Tructive Bush Fires; Extensive Damage
Bush fires were raging all round the district on Saturday, and night time the reflection of the fires illuminated the sky. white in many places, notably towards the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
276 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 14
The Fires at Ellalong
Our Ellalong correspondent, writes:— A bush fire broke out about three-quarters of a mile to the north of Ellalong yesterday evening and, aided by a north-easterly wind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Bush Fires Fighting the Flames. Miles of Country Fire-swept. Heartrending Scenes
As far as can be ascertained, the following estates suffered heavily from the fires:— Mr. Celin Gollan's run of 400 acres at Stanhope completely burned out, and the homestead saved only…
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ON Saturday afternoon last, about half-past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the workshop of Messrs. S. & A. Saunders, bootmakers, in St. Aubins…
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Under date Monday our Ellalong correspondent writes:— Now Year's Eve and Now Year's Day will long be remembered by the residents of Ellalong and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Baptism of Fire
"New South Walks over a great port of its Area, and tho rest of Australia in part, have undergone a baptism of tiro to mark the close of ono and the opening of another year. From…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. the Fires and Missing Stock
Sir,— In connection with the late [?] fires in these districts I would suggest that the [?] and others, when searching for their scattered stock inform the local police when in their travels they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Lismore. Convent and Pro-cathedral Burned
The most destructive firs in the history of the town occurred on monday, by which the Lismore Convent consisting of two building, and containing 40 large rooms, also the pro-Cathedral,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Bush Fires
Bush fires have been raging throughout the State during the past week with disastrous results. A settler on the Upper Rouchel, it is reported, lost 300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. More Favourable Reports
Prospects regarding the disastrous fires in the districts surrounding Maitland are of a much more favourable character than a few days age. Although here and there ominous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Bush Fires in the Singleton District
The extensive damage done by the bush fires in this district easily absolutely the only gratifying feature is that the pluck of the people affected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Wheat Destroyed by Fire
The railway traffic officers have received a telegram from the superintendent at June to the effect that on stations along the Corowa line it was roughly estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bush Fires. Flames Extinguished by Rain
Welcome indeed was the fall of rain. which occurred in the Hunter Valley, and other parts of the State yesterday and last night, for it had the effect…
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TIDINGS of terrible damage done by bush fires dashed the festivities of the New Year. The Mayor and one or two other leading citizens were…
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THE anxious time with the fires which our landowners have been having is, it is hoped, at an end, with the cool change, and the…
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No time has been lost in the metropolis in starting a fund for the relief of sufferers by the bushfires. A meeting convened by the Lord Mayor on Wednesday was addressed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Bush Fires. Wholesale Devastation Throughout the State
What can easily lay claim to the record for destructiveness in their line throughout the State are the bush fires resultant from the pheneme[?]l heat wave of the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Wire. (Preys Telegraph Association.) Sydney, Feeding Burnt-out Stock
The Minister of Lands this morning despatched a telegram to Sub-inspectors of Police in fire-stricken districts to the effect that sufferers by bush fires may temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sufferers by the Fires. Government Assistance
A circular, has been received from the State Premier (Mr. J. H. Carruthers) by Mr. J. Gillies, member for Maitland, who desires that persons in the district in need of assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Light on the Chicago Fire
An interesting little story is being told relative to the great Chicago fire. It does not deny the time-honoured tradition that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lamp…
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