Telegrams. Disastrous Bush Fire. 20,000 Sheep Burned. Sydney, January 6
Hot weather is reported from all parts of the country. In many places the thermometer has registered from 100 to 113 degrees in the shade. In…
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Fires & bushfires, 1891
9 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers
Mount Oxley. a Camp-fire Dream
IT was sunset. On the Northernmost spur of the mountain were standing the sisters, Gertrude and Melissa. The first appeared to be studying the ruddy reflections of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Labor Troubles. Disast Us Bush Fires. Sands of Sheep Destroyed. the Barcaldine Shearers Arming. Bloodshed Expected. "Jack the Ripper" Caught Sydney, February 17
The Hon. Geoffrey Eager, who today completes his 73rd year of age, will retire on the 1st proximo, under the provisions of the Superannuation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Great Fire in Chicago. Revolting Details From India. Officers Killed and Their Bodies Eaten by Dogs. Sydney, April 14
Lord Carrington and Sir Saul Samuel have cabled their congratulations to Sir Henry Parkes on the great success of the Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shearing Difficulty. All Quiet in Bourke. Unloading the Excelsior. Complete Police Arrangements. the Union Camp. Aggression at Dunlop. Free Laborers Compelled to Leave Work. Similar Action Expected at Gundabooka. a Camp at East Toorale. Captain White Brutally Assaulted. Unionists Fire at the Steamer Brew Arrina. More Police Protection Required
The shearing difficulty is still unsettled, and matters remain the same as reported in last issue. For the past few days the town has been extremely quiet, and this has caused…
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Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, a fire was discovered in a cottage occupied and owned by Mrs. Cregan in Mertin-street. The alarm was soon given, the fire bell…
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A Brewarrina telegram reports that at midnight on Saturday a cottage occupied by the family of Junes Birks, who was working 20 miles from home, caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Fire in Wilcannia Wilcannia, Nov. 24
At 3 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in the Wilcannia Hotel, the flames e[?]ting from the dining room, and supposed to have originated in the cellar…
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ON Brenda Station Friday evening, 27th Nov., about 9 p.m., a fire broke out on a loaded, waggon containing 40 bales of greasy wool within five yards of the woolshed door…
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