Bush Fire. on Woodsomelees
A bush fire started on Monday morning morning last on a crop on Woodsomelees, which was h[?]ld on the shares by Mr. E. W[?]. The…
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Serious Bush Fires. Sheep Suffocated. Echuca
Extensive fires have occurred in the Mathoura district. Over 20,000 acres of grass have been destroyed, as well as a large number of sheep and several hundred acres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning Causes Fires Several Outbreaks Occur
On Tuesdny afternoon last a thunderstorm, with vivid flashes of lightning, broke over this town. The lightning caused a sories of outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Grass Fires. Outbreaks in Various Localities. Gunbar
On Sunday afternoon, about 1 o'clock, a grass fire broke out in the Five Oaks Paddock, Gunbar Station, and burned on to Mr. S. Hillman's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Grass Fires. Destruction of Fencing. Over 1000 Sheep Destroyed
Lightning on Tuesday afternoon caused serious outbreaks of the fire south of Deniliquin and east of the tows. In additions to the devastation of a large area of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fires
Bush fires have been very prevalent, throughout Riverina during the past fortnight and our district has not escaped. As reported in our last issue a fierce fire…
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From the reports received of the ripid growth of the young grass, especially on the ground which has been overrun by. recent' bush fires…
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A fortnight ago it was one series of bush fires breaking out at all points of the compass, with little cessation day or night. On "Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Matrimonial Maxims. Rapid Fire by the Cynic
Marriage, which makes two one, is a [?] struggle to decide who is that one. Wives should never poster their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burnt by Liquid Fire a Terrible Ordeal at Verdun Hospital
Never was brought together a more terrible collection of maimed, charred, and manglod bodies than that which confronted Gordon Edwards at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal and State Taxation Bush Fire at Goonoo Goonoo Uniformity in Collection. Melbourne, Friday. Bagged Wheat Destroyed. Sydney
A bill designed to bring about uniformity in the collection of State and Federal Taxation has been drafted by the Minister for Home Affairs. A big bush fire is burning in the outskirts of Geurie. The blaze started on Pearson's property at Goonoo Goonoo. The flames spread quickly to the adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Bush Fire
A big bush fire is burning at Geurie. The blaze started on Pear son's property at Goonoo Goonoo, and the flames spread quickly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Italian Front. British Batteries Cause Fires
An Italian official message says the British batteries caused a big fire southward of Sernaglia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy at Rutherglen Man Fires Revolve[?] at Two Women. Then Commits Suicide
On Saturday evening last a shocking tragedy was [?] at Rutherglen as a [?] to a li[?]son between two former Corowa residents in the persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strikes Spreading Like Wild Fire in Austro-hungary
Reuters' Zurich correspondent states that the latest reports indicate that strikes in Austria-Hungary are spreading like wild-fire. A general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Distillery Set on Fire 200 People Burnt to Death. (Published in "The Times.")
Telegraphing from Odessa, the correspondent of "The Times" there says:—"The money crisis is acute. The banks are closed, and the inability of employers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Combating Bush Fires. Preparations Advisable
The wet and subsequently [?] weather experienced lately has taken the mind away from the always present anxiet anxiety of bush fires during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire
A bush fire broke out on Butherwah, near the Cocketgedong boundary on Thursday morning. Firebeaters left Urana and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fire
A fire occurred in the Walmer district, near Wellington, devastating a stretch of country eight miles long by three and four miles wide. The fire, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Wheat Crops Destroyed by Fire
Rolling clouds of smoke on Saturday afternoon denoted a big bush blaze out Jellingro way (says Gundagai "Independent"). The fire started in a large lucerne…
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