Corowa Fire Brigade
The adjourned annual meeting of the Corow[?] Volunteer Fire Bridge was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening Captain Ritchie in the chair, and 12 fireman…
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62 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4
Extensive Bush Fires in Victoria
A tremendous conflagration is ranging along the whole of the sea coast from Cape Otway to the oast side of Loutitt Bay, a distance of 45 miles. The fire, which commented on Monday, is attributed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Bush Fire at Tuppal. [By Electric Telegraph.] Tocumwal. Friday, January 8
The largest bush fire known to local residents broke out at Tougaboo on Monday. It is reported that a hut was accidentally burnt, and set fire to the surrounding grass The fire travelled southward, defying all efforts…
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News from the Heytesbury Forest concerning the terrible bush fires which raged there last week, shows that many families narrowly escaped with their lives from the flames. A selector in the forest supplies…
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One of the largest and most destructive bush fires that ever was witnessed between the rivers, broke out here on Monday last, about 11 a.m. The first indication we had of it was seeing heavy smoke in a…
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The following further particulars of the fire on the Tuppal station are from a correspondent of the Jerilderie Herald : —‘‘One of the largest and most destructive bush fires that ever was…
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One of the largest and most [?] bush fires that ever was [?] between the rivers broke ou[?] here on Monday last about 11 a.m. The first indication we had of it was seeing heavy smoke in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Bush Fires in the Western District of Victoria. Sufferings of the Settlers
The sufferings of the Laang settlers by the late bush fires are only how coming to light. Constable Gibson, stationed at Panmure, and the secretary to the Relief Committee, went…
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A destructive fire broke out on Saturday morning on the premises of Mr. Stephen, bedding manufacturer, Pitt-street south, Sydney. The flames quickly spread to the…
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A large general store at Bourke, built of brick, belonging to Mr. Patrick Murray, was burnt to the ground on Saturday. The fire began at 4 o'clock a.m., and everything was…
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THE annual meeting of the Corowa Fire Brigade was held at the School of Arts on the 18th inst. Present: Captain Ritchie (in the chair) and 16…
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The accidental upsetting of a kerosene lamp in the rooms of Otto Matsbeck, on the third floor of the five-storey tenement, 404, East Sixtyfourth-street, New York,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Recent Disastrous Bush-fires in Victoria. Harrowing Incidents
The bush-fires which occurred a week or to since in the Heytesbury Forest, Victoria, almost wholly devastated the country from Camperdown to Port Campbell. On all sides…
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NEWS was received in Corowa on Friday afternoon that an extensive fire was raging at Mr. H. G. Oeding's farm, on the Nullah Nullah, about…
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Last Friday night a fire occurred at the bouse of Mr John Pium, sen., farmer, North Wangaratta, by which he lost his life. Plum was for some time confined in the Beech worth…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Echuca at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, when a cottage recently erected for Mr. Mercer, near the cemetery on Swan-hill road, was totally…
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A fire took place a few days since at Yarrawonga, of which the following particulars are given by the local paper :—” The fire broke out on the premises of Mr. G. H…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Telegrams. Coalition Looming. a Mine on Fire—three Men Sufeocated. Sydney
Cattle unaltered; quality good throughout; best bullocks averaging £9 16s 6d, others from £6 15s 9d. Sheep: Bidding dull; prices down 1s; 56-pounders worth 8s 3d to 8s 6d; crossbreds, from 8s 9d to 9s…
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A great fire broke out at 3 o’clock on Wednesday morning at No. 57 Lower George street, Sydney, on the premises owned and as a warehouse by Messrs. Holdsworth…
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The following letter, giving details of the remarkable accident to the schooner J. C. Ford, on her voyage from the Pacific Coast to Kahul[?]i, Maui, appears in the…
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