Fire Station
At the meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council last night a letter was received from Mr. Richard Shepherd, council's representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
382 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 20
Mysterious Fires. Outbreaks on Liners. LONDON
Two fires on the liner Philadelphia at Southampton are attributed to Irish-Americans. A dozen cabins were burnt out and others were ruined with water…
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At the police court yesterday, before the Coroner (Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M.), an inquiry was held into the cause of a fire which occurred at Tuncester on 28th February, by…
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Advices have been received by the Postmaster-General's Department to the effect that fires on American mail trains on January 3 damaged portions…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—An explosion took place at the South Melbourne gasometer;' which was wrecked, 700,000 cubic feet of gas being consumed. The explosion is believed…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The "Times" Belfast correspondent states that insulated wires and cables were cut at the Bank of Ireland, Several overnment buildings have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IRELAND. Income Tax Offices on Fire. (Published in the "Times.")
DUBLIN, Sunday.—Eight income tax offices' in different parts of the city were set on fire within three hours. Apparently it is concerted incendiarism. Masses of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Strikers. Soldiers Fire Into a Mob. ROME
The strikers at San Matteo, near Bologna, surrounded the carabineers, who fired forty shots into the crowd, killing eight, including one of the strike…
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An early morning fire occurred on the premises of Charles Atkins and Sons, oil merchants, Clarendon Street, South Melbourne, to-day. There was a…
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The "Matins" has advices from Frankfort that some German forces while returning fired machine guns on the French cavalry. It is believed that the…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.—Damage estimated at £55,000 was caused by a fire in a mill at Murray Bridge, South Australia…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Miss Marjorie Crombie, of Penshurst, was awakened this morning by dense smoke in the house. Immediately she gave the alarm to four other oceupants of the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A fire occurred this morning at the premises of Messrs. Atkins and Sons, oil merchants, South Melbourne. The fire brigade confined the…
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A fire in which the little three-year-old daughter of Constable Yardy had a narrow escape occurred on Saturday morning in the house in Terania-street, North Lismore,…
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VANCOUVER, Sunday.—The Camden-New Jersey mail aeroplane caught fire while 1700 feet in the air. The pilot nose-dived. His companion crawled along a wing until the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—R. Hankinson's general store at Narrandera was completely gutted by fire. Stock estimated at £10,000 was destroyed. The outbreak was the most…
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The fire bell rang at six o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the brigade made its way to Mr. W. S. Mackney's carpenter's workshop in North-street…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.âChapman's bulk stores at Gosford were totally destroyed by fire.The damage is over £3000…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The coroner held an inquiry into the cause of the fire at the premises of Samuel Goodman, grocer at Kensington. William Doherty, Government…
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