Yesterday's Fires Baylis Street
Those remaining in town yesterday at about 5 o'clook were startled by the unwelcome note of the fire bell, the occasion being a fire which had broken out in the premises…
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Carelessness About Fire
AT the Jerilderie Police Court last week a case dealt with may serve as a warning with regard to the legal consequences of carelessness about fire. The case is reported by the local paper as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at Forest Hill. a Man Burnt to Death
ON Sunday morning last a fire occurred in premises at the rear of Forest Hill house, a few miles distant from Wagga, and in which a man named John Lannagin is supposed to…
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AN inquest into the cause of the fire which destroyed the surgery and chemist shop of Dr. Elmslie at Junee, on the morning of Tuesday, the 27th December, was held at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Recent Fire in Baylis-street. Coroner's Inquest
An inquiry was held before the District Coroner (Mr. L. A. Fosbery) and a jury of twelve (of whom Mr. P. S. F. Stephen was chosen foreman) in the Advance Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Fire in Baylisstreet. Coroner's Inquest
THE adjourned inquiry into the cause of the fire that occurred in Peter Peek's shop, in the Protestant Hall building, B[?]ylis-street, was held yesterday at M'Donough's Advance…
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THE past magnificent season has caused a finer and stronger growth of grass than has been seen for years. But summer is now upon us, and with it comes the danger of bush fires, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire in Baylisstreet. Coroner's Inquest
THE inquiry into the fire which occurred in one of the shops under the Protestant Hall was continued on Saturday morning, at 9.30, when the following evidence was adduced:—…
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IT is generally considered that we have been inde[?]ted for some of the intense heat of the past few days to the numerous bush fires that have taken place in the district, the reflection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tee Weather and Fires
DURING the last two days the weather has been warm enough to test the endurance of the most "seasoned" among us Sunday was the hottest day experienced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Bush Fires. Albury
The reports to hand from the scene of the fire show that the destruction was even larger than was at first anticipated. Since yesterday afternoon the conflagration has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local District Fires
Further particulars have come to hand with regard to the fires in the surrounding district, concerning which we published some items in our last issue. It appears…
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Bush fires are still raging in the district, and the news to [?]and presents a distressing record of destruction. We learnt yesterday that fire had attacked the Gobbagumbalin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Albuby
ON Saturday night a most destructive bush fire, causing the loss of miles of gross, wheat crops, stock, and, it is feared, human life broke out on Riddell's Thornbill Park…
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DURING the last two days the weather has been warm enough to test the endurance of the most "seasoned" among us (says Tuesday's Wagga A[?]…
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A great fire took place at Singleton on on Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock, by which the Excelsior Steam Sawmills were burnt to the ground. The property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fires Near Wagga. Wagga
EXTENSIVE bush fires have been raging in the district. For several days past volumes, of smoke have been visible from the town, issuing from behind the hills in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Insurance.—prompt Settlement
WE have been requested to publish the following from the Evening News, concerning the insurance society of which Mr. A. S. Simpson is the local agent:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Clarendon-wantabadgery Fire
AN extensive bush-fire broke out near the boundary of the Wantabadgery and Dollar Vale estates on the morning of Monday, the 30th ult. A number of willing hands mustered in very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Great Destruction by Fires. Temora
TERRIBLE bush fires have been raging around Temora during the past few days. Several selectors on Trungley station have lost all their grass and fencing; and have…
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