The Fires in America. 4000 Acres of Woods Ar[?]aze
LONDON, Thursday.--The great fires raging in the United States are still unquenched. At present 4000 acres of the woodland country in the State of…
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SUMMARY. Big fire at Normanton (Q.)
Cootamundra is to have a water supply. Total population of Inverell district, 9716. Property tax to be abolished in New Zealand, and a tax on the unimproved value of land to…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--It has been discovered that the new Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board has been left without means of raising money for the purchase of plant,…
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A most disastrous fire occurred in Normanton at half-past 1 this morning. The following business places were burned to the ground : -- B. Magee's, Simons and Co.,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Early this morning a fire destroyed the stables of Mrs. F. Skinner, general carrier, South Melbourne. At the time the fire Broke out there were 21…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Normanton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
A disastrous fire occurred at Normanton early this morning. The following business premises were burnt to the ground:—B. J. Magee, Simon and Co., R. M. Elwell, Bank of North Queensland, R. H. Bate and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at a Carrier's Stables. Ten Horses Burned to Death. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
Early this morning a fire broke out in the stables of F. Skinner, carrier, South Melbourne. The fire quickly obtained the mastery, and the stables were destroyed. The confiagration…
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PENRITH, Friday.--A fire occurred, in a cottage occupied by Mrs. Beatty. A lot of clothes, bedding, and other articles were burnt. Penrith has no fire brigade, and it…
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News is to hand that very widespread and destructive forest fires are raging in the central portions of the State of Michigan, United States…
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THE annual meeting of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held yesterday, when the report for the 19th year, ending March 31, was submitted as…
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A MEETING of the No. 2 Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening, Captain Love in the chair. Fireman T. Jackson tendered his resignation, as he was unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Jewish Persecutions. the Outrages in Corfu. Fire and Sword. Further Outrages. Seventeen Jews Murdered
LONDON, May 15.—The outbreak against the Jewish inhabitants of Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands, was of a most violent and relentless character. An infuriated mob of…
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WAGGA WAGGA, Monday.--At half-past 10 last evening an alarm of fire rung out, and it was ascertained the Australian Hotel colonnade was on fire near…
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LONDON, Sunday.--A disastrous fire is raging in the city of Jackson, in the State of Michigan, United States. A large portion of the city has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Broken Hill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill
A large fire broke out in Reid's timber yard, Argent-street, about 6 o'clock this morning. The fire brigade were promptly on the spot, and a considerable portion of the premises, as well as some…
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A SPARK from a chimney ignited the roof of a house No. 56 Glenmore-road, Paddington, about 5.30 yesterday afternoon, but the Padding the Brewery V.F.B, having be a…
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BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A little before 6 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in Reid's timber yard, Sulphide-street, but the brigade were quickly on the spot and by…
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HAY, Monday.--A fire broke out at 3 o'clock this morning, at the brewery of the Lindsay Brewery Company. It occurred in a building of three stories and a basement…
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A fire broke out about 4 this morning at Lindsay's Brewery Company's Works. The browhouse and plant were destroyed. It is impossible to say how the fire originated. The whole buildings, covering about…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.—The police of Mahonga are searching for a man of the "sundowner" stamp who is suspected of arson in connection with the fire which occurred at the Pastoral Hotel…
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