Fire in Macquarie-street
EARLY on Monday morning the business heart of Dubbo was threatened by a fire which broke out almost at daylight on premises occupied by Mr. Gr. Taylor, being…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
110 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 6
The Fire on November 9. a Serious Charge
At the Police Court yesterday, because Mr. J. F. Kenyon. P. M., [?] Etie Galt and Elnnors Frances [?] wife were charged on the Information of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buller meets with a Reverse, Attempt to Force a Passage Frustrated. The Connaught Rangers Suffer Heavily. Batteries Silenced. The Boers under Cover pour a deadly fire into the English Ranks at Short Range. December 15
Buller reports to the War Office as follows: He moved in full strength to Chavelly at 4 this morning, intending to force a passeage by either of two fordable drifts. He intended…
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The ann was slowly set ing o'er the box trees, osk and pone. As sine tired and footsore workmen 'neath the tree shades did recline;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Fiend. One Fdtality
During the last few weeks different parts of the colony have been visited by the fire fiend, and now Cobar's turn has arrived. We are furtunate inasmuch as the experiences of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Fire Macquarie-street
AN enquiry into the origin of the fire at the Dubbo Milling Company's property in Macquarie-street on Monday morning last, was held at the Globe Hotel on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal. The New Zealanders Under Fire. One Trooper Wounded and Captured. The Boers Defeated. The Boers Shooting Stretcher-bearers. The Tugela River. Methuen Using Balloons. Found Cronje Entrenched for 12 Miles. (By Cable.) London, December 21
It is officially stated that General French's artillery shelled Wasfontein Farm, near Arundel. The New Zealand troops occupied the farm and an adjacent hill. They…
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Destructive bush fires are spreading in Gippsland, Victoria. 1000 acres of crops have been destroyed, and whole estates swept [?]…
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THE bush fires which have been burning in the Beechworth district for several days past assumed large and disastrous proportions on Saturday. A terrific north wind drove the…
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The steamer Balmain was completely gutted by fire while lying on the slips at Mort's Dock, undergoing repaint…
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