Bush Fires at Bathurst. Sydney
A fresh outbreak of [?] has occurred in the Bathursst district, and or is burning most flereoty. Lurgo numbers of setilors are engaged in a groat battle with the flames, and…
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Bush Fire Near Germanton
The fire that broke out on Yurra is still raging. Towards Thursday night it was making great strides for the Gleafallock property at 4-Mile, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sweeping Bush Fires. Men Figiit Flames. Riddell
Miles of smouldering and devastated country, overlooked by the pillnr of fire into which Mount Macedon had been transformed, testified to the damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Victoria Hotel, Wodonga
NARROW ESCAPE OF FIREMEN. Fire destroyed a detached wooden building, [?] the kitchen, two bedrooms and bothroom at the roar of the Victoria Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dora Bush Fire. Reached Wymah on Sunday. Miles of Blackened Country. Rain Allevintes Suffering and Terror
Fatiqued, and without sleep for two and three nights consecutively, the men who for over a week past have been fighting the Dora Dora bush fire are new looking to the rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire [?]End
A thrill of ten[?] struck the towns people on Saturday night last at about 11.30. when the end and continuous ringing of the [?]robell announced an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Prahran
One of the most disastrous fires that has occurred for years occurred at Chapel-street, Prabran, Melbourne, on Sunday last, when it is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires at Walwa. Narrow Escape of State School
About midday on Thursday a fir broke out in Mr. Joseph Hannan's paddock, known as the "race course paddork." The flames spread with amazing rapidity, although about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Ganmain. Damage Estimated at £5000
The police superintendont's office at Albury received a telegram from the police at Gannain yesterday morning stating that four business places, a solicitor's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Great Destruction in Chapel-street, Prahran
On Sunday afternoon a disastrous fire swept the busiest portion of Chapel-street, Prahran. One of the largest business establishments outside the city proper was…
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Thirty-seven fires within forty-eight hours has just been recorded by the London Fire Brigade as to the number of times it has been called out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Afraid of Bush Fires. Rose Bank, via Culcairn
Dear Uncle Jeff.—The weather is very hot, and there has been only, a little rain during the last two months. Christmas is over for another year and the new year…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Serious Bush Fires on Upper Murray. Half a Dozen Distinct Outbreaks. Several Homesteads Destroyed. Loss of Stock and Fencing. Fires Checked by Rain. People Fight for Their Homes
Ever since the opening of the year the settlers of the Upper Murray have had a very anxious time, owing to numerous outbreaks of fire, and so serious was the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Big Fire at Prahran
Treadway's Coliseum, the large drapery emporium in the main street of Prahran, was found to be on fire on Sunday afternoon, and before the flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Big Fire at Ganmain. £5000 Damage Done
A disastrous outbreak of fire occurred at Ganmain in the centre of the town about 4 p.m on Sunday, when almost the whole side of the main street was demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Fires in New York Slums. 1000 Homeless in Mid-winter. New York
A disastrous series of fires has occurred in the poorer quarters of New York city this week. The efforts of the firemen to cope with the conflagrations at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Desperate Questioner. Fires Revolver During Election Meeting Sydney
The president of the Warringah Shire, addressing electors near Manly last night, concluded his speech by inviting questions. A man, who oviuced an antagouistle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mountain on Fire. the Japanese Horror. Refugee's Thrilling Story. City Buried in Ashes. Tokio
The Japanese second cruiser squadron has arrived at Kagoshima to render all the assistance it can to the survivors of the Sakurashima catastrophe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires at Henty. Wyanawah Property Swept
A disastrous fire broke out on Mr. W. G. Balfour's Killara Estate on Friday about midday, and fanned by a fresh south-west breeze, swept through practically the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Wodonga Country Ablaze Two Outbreaks in Two Hours. Fire Still Raging at Leneva. Miles of Grass Country Burnt Several Hometeads in Danger
The fire demon is still at his destroying work, and his list for the first few days of the new year is the largest on record. Yesterday afternoon the Wodonga…
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