Enraged Prisoners. Set Fire to Pentridge Gaol. Melbourne
Serious trouble has been experienced lately amongst prisoners at Pentridge, Gaol and as a result a number of prisoners were sentenced to solitary…
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Fires at Griffith
The town or Griffith has been smothered with smoke for the past week. Bush fires have been raging to the north and on Sunday last reached…
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The safety match law is now in operation again. All shopkeepers should recognise such when selling matches. This year in particular the utmost care…
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With the rapidly increasing temperature the bush fires have again broken out in the Cober and Coolabar district Several [?] close to…
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The annual meeting of the Collingullie Bush Fire Brigade was held at the Cross Roads on Saturday last. Owing to the abundance of grass and the great…
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A fire in the grass on the property of Mr., J. F. O.'Regan. M.L.C., Oak Hill, Was caused by the 2.30 p.m. train from Wagga on Saturday, sparks flying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Explosion Films Cause Damage Sensational Fire in Sydney Sydney
An extraordinary and disastrous explosion, followed by a f[?]erce fire, occurred in Park Street, city, yesterday afternoon, resulting in damage,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big City Fire. Six Buildings in Park-street Gutted. Many Exciting Incidents and Escapes. Damage Estimated! at £80,000. SYDNEY
Following an explosion in a film shop yesterday afternoon in Park-street between Pitt and George streets six shops were gutted by fire, and on the opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fires. Thousands of Acres Destroyed. Hay
A grass fire broke out on Saturday on Gundarene Station, Hay. The fire spread rapidly and 25,000 acres of grass and a great deal of fencing were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heroic Effort Incident at a Fire. Hobart
Albert Roy Cox, a young returned soldier, living at the Lachlan, put his two-year-old daughter to sleep and then left the house to feed his horse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trampled to Death. Fire at German Kinema. London
The "Daily Mall's" Berlin Correspondent states that a fire broke out during a children's performance at a kinema at Harburg. The audience became…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany Ready. Munition Factories Running Night and Day Where There Is Smoke There Is Fire M. Briand's Dramatic Announcement Vancouver
Speaking at the Washington, conference M. Briand said Germany could put 5,000,000 men into the field within a few weeks and she has immense industry…
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Thick clouds of smoke surrounded Wagga yesterday, carried by the wind from fires at Currawarna and in the Coolamon district. The reflection of…
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News from Ivanhoe says it is now hoped to hold a big fire which is raging, east of Ivanhope on the Wiloannia road; by means of burning breaks…
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A bush fire with a [?] front, which has been travelling east from Hillston for the past fortnight has reached Lake Cargelligo [?] tree…
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The bush fire which has been travelling eastward for the last fortnight is now within the Lake Cargellico district. The forces of the town have been…
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On Saturday last the first fires of the season started near Merungie Well, Burning fiercely, it goon spread on to Nicklass' "Kia Ora" property…
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On Wednesday large clouds of smoke were seen vising from over the north side of Yanco, which gave the appearance to the residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Fire Away." Piteroy Vendetta Case. Melbourne
At the Melbourne Criminal Court to-day. Joseph Lennox Cotter, commission agent, who was charged with the murder of John Thomas Olsen, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire. in Moree District. Wheat Fields in Danger. Bellata
A bush fire broke out yesterday at kilgowra Siding and owing to the wind, and highly inflammable blown away grass it spread quickly and several…
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