Destructive Bush Fires
Bush fires are ragging all round the Wellington and Mudgee districts. Many miles of grass fencing have been swept by the fires…
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Bush fires are ragging all round the Wellington and Mudgee districts. Many miles of grass fencing have been swept by the fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A BUSH fire broke out yesterday on the farm of Mr. W. R. Ryan. It spread with great rapidity owing to the force of the wind which blew from the west. The whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At an early hour this morning a fire broke out in a two roomed cottage in a Magpie street, Ballarat East, occupied by a miner named [?] Norris, aged 19 years. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARTICULARS from the scene of the bush fire at Munyabla, Doodle Cooma, and Yerong Creek confirm the telegrams received yesterday relative to the disastrous character of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Fire Brigade carnival held at Goulburn on New Years' Day was a most successful affair. Twenty-seven brigades turned out in the procession in the morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] fires have been raging in the [?]y of Temora for the past week. Mr. [?] Dentscher's selection and bomestead [?] Barmedman road were burnt out on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DAVID O'Connor was charged at the police court to-day with the careless use of fire. The evidence submitted showed that accused was directly the cause of a large fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bush fires around Wagga have now been got under, but logs are smouldering on the land recently covered by the flames. Several telegraph poles on the line between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE bash fires in the neighborhood of Yorong Creek and the Rock are to-day under control, and it is unlikely that much farther damage will be done. The fire which raged along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out in a thickly-built part of Broken Hill on Tuesday night. Two resident have the last few hundred gallons they had in their underground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE broke out in a thickly built part of Broken Hill on Wednesday night. Two residents gave the last few hundred gallons they had in their underground tanks, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The meeting called some time ago to establish a fire brigade having lapsed, there remain two accounts for advertising (16/-), same unpaid. On Mr. Purcell and myself…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another bush fire broke oat on Thursday of Mr. Thomss Jobnston'a selection, about six miles from se[?]uin, and spresd over about 4,000 acres of Mr. Robert Landale's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two bush fires broke out on Thursday, one at Boomanoomana, and another at Savornak. lower down the river from Albury. Both destroyed large arms of grass and quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather of late has been exceedingly hot, and bush fires are raging. Large fires are burning on Murulgoona, Buudaleer, Tinenburra and other stations. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A VERY narrow escape from a serious fire occurred (the Gundagai Times says) at St. John's Church on Sunday night. There is a kurosene lamp on either side of the organ,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening last, Capt. Connor being in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PRAIRIE fires are common in many of the States of America, and the wise Drikotan has his farm or ranch protected by fire breaks. These are usually made by ploughing two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DEAR "HUMMER,"—The bush fires are over: the thermometer is at 100deg.: they may start again. Shame on your Union men! I don't…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DEAR "HUMMER,"—The bush fires are over: the thermometer is at 100deg.: they may start again. Shame on your Union men! I don't…
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