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Several bush fires have occurred in this district. Two broke out on Nowley run on Monday, and were subdued. There was one at Parrott's on Sunday night; the men turned out and extinguished it with some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Friday. -- The bash fires mentioned early in the week as having broken out in the Mitta Mitta and Upper Murray districts have done much more damage than was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive bush fires are still raging in the Goernong and Egerton Forest district. The fire is now threatening extensive farming areas in the parish of Minto. At Goormong water carts are being used…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shortly before 7 o'olock last evening a fire was discovered in an unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Andrew-street, Waverley. An alarm was sent to the Waverley Volunteer Fire Brigade about a mile and a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shortly before 7 o'clock last night a fire was discovered in Arden-street, Waverley. The local Volunteer Brigade were promptly, on the scone and found that smoke and flames were issuing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EVERYONE knows that there exist certain creatures called glowworms and fireflies, but it will probably surprise all but those who know something of entomology to learn that the bright…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EVERYONE knows that there exist certain creatures called glowwotms and fireflies, but it will probably surprise all but those who know something of entomology to learn that the bright…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, February 12.—The West Lothian, a four-masted ship, which left Sydney on December 17 for London, has arrived, at Pernambuco with her cargo on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE four-masted ship West Lothian, which sailed from Sydney on December 15 for London, has, according to a cable received by her agents this morning, put into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque West Lothian has arrived at Pornumbuco, in Brazil, with hen cargo on fire. The West Lothian is a fine four-masted ship,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.—At an early hour yesterday a Fire broke out in tho premises of Peter M' Rostie, wholesale and retail grocer, Twin and Rundle streets. The fire brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government pays £3S00 the insurance companies £3800, and the municipal councils £3800, to the Fire Brigades Board. The appo[?]tionment of the latter sum among the various councils this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with the barque West Lothian, which arrived at Pernambuco, in Brazil, with her cargo on fire, it is now reported that the cargo was slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Between 6 and 7 o'clock this morning the signal gun sounded tho fire alarm, and it was found that a quantity of coal in the hold of the ship Dumfrieshire, now lying in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The bush fires in various parts of the country have done enormous damage. A telegram from Stawell states the fires in that district which brake out last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Great damage has been caused by fires on stations near Stawell. About 1000a of grass were burnt, and it is estimated that some 10,000 sheep perished in the flames. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Shortly after 6 o'clock this morning a fire broke oat aboard the ship Dumfriesshire, lying in the North Harbor. An alarm was quickly given, and two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A bush fire near Lismore yesterday burned 1509 sheep and 75 miles of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE fire which broke out in an unoccupied dwelling-house, situated in Arden-street, Waverley, on February 13, formed the subject of a coronial inquiry commenced this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ACTING on the advice of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, the city coroner has decided to held an inquest to-morrow into the origin of the fire which broke out on Friday…
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