The Gippsland Bush Fires
THE details of the calamitous bush fires in Gippsland and other parts of Victora are harrowing in the extreme. Many prospering settlers have been reduced to destitution,…
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Calamitous Bush Fires in Gippsland. Estimated Damage £250,000
THE bush fires in Gipsland have done enormous damage, the monetary value of which is roughly estimated at a quarter of a million sterling. Hundreds of settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires at Albury. Damage to Grass and Fencing
Bush fires have caused great damage at Mangaplah station, in the Albury district. A large quantity of grass and fencing has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gippsland Bush Fires. the Relief of the Sufferers
A public meeting was held to-day, at which the sum of £1000 was subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the Gippsland bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Gippsland Devastated. Families Ruined and Homeless. Through the Flames on a Railway Engine
A part of Gippsland is in ruins. The flames have swept over it and left nothing but ashes and charred remains. The air is still heavy with much smoke. Neerim North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destractive Bush Fire. Supposed Work of an Incendiary
A destructive bush fire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary, is raging in the Bungendore district. The grasshoppers and caterpillars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. Narrow Escape of a Township. Great Destruction of Crops
The bush fires are again ravaging the Leongotha districts. The township and homesteads were only saved by the most strenuous efforts, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Fire Brigade
THE adjourned meeting of the members of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. when Captain Edney was in the chair. The report from the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Hay
Two weatherboard houses at Hay, occupied by S. Kemp and W. Anderson, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The firs is supposed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade
The adjourned meeting of the members of the Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade was held last night, Captain Edney in the chair. The report of the committee in respect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay. Wednesday. a Serious Fire
About midnight on Tuesday a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. S. P. Kemp, solicitor. The flames quickly spread to the adjoining residence of Mr. Wm. Andersen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Big Fire. the Official Inquiry. Evidence of Police and Reporters
The inquiry into the recent big fire in Flinders-street was resumed to-day. Evidence was given by the police and the newspaper reporters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Currawarna Fire Case. Mrs. Rowe at the Quarter Sessions. a Tale of Domestic Infelicity. a Verdict of Not Guilty
At the Wagga Quarter Sessions on Monday, before His Honor Judge Rogen, Norah Grace Rows was charged with having, on the 28th October, 1897, maliciously sat fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Warragul in Danger. Relief Funds Expanding
The calamitous bush fires io Gippslard broke out in a fresh place on Wednesday. A dense cloud of smoke warned the people of Wuragul that a great danger threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Recent Big Fire. Loss by an Insurance Company
At a meeting of the Victoria General Insurauce and Guarantee Company to-day it was reported that the company had lost £11,351 during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australians and Bush Fires
One of the most admirable traits in the character of the Australian native is the baste with which be turns out to fight a bush fire. In Victoria within the last week or two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Near Wagga
On Friday morning last between 11 and 12 ' o'clock a bush fire broke out in the Riverside Dairy paddock. Mr James Halloran, the occupant of the farm, noticed heavy volume…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Big Fire the Loss to Insurance Companies
At the half-yearly meeting of the Victoria Insurance Company to-day the manager stated that the losses to the company by the late city fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in America. Serious Loss of Life. Six-storey House Burned. Fifty Occupants Perished. London
The city of Spokane, in the State of Washington, has been the scene of a terrible calamity by fire, by which it is believed 50 lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bush Fires. the Coast Hidden in Smoke
The whole coast is hidden in smoke from bush fires. Many vessels are behind time, and have evidently run out to sea or are sheltering…
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