Disastrous Bush Fires. Heavy Losses
Harrowing reports continue to arrive of the great destruction by the recent bush fires. In the Gundagai district alone, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1902
185 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 10
A Fatal Fire. a Father and Five Children Burnt to Death
Perth, Thursday.—A terrible tragedy bas occurred at the Day Dawn, resulting in the death of a man and his five children, and the dementia of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Bush Fires. SYDNEY
BUSH fires are still breaking out in different parts of the country, but they appear to be only on a small scale…
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THE Bowery Theatre at New York has been burned down…
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The smoke from hush fires has seriously affected shipping movements in Sydney harbour. Parramatta has suffered, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. Narbow Escape of a Village
West Maitland, Wednesday.—The air is full of smoke from the bush free and neighboring hills. Mountains are almost concealed by the…
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A terrible catastrophe is reported front Liverpool. A train on the electric railway took fire when approaching…
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It had been dry on the Hawkesbury, no rain of quantity tot six months. On the [?] December, [?], the [?] stood under his verandah…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Wires. Through Grevile's Telegram Company. Sydney, Thursday, 1.30 P.M. the Latest Blaze
The damage done by the fire at Wallace and Co's. boot and clothing factory, Leichhardt, is now estimated at £20,000. The supply of water is reported to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Damage by Fire. SYDNEY
THE damage done by fire at [?] and Co's. boot and clothing factory, Leichhardt, is now estimated at £20,000. The supply of water at the fire is reported…
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Necessity is the mother of invention. In the early morning recently a policeman passing Messrs. Jermyn aud Poony's stop in Lynn noticed a beam on fire. He blew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensation at Maclean. a Husband Fires at His Wife. Constable Somerville to the Fore
A sensational shooting incident occurred at Maclean Clarence River on Thursday morning. A man named James Dowling…
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EXTENSIVE fires are raging on Middle Island (N.Z.) Two large sawmills were destroyed. Valuable silver-pine forests are also…
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' Linesman' in his book, ' Words by an Eye-witness,' describes a stirring incident in the operations for the relief of Ladysmith. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Bush Fire. WARIALADA
A GREAT bush fire broke out near Warialda on Tuesday. For a time the town was in danger…
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The premises of Messrs, Bleasley and Company, fromongers, Melbourne, were partially destroyed by fire…
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AFTER the usual monthly practice of the Fire Brigade on Friday evening, the annual election of officers took place, Captain Sully presiding over the meeting. The result…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Fire at Capetown
A huge fire is raging in the heart of Capetown. It is feared the damage is enormous…
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AT [?] o'clock yesterday a fire broke out in the private parlor of Mr. Copp's establishment, which but for prompt assistance, would have resulted in a most disastrous…
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A. disastrous bush bra is raging at Kyneton (Victoria), causing immense destruction to property…
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