The Melbourne Fire. Enormous Damage, MELBOURNE
It is estimated that the damage done by the fire which occurred on Thursday at the Adelaide-chambers amounts to at least 25,000…
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Extensive Fire at Bowral. a Block of Buildings Destroved (By Telegraph.)
BOWRAL, Friday.--A destructive fire broke out in the heart of the town this morning about 4 o'clock. It seems to have originated on the premises of S. Tonks, a tailor, in the main…
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About four o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the premises owned by J. G. Morris, and occupied by Messrs. H. Pember, fruiterers, S. Tonks, tailor, J. J. Alford, furniture warehouse, Chass Prior, saddler,…
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ADELAIDE, SATURDAY.-A dreadful burning accident took place on Friday evening, in one of the carriages attached to the Broken Hill train. The Hon. J. G…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Bush fires are reported from Harrietville, and all round Gippsland Lakes district. In the latter the loftiest ranges are hidden in dense smoke…
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The Minister for Mines has received a report from Inspector Brett, of Urana, to the effect that Mr. Anderson, the manager of Mr. Halliday's Brookong run, is taking particular…
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At the historical Brookong Station, a new and it is hoped effective means of checking bush fires has been adopted by Mr. Anderson, the manager for Mr. Halliday. The whole run is being…
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At 4 o clock this morning, another fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Seyfurtli and Co., manufacturers and agents, Flinders-lane. The whole top flat was…
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Advices are to hand yesterday giving some particulars of the fire in the Village Line ship Dalswinton, from Calcutta to London, which put into Gaile December 27. " The Dalswinton, Captain Webster, whose registered tonnage is 1627 gross…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Several fires occurred to-day and yesterday. Near Mount Lofty thousands of acres of grass were destroyed, with many miles of fencing, by a fire which…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A destructive fire occurred last night in T. W. Butcher's stables, adjoining the Port Melbourne abattoirs. Owing to the want of pressure no water was…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Krasel's hat factory in Mills-lane, off Flinders-street, was destroyed by fire early this morning. To-night Eason and Clayton's timber yard,…
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Early this morning a fire broke out in the top portion of three buildings in Mill-place, off Flinders-lane, near Elizabeth-street. The ground floor is occupied as a storeroom for the Hobson's Bay Soap…
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Bush fires are prevalent in various parts of the colony. In the Camperdown district large areas of grass have been destroyed. M'Garve's Greenwood property was burnt out, the…
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The weather continues dry, with a succession of very hot days and nights. There is not the sligh test sign of rain. Bush fires, have broken out in many directions. Yesterday Mr. John Otton's place, at Numeralla, was…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The weather is still terribly hot, the thermometer to-day again standing at 99deg. in the shade at the Observatory. From all parts of the colony news is…
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WAGGA WAGGA, Wednesday.--A fire has occurred at Gobbagumbolin Station, in the vicinity of Hicken's farm, on the Murrumbidgee. The fire traversed a large area of…
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WINDSOR, Wednesday..--A meeting of the old members of the Windsor Fire Brigade was held last night, Mr. W. Gosper, J.P., presiding. The municipal council…
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LONDON, January 21.—The inquest on the bodies of the children burnt to death by the fire at the Forest Gate Industrial School, on…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The inquest was concluded yesterday into the cause of death of the 26 boys who were suffocated by the fire at the Forestgate Industrial School, Essex,…
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