Fire at Coolamon
One day this week a fire broke out a Mr. Arnott Muller's farm, 12 miles north of Coolamon. The outbreak appears to have started in a stack of…
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Tyne Dock. Destructive Fire. Barque and Quay Burnt. London
A terrible fire occurred at the Tyne Dock, South Shields, England. A westerly wind was blowing when the fire broke out aboard a Norwegian…
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A bush fire is raging, at Cookardinia and burning towards Holbrook. From the meagre particulars, which it was possible to obtain last night, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Bush Fire. Started by Phosphorus. Holbrook Menaced. Crops, Grass and Stock Burnt. One Arrest Reported
A disastrous bush fire, which appears to have been the result of a treacherous attempt to lay waste the whole countryside, broke out on…
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Christiana reports that a fire raged in Belgium all night on Saturday, and spread to distant quarters and destroyed many buildings. Many…
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At about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a small outbreak of fire occurred in a house in Forsyth-street, occupied by Mr. J. F. Harrold and family. By some…
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At fire which broke out at Uranquinty yesterday through a spark blowing from the chimney of an engine which was being used to drive a chaffcutter,…
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The damage caused by a big fire at Bergen, Norway, is estimated at £2,750,000…
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No further information was available yesterday concerning the bush fire which was burning between Cookardinia and Holbrook on Sunday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Norway. 400 Buildings Destroyed. Damage Reaches £5,500,000. LONDON
Four hundred buildings, valued at over £1,000,000 ware burnt to the ground in the Bergen (Norway) fire. The total damage was £5,500,000…
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Holbrook district has the scene of disaster on bush fire which storing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deum-fire Artillery. Kaiser's Son As Author
Prince Osear, the fifth son of the Kaiser, has written a little book called Winter Battle, in which he describes the bard fighting of the 3rd German. Army in Champagne, in February…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Fire. Five Stacks of Hay Burnt. Use of Phosphorus. Holbrook
A serious and disastrous fire occurred here yesterday on Mr. A. G. Cook's farm. He had four large and one small stack of hay (all he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Uranquinty. (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")
Sir,—Under the above heading, in your issue of Tuesday last, it is stated that the fire was caused through a spark from the engine used to drive a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destroyed Haystacks. the Go[?]agumbalin Fire. Coronial Inquiry Concluded. a Malicious Act
The adjourned inquiry into the fires which destroyed three stacks of hay on Mr. R. Miller's property at Gobbagumbalin on the night of December 29 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Damage at Junee. [?]00 Bags of Wheat Burnt. Ladysmith and Lake Albert. Grass, Wheat and Hay Destroyed
Three bush fires occurred on Saturday afternoon, when areas in the vicinity of Junee, Ladysmith, and Lake Albert road were swept by fire. All…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wyalong. Australian Hotel Destroyed. Wyalong
The Australian Hotel at West Wyalong has been completely destroyed by fire. Absolutely nothing was saved. A large wooden building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Balkans. Montenegro. King's Dilemma. Between Two Fires. Austria's Terms Rejected. London
The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Milan telegraphs that since Servia's defeat King Nicholas' Austrophile advisers gained the upper hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kaiser's Summer Resort. Destroyed by Fire. 1000 People Homeless. Christiania
A fire has entirely destroyed the town of Molde. One thousand people are shelterless. The Kaiser usually went to Molde for his summer holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Belgian Fires
The Belgian Government has issued a report stating that the houses burned by Germans in various parts…
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