Bush Fires
FIRES have been raging in many parts of South Australia. Quorn reports a big blaze at Mount Brown, endangering the timber…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
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Bush Fire in the Hills. The Flames Visible from Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A large bush fire broke out in the Adelaide hills country yester afternoon, near the Mountain Hut. It started on the property of William…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade. The Extension of the Act to the Hill
THE following notice appears in the last Government Gazette:—"In pursuance of the power and authority vested in that behalf in the Governor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire in the Hills. The Flames Visible from Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A large bush fire broke out in the Adelaide hills country yesterday afternoon, near the Mountain Hut. It started on the property of William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Brigades. Effect of the Extension of the Act
IT was announced in yesterday's MINER that the Fire Brigades Act had been extended to Broken Hill. The effect of this will be to place the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mirboo. Seven Shops Burned. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A destructive fire has occurred in Mirboo, a township in South Gippsland. Seven shops were totally destroyed. The damage is estimated…
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THE ordinary meeting of the board was held last evening, the Mayor presiding. The action of the captain of the Central brigade in ordering additional suction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Blende-street. Berriman Brothers' Attacked
THE premises in Blende-street occupied as a produce warehouse, &c, by Messrs. Berriman Bros., was partly destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning…
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WHAT might have proved a serious fire was averted early this morning by the promptness of the Fire Brigade. A stranger reported at the station that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Cardiff Hotel, at Cardiff, in the Newcastle district, has been destroyed by fire; and subsequently the body of Randall Thomas, partially consumed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
AS a result of the recent hot weather, several bush fires were reported in different parts of the colony. There was a terrible blaze at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Fires. a Five-Roomed Shop and Dwelling Burned
THE Fire Brigade was kept busy yesterday. After attending the fire at Delamore's Hotel in the morning they were again called out just after noon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire. a Man Horribly Roasted. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
A horrible burning fatality was caused by a fire which broke out this morning in a two-storey brick house in Flinders-lane. Henry George Cole,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Sea. The Dorunda Ablaze. A Panic Aboard. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A telegram from Thursday Island reports the arrival there of the Duke of Argyll, whose master, Captain Prentice, reports a succession of fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire. a Man Horribly Roasted. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
A horrible burning fatality was caused by a fire which broke out this morning in a two-storey brick house in Flinders-lane. Henry George Cole,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Series of Fires. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Over 3000 acres of grass and several miles of fencing have been destroyed by bush fires in the Horsham district. A big fire at Oakleigh has destryed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Chapple-street
A FOUR-ROOMED wood and iron house in Chapple-street was totally destroyed by fire at 11 o'clock last night. The building was owned by Mr. George…
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THE house in Lane-street, North Broken Hill, which was destroyed by fire this afternoon, as stated in the Second Edition, contained seven rooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in the North. a Private Hospital Burned
AT 3.15 this afternoon a fire broke out in the wood and iron premises known as Madam Wallenstein's Private Hospital, situated in North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at the North
THE house in Lane-street, North Broken Hill, which was destroyed by fire this afternoon, as stated in the Second Edition, contained seven rooms,…
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