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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires
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Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the London Stores Bourke-street, to-day. The fire is believed to have been causod by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A five-roomed cottage, together with its contents, occupied by Mr. Batisia Gava, of Victoria-street, was destroyed by fire early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At an early hour this morning John Wilson was awakened by the sound of crackling flames and found the house on fire. The bed in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The police are inquiring into what appears to have been a deliberate attempt to burn down a grocer's shop and dwelling at Narrabeen early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. F. Crowther (president) presided over Friday's adjourned meeting of the Lismore branch of the P.P.U. There were also present…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Nine men are dead, five were seriously burned, and a number of others received minor hurts as the result of a fire, believed to be caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice James and a jury, Jereimiah Harold O'Keefe, of Temora, was awarded £350 damages from Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused by a fire, which broke out in the London Stores, Bourke-street, Melbourne. The fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thirty-one people are dead and 400 houses wore destroyed by a fire in the village of Esur in the State of Mysore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting of citizens of Ballina convened by the Mayor (Ald. P. E. Tighe) was held in the council chambers last night to make suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.--Four women were injured when they jumped from tram in George Street, Sydney, to-day, when the fuze blew out. A great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The family of William Gray had a narrow escape when fire destroyed their home early yesterday morning. The five spread with great Rapidity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coroner's jury which inquired into the Hollinger mine fire disaster in which 39 men lost their lives charged "gross negligence" to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITHGOW, Saturday.—The family of William Gray had a narrow escape when fire destroyed their home early this morning. The fire spread with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The official opening of the new fire station at Ballina took place last. night in the presence of the Mayor (Ald. P. E. Tighe), Alderman G, E. Roberts,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A new fire station, just completed at a cost of £2600, was officially opened by Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C., president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney, Friday.--The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners has decided that there will be no fire brigades art union this year. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners has decided that there will be no fire brigades art union this year, as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners states that there will be no fire brigade art union this year, as it was necessary that the services…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Friday. -- A most spectacular fire occurred about 10 p.m. to-night. The premises of Peels' Ltd., South Brisbane,…
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