A Great Bush Fire. SYDNEY, Tuesday night
A bush fire covering 15 square miles of country is raging in the Greta district. It has done immense damage. Many farmers have been burnt out. Others…
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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
289 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 15
A bush fire covering 15 square miles of country is raging in the Greta district. It has done immense damage. Many farmers have been burnt out. Others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring the great fire in the seed and grain warehouses at Hambro Wharf, London, a black mass comprising many thousands of rats left the burning building! and crossed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the fire at the Seaham colliery 250 men and boys have been thrown out of work. It is expected that the burning may continue for 8 or 10 weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraph communication has been out off from a large number of Northern coastal stations, owing to the prevalence of bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious outbreak of fire occurred at Newcastle to-day. Compton and Dawe's stores and Mrs. Fife's refreshment rooms, in Bolton-street, were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The township of Nanang, Burnett District, is completely encircled by bush fires. The grass, after eight months' drought, is burning freely. The fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great conflagration is raging in Holland and over 50 houses have already been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extensive bush fires are raging in this district, and the grass for miles around has all been burnt. A fire broke out on Sunday last near the town, and has travelled before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The house of a selector named Donnelly at Piper's Creek, Kempsey district, was burnt out by bush fires. Donnelly's wife and children had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large numbers of fat stook are being sent away from Maitland District, being locally sold owing to the loss of grass by the recent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible fire at Hawera, destroyed the new Post Office, Court House, and other buildings. Two lives were lost. Mr. Caverhill, Secretary to the Waitera…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By a fire in Hawera, (N.Z.), on Thursday night the new post office and court house and fourteen business places were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday was intensely hot here, and the smoke from the bush fire which are raging round about makes matters most uncomfortable. At Skillion Flat, 10 miles away serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vessels arriving from the North report that they are experiencing considerable difficulty in navigation owing to the coast line being obscured by the dense smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By a fire at Cobar yesternight several buildings were consumed. During the blaze at Bega, a woman named Hart, aged 80 was burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday a cottage, belonging to an aged couple named Hart, was burnt to the ground. Mrs. Hart was so severely burnt that she died in a few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous fire occurred last night. Several buildings were reduced to ashes. The flames broke out through the roof of Week's drapery shop, situated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The township of Jerry's Plains is in danger from bush fires and women and children are compelled to flee for their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire took place here last night, whereby lateral buildings were reduced to ashes. Shortly after 1 o'clock the alarm of fire was given throughout the town…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The township of Jerry's Plains was in some danger on Tuesday from bush fires, and women and children are described as fleeing for their lives…
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