Device to Fight Cane Fires
The engineering department of Central Macar[?]no of the Caribbean Sugar Co. at Manopla, Cuba, has designed a fire fighting apparatus for use against…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
1,375 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 69
Bush Fires. Devastation in Tasmania
Sydney, Friday.--Bush fires are raging through the north-west coastal districts of Tasmania. Heavy losses of property are reported. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmanian Bush Fires. Settlements Almost Isolated
HOBART, Friday.--A feature of the bush fires raging throughout the north-west coastal districts of Tasmania, is that many settlers have…
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Bush fires are raging throughout the north-west coastal districts of Tasmania, and many settlers have been compelled to abandon their homes after having removed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Caused by Careless Swagman Sydney
Two hundred square miles in Condobolin district have been swept by a bush fire which is still advancing rapidly. All efforts to stem the flames so far have proved futile…
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Sydney, Friday.--A fire at a fellmongery works at Anchurga, N.Z., caused damage estimated at £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Ballina
At about two o'clock yesterday morning an alarm of fire was given at Ballina, and the brigade turned out only to find that the fire had such a hold on a cottage in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades' Art Union
In connection with the New South Wales Fire Brigades' colossal £10,000 art union, in aid of the hospitals, ambulances and charities, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire Auckland
Wilson and Canahan's fellmonger works at Onehunga were totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Damage i[?] estimated at £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballina Fire
At about, two o'clock on friday morning an alarin of was given at Baliina, and the brigade turned out only to find that the fire had such a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wilson's Creek
At about 11.30 on Friday night last the four-roomed cottage occupied by Mr. G. R. Bowker at Wilson's Creek (Mullumbimby district) was, with its contents totally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Big Blaze Famous Quebec Hotel Damaged. City's Social Life Disrupted
QUEBEC CITY, Saturday. The original wings and the great tower of the Chateau Frontenac, one of the world's most historic and famous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Cease Fire" French Corporal Honoured (Reuter.) PARTS
Corporal Collier, the French corporal who sounded the "cease fire" at the end of the war, has been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Petrol Blaze Man Shockingly Burnt Sydney
Bert Baker was filling the tank of a a motor 'bus with petrol at Stewarth's motor garage, Enfield, when it is thought someone dropped a lighted match in the gutter and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Fires Property Destroyed Lismore Outbreaks
Lismore fire brigade had a busy morning yesterday, receiving two calls within five hours. The first fire was in Magellan-street and a cottage there was gutted, and the…
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A house on Mr. George Budd's farm at Dungay, was destroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday morning. Mr. Linden Blow, who has the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Destroyed Wilson's Creek Fire
Late on Friday night, a house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bowker, at Wilson's Creek, was destroyed, together with its contents, by fire. After retiring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Fires at Lismore
Lismore, Fire Brigade received two culls within five hours on Monday morning, the first at 2 o'clock; to a weatherboard cottage in Magellan-street, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. Fires in Lismore
Two fires occurred in Lismore on Monday. The first outbreak was in Magellan-street, where a cottage was completely gutted. The second…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Fire Alarm
Some excitement was caused on Monday afternoon by the clanging of the fire bell and the race of the engine along Canterbury-street. When the…
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