The Last Ok the Fires. All Quenched by the Rain
As suggested in yesterday's issue the thundersterms which fell on Tuesday night have put out the disastrous bush first which had been raging since Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1909
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The Chapham Fire. Eight Bodies Recovered. an Offer That Was Refused London
Search work to proceeding among the amouldering ruins at the scene of yesterday's great fire at Clapham Junction So for eight bodies have been recovered from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
Monday was one of those day that set landholders on the borne of anxiety for fear of [?] exceptionally hot wind blew all day, and an outbreak of fire would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Season. Albury
[?]received in Albury on Monday afternoon state that destructive fires are raging throughout the district. About noon an outbreak occurred at Gerogery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Bowna District Devastated. Miles of Country Swept. Crops and Grain Consumed
For some time past great anxiety has existed throughout the Riverina in connection with the dangers of bush fires. The copious rains early in the season gave…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Great Fire at Williamstown. Whole Street Burnt Out. Loss of £12,000
A fierce northerly gale and a totally inadequate water supply contributed on Monday at Williamstown to the greatest tire of the year. A block of wooden villas,…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Phosphorus and Fire
Dr. Andrews, chairman, slates that the Albury Pastures Protection Board has been most careful since the hot weather began not to use phosphor[?] as a rabbit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in New York. London, December 21
The fire fiend has been ravaging New York, and outbreaks have occurred in no fewer than three of the leading theatres of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Fire at Yerong Creek
On Saturday, 18th December, a fire broke out about noon on Messrs. Stewart Bros, Craigleigh estate, about two miles from Yerong Creek. It seems that a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fire Crosses the Murray. Wodonga
The fire continued last night and today. At Le[?]va several hundreds of acres of grata were consumed, and eight acres of wheat and oats, belonging to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Tried by Fire" (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xv. Proof
Miss Hunter's envenomed tongue silenced, Steenic lost no time in directing his steps towards Balarain. His first impulse had been to go straight to Fairy Den, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in London. Damage £1,000,000. London, December 21
Sensational scenes wore witnessed at a disastrous conflagration which occurred yesterday in south-west London. The outbreak took place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Bush Fires. Grass, Hay and Machinery Destroyed. Moama Farmers’ Losses
A fire which broke out on Monday morning about 13 miles from Moama caused great destruction before it was checked. The outbreak was observed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Bush Fire (To The Editor.)
Sir.—The origin of this fire is alleged to have been caused by sparks from railway goods engine setting fire to the grass on Gerogery East Station. If this can be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fatal Fire at Clapham
The Relief Fund started for the benefit of the sufferers by the disastrous fire on the premises of Arding and Hobbs, Clapham Junction, has now reached £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen's Messenger and Austrian Fire-eater. How a Duel Was Averted
An anonymous writer in Blackwood" describes how he made the acquaintance of a derelict Englishman living at Belgrade, who told…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Bush Fires
During the past week property-owners in the district burntout by the bush-fires have been busy mustering stock and otherwise endeavouring to calculate the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Bush Fire Near Hay. Some Exciting Incidents
On Tuesday evening a change in the weather occurred, and a thunderstorm took place between eight and nine o'clock. No rain fell in Hay, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Through Fire and Water
Very few men have been called upon to face death under such peculiarly trying conditions as those which fell to the lot of Mr. Robert Scott, formerly chief…
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