Reported. City Coroner in the Box
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Referring to his conversations with Davis Goldstein, Seully said he was trying to find out all he knew from Goldstein about Glynn, but he could…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A destructive fire in Albury has resulted in-three business premises being badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destruction of Ham. Fires by Scientific Methods. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—Renter's correspondent at French headquarters says:—Ham, the largest place in the devastated country which the Germans spared in the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Big Fire. Eleventh Anniversary To-morrow
To-morrow will be the eleventh anniversary of Murwillumbah's big fire, when in less than six hours the heart of the town was transformed from a prosperous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia. Alarming News. Peasant's Combining Against the Bolsheviks. Fires at Twelve Points in Petrograd. Following up Threats of Massacre. COPENHAGEN
Alarming telegrams are being received from Russia, via Helsingfors. It is reported that the peasants around the capital have marched to Petrograd, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trail of Fire
There was a pretty sight last night in the vicinity of the racecourse, a lengthy trail of fire bending in and out, serpent-like. Burning off operations were responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abortive Attacks on British New Positions. Heavy and Acute Artillery Fire. LONDON
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on Friday morning, states: The English troops on Thursday took possession of Holnon Wood, expelling the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Third Army Operations. See-Saw Fighting in Favor of the British. Enemy Using Plenty of Liquid Fire. LONDON
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says: The number prisonered by us in the operations carried out by the Third Army with complete success in the Trescault…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in the Cemetery
The local fire brigade was dragged out to the cemetery about 10.30 last night in consequence of a report that a fire was raging…
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