Fire
ABOUT 2 a.m. on Sunday, an alarm of fire was souuded in town; and it was soon leamt that an outbreak had occurred at the rear of Mr. J. Hives'…
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Fires & bushfires, 1900
99 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 5
Bush Fires in Tasmania
Bush fires are raging without abatement in Tasmania. Nine families were burnt out in the Brighton district. The Burwick State school is destroyed. So far no loss of life…
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I HAVE seen it stated that most soldiers suffer from a feeling akin to fear on the eve of their first battle, hut this is hardly correct, remarked a sergeant in a line…
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AN inquest was held by the District Coroner (Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, J.P.) at Mrs. Samuels' Castlereagh Hotel on Wednesday, respecting the fire at Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal. The Sunnyside Battle. The Queenslanders Merry while Under Fire. The British Enter Douglas. Queenslanders Lead the Column. The Inhabitants Delighted, Major-General French at Colesberg. Boers at the Junction. A Battle Expected. Gatacre Defeats the Enemy, Who Fled to Stormberg. (By Cable.) London, January 4
Further particulars with regard to the Sunnyside engagement show that the Boor laager was mostly occupied by colonial Dutch…
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The Whangarei Hotel has been destroyed by fire: also 18 shops. The loss is estimated at £12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal. Our Lancers in Action. Under Heavy Fire. Mines at Kimberley Exploded. Another German Steamer Seized. LONDON, January 5
The New South Wales Lancers, under Major Lee, were sent to prevent the looting of a wrecked commissariat train at Rensberg. They were exposed…
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It was not very long since there was found after a farm fire near St. Albans some fifty sovereigns all fused and melted together by the great beat, this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transvaal. Heavy Artillery Fire Heard. The Boers' Loss at Ladysmith. The Boers Storm a Hill. They are Repulsed. They Fall over one Another in Trying to Escape from the Bayonets. Maorilanders to the Front. They Behave Gallantly. More Troops from England. Dundonald's Lite Guards Completely surprise the Boers. The Tugela Crossed. General Warren Moving Forward Quickly. Smallpox amongst the Boers. Bravery of Australian Captains. Further Particulars of the Attack on Ladysmith. The Gordons, Manchester and Devonshires Hurl the Enemy Down Hill. Severest Defeat of the Campaign. Australians in Trouble. Five Killed, One Wounded, and Eight Captured. (By Cable.) London, January 17
It is reported that heavy artillery firing was heard on Monday in the direction of Springfield. As a proof of the severity of the Boers'…
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A fire threatening serious results broke out at Denison House on Sunday night, but through the energy of the fire brigades it was subdued…
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Destructive bush fires have occurred in many parts of South Australia…
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It is estimated that fully 30,000 sheep wore destroyed by the recent bush fires in the Warranambool district…
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Word has been received from Mr. Haynes, M.P., stating that a sum of £50 has been set aside as a subsidy towards the establishment of a fire brigade in Wellington. Mr…
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Further extensive damage took place yesterday in the Kilmore district, Victoria, by bush fires on the Pyrenees. The fires cover an area 20 miles long by 12 miles wide…
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Coonabarabran narrowly missed a most destructive fire on Saturday night, About midnight Messrs. Maguire,. two brothers of Mrs . Myers, and Mr…
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SIR FRANCES JOHNSON, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the province of Quebec, on one of his circuits in the eastern townships during the winter, put…
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ON Thursday, the coroner and a jury of 14 held an inquest at the Court House to inquire into the origin of the fire at Mr…
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Devasting bush fires still continue in Victoria. The township of Tonga[?] narrowly escaped total destruction. Damage done amounted to about £5000…
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A private in the Gordon Highlimders, in a letter to his sister about the Magersfontein battle, says:—I will never forget it. Men on both sides…
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The damage done by bush fires in Gippsland, Victoria, are estimated to exceed £100,000, and scores of settlers are homeless…
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