Destructive Bush Fires in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Terrible bush fires are reported from the western portion of the colony. The township of Gordon is surrounded by fires, the smoke being almost…
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Fire at the Liverpool Paper Mills
A FIRE, resulting in considerable damage to property, occurred at the Liverpool paper mills on Sunday evening last. The fire was discovered about 10.30 o’clock, and the alarm at…
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The bush fires which have been raging during the past week were more extensive and destructive than those of any previous year since Black Thursday. The ships along the coast passed through clouds of…
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The bush fires which have been raging during the past week were more extensive and destr[?]tive than those of any previous year since Black Thursday. The ships along the coast passed through clouds of smoke…
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At half-past 10 on Sunday night, flames were observed issuing from the large store of the Liverpool paper mills, and an alarm having been given, a crowd quickly collected. The small engine from Haigh and…
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A telegram in yesterday's Herald stated that extensive bush fires had occurred in A Victoria. From the Melbourne Argus of yesterday we extract the following telegraphic particulars:—…
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By the bash fires in the Heytesbnry Forest on Tuesday damage has been done to the extent of neatly £5060. About thirty families have been burned out. Several sawmills, orchards. and miles…
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A terrible bush fire, travelling ten miles among the borders of the Taranaki railway line, from the direction of Normanby, enveloped the township of Stratford and destroyed about thirty houses. The fire is…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--A terrible bush fire travelling 10 miles along the borders of the Taranaki railway line, from the direction of Normanby, enveloped the township of…
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By the bush fires in the Heytesbury Forest on Tuesday damage has been done to the extent of nearly £5000. About thirty families have been burnt out. Several sawmills, orchards, and miles of expensive…
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From the Cumberland Mercury we learn that a fire, resulting in considerable damage to property, occurred at the Liverpool paper mills on Sunday evening last. The fire was discovered…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Mr. District Coroner Chapman held an inquiry into the late fire to-day, when the evidence of P. Lynch showed that he had liabilities due on…
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The inquiry by the District Coroner into the late fire was closed to-day Very little extra evidence has been adduced beyond the facts already published. The wintnesses examined were Constables James M'Vane, Charles Couth, John Starr,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The bush fires which have been raging for the last few days in the Heytesbury Forest, in the Western District, have done an immense amount of damage, and…
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A bush fire is raging from Loutit Bay to Otway Point, forty-five miles. The forest land and the pleasure, township of Lorne were in considerable danger till the wind changed on Tuesday. At about…
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The bush fires which have been raging during the past week were more extensive and destructive than those of any previous year since Black Thursday. The ships along the coast passed through clouds of smoke…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.--The country around Stratford for 12 miles towards Hawera bears a blackened and desolute appearance owing to the fires. Midhurst, a small town, is…
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Several large bush fires have been raging in the Hawke's Bay district, and great damage has been done to the townships in the bush. The settlements have been surrounded by the fires, and many houses have…
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Napier, December 29.—Bush fires continue to spread in all directions, and almost hourly reports arrive of homesteads burnt, stock, destroyed, and large tract, of grass land devastated. Smoke hangs over the country like a black…
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THE statistical returns of the metropolitan fire brigades are ready remarkably early this year. From them we take the following abstract of the work done by the fire brigades of Sydney during the past year:—…
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