Continuance of Bush Fires
REPORTS received since our last issue show that bush fires continue to spread, causing great loss of property in many parts of the colony. A late telegram from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1892
72 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
The West Maitland Fire Brigade Demonstration
The annual torchlight procession of the Fire Brigade is the event of the time on New Year's Eve in West Maitland, and on this occasion we think exceeded the display of former years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires on the Murrumbidgee. (From the Herald.) Wagga
Regarding the outbreak of fire on the north side of the Murrumbidgee, near Wagga, the fire was noticed in R. J. Dunn's Wheel of Fortune paddock about half-past 8 on Monday morning. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Ravages. Great Losses
THE destructive bush fires which have been spreading in various parts of the colony during the past few weeks have assumed such proportions in some…
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The fire on board the ship W. H. Lincoln continues. She is now nearly burnt to the water's edge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bush Fires. Enormous Damage
REGRETTABLE reports of the vast amount of damage caused by bush fires are still received from various parts of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bush Fires near Deniliquin. (Pastoral Times, Jan. 9.)
Further reports concerning the bush fires about Berrigan, Murray Hut, and Momalong show that the damage has been enormous. Messrs. W. and J. Moodie, M'Alister, Hamilton Bros., and Bevoridgo,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The W. H. Lincoln" Fire
At the inquest in connection with the fire on the ship W.H.Lincoln, the jury returned an open verdie[?], there being no evidence to show how the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ENGLISH & Foreign News. From English papers to hand dated December 18th the following is [?]aken:- Exciting Scene at a Fire. Exciting Scene at a Fire
Three families of lodgers in Batter[?]ea, woke on Friday morning, Dec. 4th [?] fird that the house was in flames. A scene of great excitement followed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christmas Eva round the Camp Fire, and Anecdotes from the Ranges. [By Mark Antony.] the Survey Camp
The sun was slowly sinking from view over the western slopes of the Highfields Range, Queensland, and the breeze of evening was rich laden with the glad voices of the birds, and the sweet scents of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Christmas Eve round the Camp Fire, and Anecdotes from the Ranges. [By Mark Antony.] the Survey Camp. (Concluded.)
" Did I understand you do order me sit down, Misser Woodhouse?" now enquired Jimmy Ruffles, as he hung on to a drooping branch to keep himself from falling, and glaring with watery eyes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Lives Lost in a Fire
The draper's shop of Messrs Miunis and Co., at Battersea, had been decked out for Christmas, the windows and shop being filled with light material, such as muslin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Burmese Fire Walker
In Rangoon the most interesting event of the Moharram Festival is undoubtedly the fire-walking. On the seventh night of the last festival, says a correspondent, I started out at about a quarter to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Panic in a London Theatre Eleven Lives Lost Through Woman's Excited Cry of "Fire."
THERE was a terrible Boxing Night disaster at Gateshead. A woman's scream of ''Fire." led to a panic in the Royal Theatre, where "Aladdin" was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire at Leeds
A destructive fire occurred at Leeds on January 13. Three great railway companies have their stations side by side in that town, or rather two, the North-Eastern and London and North-Western,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction of a Famous Abbey by Fire
A terrible disaster has overtaken the picturesque, industrious, and prosperous town of Fecamp, in Normandy, where, early in the morning of January 12, the famous old Abbey of Fecamp, best known…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ranch Life in the American Far West. Semi-annual Round-up. How the Cowboys in the West Collect and Brand Cattle. Expert Lassoists Who "Heel" the Calves and Drag Them Up to the Fire Hard Work Accompanied by All Sorts of Privation and Danger
The word "round-up," is known by most people to be a Western term, but its real significance is not generally known. On the northern ranges in Dakota,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Mine
A fire broke out in the Iron and Steel Company's pit at Baillieston, near Glasgow, on January 18. One hundred miners were in the pit at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires In London on the Increase
Fires in London during 1891 have exceeded by 337 the number in the previous year, and by 691 the average of the last decade. Although the metropolis is ever increasing in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Concert. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your open columns. I saw a letter in this paper a short time ago about larrikinism in Maitland. Well, the writer of that letter was quite right in…
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