Bush Fires in Victoria
BUSH fires which have been burning in the Beechworth district, Victoria, for several days assumed disastrous proportions on Saturday. Notwithstanding the efforts…
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Fires & bushfires, 1900
224 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 12
New Zealanders Under Heavy Fire
Twenty-five New Zealanders, who were in an exposed position on a kopje towards Colesberg, drew a sudden fire from many Boers concealed on a hill in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. General Buller's Force Active. New Zealanders Under Heavy Fire. New South Wales Lancers at Rensburg. Two Lancers Slightly Wounded. London, Jan. 5
The British Artillery with General Sir Redvers Buller's force, near Chieveley, shelled the enemy's trenches on the plain at the foot of Inhlawe Hill, to the eastward of the British position, and wrought…
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THE annual meeting of the brigade will be held at the fire-station at 8 p.m. on Wednesday to elect officers for the year…
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THE annual meeting of the above brigade for the election of officers for the ensuing year was held at the fire station on Wednesday evening. There was a full attendance, and Superintendent Laws presided…
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A fatal fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Joseph Pulitzer. The premises were burnt to the ground, and the housekeeper and governess killed. The children were in…
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YESTERDAY, between 1 and 2 o’clock, three stacks of hay, comprising 80 tons, the property of Mrs. M. Coen, were destroyed by fire at Warroo House, on the…
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A FATAL, fire occurred in New York on Tuesday night when the residence of Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World, was burnt to the ground…
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THE annual meeting of the Goulburn Fire Brigade for the election of officers was held at the fire station on Wednesday evening. There was a full attendance of…
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FOLLOWING is the annual report of the superintendent submitted to the Fire Brigades Board on Thursday afternoon:— GENTLEMEN,—In laying before you the…
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A fatal fire occurred in New York last night, when the residence of Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World, was burnt to the ground…
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MR. W. P. MITCHELL, a telegraphist, who spent November in Ladysmith, succeeded in making his way through the Boer lines. He has supplied the…
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ABOUT 2 o'clock today the bell at the central fire station rang out an alarm, and a body of firemen turned out quickly and proceeded to Coromandel-street, street, the scene of the outbreak. Upon arrival they…
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ABOUT 2 p.m. yesterday a barrel of tar which with others was being boiled on the premises of Mr. W. Garradd, Coromandel-street, Goulburn, fell over and the tar became ignited…
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The Boers admit that the cannonading by the artillery of Sir Charles Warren and Sir C. F. Clery was the fiercest they had encountered during the campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal War. Spion Kop Surprised and Captured. Heavy Artillery Fire by the Boers. Many British Casualties. the Enemy's Position Untenable. London, Jan. 24
THE advance of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren was checked by the steep hills towards Spion Kop. Jan. 25…
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Mr. C. Farrell's eucalypti factory at Towrang was totally destroyed by fire on Monday morning between 11 and 12 o'clock. Particulars are not to hand. A quantity of oil and the machinery were…
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THE citizens were twice awakened from their slumbers early this morning by alarms from the fire stations. The bell at the central station rang out as if the whole town was on fire. The first alarm…
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Mr. Winston Churchill, the special correspondent for the Morning Post, reports that when Sir Charles Warren captured the first line of the enemy's trenches…
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BUSH fires occurred in various parts of Victoria on Sunday and Monday. The western district suffered severely. A strong gale commenced blowing from the north early on…
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