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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires
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VANCOUVER, Saturday.—German sympathisers throughout the United States apparently launched a fire offensive on Saturday, for extensive damage was done in many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—The dispute between the Government and engineers is becoming critical. The latter telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George stating that unless the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State Department has been officially advised of increasing restiveness among the Slav population in Austria, particularly the Czechs. The Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The ra[?]id was carried out in the now familiar relays. Early intermittent attacks extended for two hours, and were repeated briefly after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Botany Municipal Council has decided to solicit the co-operation of all the metropolitan councils with the object of having an inquiry conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following on an explanation by Alderman Taylor, Municipal representative on the Fire Board, the Botany Council last night adopted a resolution soliciting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rome message says that the "Giornale d 'Italia's" war correspondent states that Hungarian officer prisoners admit very heavy losses in several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A message from Rome reports an extraordinary episode during the battle of Asiago. A large batch of Austrian prisoners were assembled in the cage, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last year the Lismore Fire Brigade, under the command of Captain Beubow, received 30 calls, but more than half of these were for grass fires. There were no really big fires,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—A bush fire broke out 20 miles from Stawell, Victoria, and spread with great rapidity. It has a frontage of nearly eight miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Friday.—An auditor-general has been announced to inquire into the recent organisation of the Fire Brigade system…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STOCKHOLM, Thursday.—The White Guards at Wasa report that civil war is in fuel swing in Finland. Prominent men at Helsingfors have been murdered. Properties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fire broke out at 3.30 this morning at E. Rich and Co.'s bond store at Circular Quay. The building, a-one, was filled with general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A disastrous bush fire in Victoria is now sweeping a track 13 miles wide. Already hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of property has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An immense fire is sweeping through Western Victoria, destroying hundreds of thousands pounds worth of property. It is estimated that the fire is 12 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday—A bush fire between Adelong and Califat destroyed about 350 acres grass and a quantity of fencing, 32 sheep being also destroyed. It is stated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Thompson, a news agent at Balmain, awakened at an early hour by a noise from the shop, went in and found an escape of gas. He struck a match to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Through a stack of wheaten hay catching alight yesterday from a spark from a pasing engine, Messrs. Cox and Griffen are losers to the extent of £380:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Three, hundred square miles of country has been burnt out south, of Bendigo. The fire started at Barfold on Wednesday and swept through a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two buildings were gutted by fire at Murrumburrah yesterday. The "Signal" newspaper office was only saved by great, exertion. The plant, wast…
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