Bush Fires
Bash fires have been causing much concern all over the district this week. At Bellbird there has been some narrow escapes to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
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Intense Heat and Bush Fires
The weather, warm throughout the week, yesterday became intensely hot, the temperature having been the highest of the senson. Hot breezes from the west were like [?]urnace…
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A big bush fire raged in the vicinity of Antine on Thursday necessitating the sending of several gangs of railway men to help to beat out the…
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Trerific fires swept the West Dorrigo and Yarrabum Creek districts on Saturday..The flames raced in from the Deer Park and houses, grass and…
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A fire occurred a few days since on the Galingo estate at Ellalong, as a result of which some fencing was destroyed. The agents some the estate had suspicion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Factory Fire. Large Loss of Life. New York, Nov. 6
A fire destroyed a six-story candy factory in Brooklyn. Girls Jumped from four stories to the ground, amidst terrific excitement. Owing to the large crowd the fire escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer on Fire. Another German Plot. Halifax (Nova Scotia). Nov. 6
The British steamer Rio Lages, which caught fire in mid-ocean, has returned here it is reported that an incendiary bomb was discovered in the sugar cargo. A steam hope…
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Series of bush fires are raging on the Blue Mountains. The damage is confined to scrub. Henry Fulrong, 33 years of age, who lives…
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A leap from the second story by a woman on to a cross wire, and thence to the ground, and the rescue by a fireman of her daughter, who was hanging on to a ledge of one of the…
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A large fire occurred at South Melbourne at 7.30 on Tuesday morning. A two-storied factory was burned out. The factory was occupied by Vogt Bros., proprietary, Ltd.,…
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The captain of the French liner Rochambean has sent a wireless intimating that the fire has been extinguished, and the steamer is proceeding to Bordeaux…
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A fire broke out early this morning at the large business establishment of Hodgson, Ltd., Ashfield. The section of the premised in which the blaze started was practically…
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Bush fires continue to rage on the mountains. The Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives narrowly escaped destruction. The flames travelled to within fifteen yards of the…
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The long dry spell has been responsible for a series of bush fires all over the ranges of the Blue Mountains. At Mount Victoria a large outbreaK…
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New York, Tuesday.—A fire is reported to have broken out on the French liner Rochambeau, in the coal bunkers, in the Atlantic. The vessel is…
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GALVESTON (U.S.A.) Wednesday. The Italian steamer Liorella is one fire off the coast and is being beached. VANCOUVER. Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munition Factory. Party Destroyed by Fire. Washington
A fire destroyed a section of the Bethlehom steel factory in Peansylvania. The factory was engaged in making munitions for the Allies. Pro-Germans are suspec[?]ol of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Leap for Life. Exciting Scenes at Fire
A leap from the second story by a woman on to a cross wire, and thence to the ground, and the rescue by a fireman of her daughter, who was hanging…
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For some days a serious bush fire has been making its way from Lamb's Valley, in the direction of Hillsborough and Rosebrook, Early in the week it was making…
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A fire occurred on Fordwich Estate, Broke, on Wednesday night, and before it was extinguished yesterday afternoon some 500 acres of grass land and a small, quantity of…
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