A Mail Train on Fire. Sensational Incident Near Bourke
A SENSATIONAL occurrence was reported at Bourke on Monday night the Western mail train having caught fire when within 27 miles of B[?]urke…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
250 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 13
Destructive Fires
IN the beginning of the present week a quantity of grass was burnt at Kayuga, Mr. Tucker being the chief sufferer. Mr. Jordon, it is…
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The passengers by the Western mail train to Bourke on Monday night had an exciting experience owing to a portion of the train catching fire when within 27 miles of that…
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The dry weather continues with unabated severity, rendering the outlook to pastoralists, dairymen, and farmers none too bright. This has been acoontuated by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fire. Fighting the Flames near Muswellbrook. Fires Lighted by Massing Trains
What feed in yet left in the northern district is in imminent danger of being devoured by flame. Already there have been very great losses in this…
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The Home life insurance office, Broadway, New York, has been burned. It was valued at a million dollars…
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An award for salvage amounting to £11,750 has been given in the case of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tekoa, which put into the Cape during her last outward voyage with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in Forbes. a Record in Conflagrations. Townspeople Excited. Forbes
Forbes is becoming notorious for the frequency of fires, and this week put up a record, as on Monday a stack of hay, the property of Moses Brown, was destroyed; George Golding lost a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires at Forbes. The Frequency of Conflagrations. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
FIRES have been very frequent in the town of Forbes lately. On Monday a large stack of hay, the property of Moses Brown, was destroyed,; George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Storm at Murrurundi. Much Damage Done. Fires Caused But Extinguished. Murrurundi
A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by a strong gale of wind, passed over the town about 7.30 last night. Several houses were more or less damaged by the force of the wind; chimneys were blown…
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A tremendous bush fire has been burning in the Ungarie district, near here, since Sunday last. On Milby, Bygolonie, and Woolnough Stations a thousand acres of grass have been destroyed, and several…
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Forbes is becoming notorious for the frequency of fires. and this week baa put up a record. On Monday a stock of hay, the property of Mr, Moses Brown was destroyed…
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Farrell's General Store had a most providential escape from destruction by baraing on Wednesday evening last. It appears that during the afternoon a fire had been made…
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Forbes is becoming notorious for the frequency of fires, and this week put up a record, as on Monday a stack of hay, the property of Moses Brown, was destroyed; George Golding lost a large…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wellington (N.z.). a Lodger Burnt to Death in a Hotel Fire
A great fire occurred here last night which resulted in the Royal Oak Hotel being totally destroyed. H. C. Grear, a resident of Sydney, was burnt to death. Grear was well known in Sydney…
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FROM accounts to hand, quite a number of bush fires are burning about the town and district, doing a great deal of damage to property. That which…
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During the past week or two a vast area of country has been devastated by bush fires which burned in all directions, destroying feed and fencing. In the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Cattle and Sheep Roasted Alive
TERRIFIC bush fires raged near Bouthen (Vie.) last. week. By desperate efferts property was saved in some cases. In others the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scone Police Court. Friday, December 9, 1898. (Before Mr. G. R. Evans, P.m.) Setting Fire to Grass Without Giving Notice
JOHN SAUNDERS, of Upper Wybong, was charged with that he did, between the hours of 7 o'clock in the afternoon and 9 o'clock in the morning, of the 13th Nov.,…
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IN the Scone Police Court on Friday morning, before Mr. G. R. Evans, P.M. John Saunders of Upper Wybong, was charged with having, on the…
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