Booligal Coach Destroyed by Fire. the Mails and Contents All Lost
Word was received in Hay to-day that the Booligal coach, which left Hay last night for Booligal with the usual consignment of mails aboard…
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Bush Fires Near Wangaratta
Settlers on Toombullup and Tolmic are threatened by bush fires, which have been vaging in the district for some days past. The smoke is so dense that it is impossible…
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The following new regulation has been issued by the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners:--"Any person who wilfully injures or destroys any…
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A fire broke out shortly after two o'clock on Friday afternoon in a paddock between Mr. Donald Innes' and Mr. E. R. Nicolson's. With a light…
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Mr. Benno Seidel, writing to "The Land" makes a common-sense demand for Government aid in combatting the ravages of bush fires: All the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Bush Fires in Victoria. Two Lives Lost. Colac
The most serious tire ever experienced in the history of Otway Forest, Colac, occurred on Saturday. Fanned by a strong wind the flames swept through the…
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Three lives were lost in a fearful fire which swept through Otway Forest on Saturday. Mr. Glarkson, one of the oldest settlers in the forest,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Wheat. 75,000 Bags Burned at Mirrool
A disastrous fire broke out in the wheat stack at Mlrroal, a Hiding on the Temora-Barellan lino, on Friday afternoon, when it is estimated 75,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Booligal Coach Destroyed by Fire. The Mails and Contents all Lost?
Word was received in Hay on Friday that the Booligal coach, which left Hay the previous night for Booligal with the usual consignment of…
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Reports continue to arrive from Victorian districts ravaged by dienstrons bush [?]. Many people have had narrow escapes from being burned alive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze at Varnish Works. Sydney
A wood and iron structure used as the boiling room of the Sterling Varnish Company at Alexandria, with its contents was destroyed by fire this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mirrool Wheat Fires a Smoker's Admissions
Mr. J. A. Bradley, coroner, held an inquiry at Mirrool on Wednesday into the fire which on Friday destroyed two large wheat stacks there. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gladstone Meat Works Fire Priest's Outspoken Utterance
In connection With the fire at Gladstone (Q.) meat work, the police are said to be shadowing three prominent members of the I.W.W. Finger prints…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Beech Forest Fires
Evidence is accumulating of the dire plight of the settlers in the forest country swept by the bush fires in Colac district, Vic, Numerous families had to rush from…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Fires on Forest Reserves. Campers Fined
At the local court yesterday, before Mr Longfield, P.M., two Barooga residents, Rupert Russell and Albert Rollins, were heavily fined…
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A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Lockhart, as the result of which Dr. Davies' private hospital in Hebden-street was totally destroyed. It…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Farmer Fined for Lighting Fire
At the Rosedale (Vic.) court James King, farmer, was charged with lighting a fire to the danger of neighbouring property. The evidence showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Fire at Timber Yards Damage About £30,000 SYDNEY
Damage to the value of about £30,000 was caused through a fire destroyed the building occupied by the Vencca Timber Company, at Rozelle to-night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sydney Exciting Escape of Two People. Sydney
A fire was discovered last night at the promises known as Bristol House, in Elizabeth street, which is the centre of a large block of buildings…
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At the meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association on Saturday, Mr. E. Field referred to the loss of wheat through the fire at…
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