Bush Fires
Referring to the destructive bush fires lately experienced in Victoria, the Australian says:—You could not have stamped it out its infancy?" a Therpdale settler was asked by a benevolent person…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
8 stories in South Coast's papers
The Victorian Fires
As a sample of the hardships gone through by Victorian settlers during the late bush fires in that colony the Australasian has the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire proof Safes
Some curious facts are mentioned with regard to the safes excavated from the rains of the great fire in London. One safe by a loading firm had the brass handles and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Heaping Coals of Fire on His Head." a South Coast Tragedy in the "Early Forties."
The following tragic and rather too literal an application of the above words of Holy Writ was reported to the writer as having actually occurred on the South Coast of New South Wales in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Formidable Record. a Year's Fires in London
A year's fires in London is a formidable record. The number increases rapidly year by year, whereas with the great improvements in heating and lighting they ought to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rifle Shooting. Lord Roberts on "Collective Fire."
At the request of the Council of the New South Wales Rifle Association we publish tho following letter from Lord Roberts:—The Royal Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Board the S. S. Ardandhu
Another thrilling story of the sea has been [?] public in New York, by the article of the steamship Australian from [?]and is cold in a [?] to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Sydney
ABOUT twenty-five minutes to 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon people in the western part of the city were startled by a great column of smoke that suddenly shot up in the…
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