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Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Extensive Bush Fires

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 6

Information has been received of a very heavy loss sustained by Messrs. Beveridge Brothers, of Pine Grove Farm, Murray Hut, near Jerilderie, the bush fire which swept over that part of the…

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Destructive Bush Fires

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.—A man who has just arrived from Piney Range states that he passed along 10 miles of blazing country. Outside the fringe of the fire he saw hundreds of snakes and other…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Terrible Bush Fires in Riverina. Yerong Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 5

Ever since last Monday week reports have been constantly arriving from the thinly-populated parts of the district of bush fires, which were continually breaking out, and it was anticipated that the forest…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Great Destruction of Property. in the Albury and Upper Murray Districts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday. -- The bush fires reported from nearly every part of the Murray and Riverina districts are still burning, and hundreds of thousands of acres of grass and…

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Fires in the City

The Australian Star · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 4

A FIRE occurred shortly before 1 o'clock this morning in a draper's shop at 197 Oxford-street, occupied by Mr. G. Blughden. The origin of the fire is unknown. The…

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The Year's Fires. Synopsis of Calls

The Australian Star · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 4

THE total number of alarms received for fires or supposed fires during the year was 326, as against 298 last year. Of these 52 wore false alarms, 13 proved to be only…

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[?] of Fire: a Novel of Tirring Incident. [Now [?] Published.] (All Rig[?]ts Reserved.) Contents. Chapter Iv. Eros and Interos. V. Ars Est Cilare Artem. Vi. the Baron. Vii. Robinson Allister. Viii. Is All Fad in Love Ix. L'homme Propose. X. Oil and Water. Xi. Nemesis. Xii. "Mood and Tense." Xiii. Lothario. Xiv. at Last. Xv. Charley's [?]G. Xvi. Matrimonial Incidents Xvii. the Down GlADE. Xviii. Enter a Scrbe. Xix. the Clouds Begin to Collect. Xx. the Ice Breaks. Xxi. Charley's Home. Xxii. the Crisis. Xxiii. the Robinsons. Xxiv. a Missive of [?]. Xxv. Various Comforters. Xxvi. Play and Earnest. Xxvii. Ferrosham. Xxviii. Conscience. Xxix. Voice and Its Meaning. Xxx. a Stormy Interview. Xxxi. Love Lies Bleeding. Xxxii. Reunion. Xxxiii. the Wind Up. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 7

PROLOGUE: The South Durhan foxhounds were after a fine dog fox and were in full cry. Suddenly one of the huntsmen gives up the chase and a few minutes afterwards is accidentally…

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Extensive Bush Fires

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

GERMANTON, Saturday.—Large areas of grass have been consumed on Pullitop and Burke's Creek by the bush fires which are racing there. LITHGOW, Saturday.—Bush fires have been…

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Bush Fires. Berrigan, Dec. 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 9

Yesterday, at 2 p.m., a fire started on the Government reserve, about half a mile from the town. The wind was blowing freshly from the S.W., which rapidly carried the fire on to Momalong, sweeping…

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Immense Bush Fires. a Life Lost. Great Destruction of Property

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 18

JERILDERIE, Monday— An extensive bush fire broke out at Tuppal on Friday. The fire swept easterly towards Murray Hut, destroying a large quantity of grass…

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The Bush Fires. Forty Miles of Country Devastated. Great Destruction of Property

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 3

ALBURY, Friday.--Particulars from the scene of the bush fires at Mungabla, Doodle Cooma and Yerong Creek confirm the telegrams received yesterday relative to the…

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Disasterous Bush Fires. Miles of Grass and Fencing Destroyed. in the Albury and Upfer Murray Districts

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 10

We learn by telegraph from Albury that nume-rous bush have which were reported to be burning in almost every direction througbout the Rivering during the past three days have been checked…

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Fires

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call at 5.30 yesterday afternoon for a fire in the stables of Mr. T. B. Batty, wood and coal merchant, Smith-street, Ashfield, but…

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General News. Fires

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 48

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade turned out to two fires on Boxing Day and one on Sunday. Shortly before 4 a.m. on Saturday an outbreak was discovered in the stables of Mr. J…

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Fatal Fire

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—-A, two-roomed cottage at Ballarat East was destroyed on Friday by fire, the charred body of the owner, Herbert Norris, aged 19, a miner, being found in the debris…

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Fire at Murrumburrah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 42

MURRUMBURRAH, Wednesday— About 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. S. E. Roberts, of Tiverton Station, and in a short time everything in the house, together with…

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Fire in Lismore. Lismore

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

Mr. Quiall's hotel at Bet Hill was partly burnt down on Thursday night. The cause of the fire is not known. " At the inquest held yesterday on the body…

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The Country. Fire Near Young

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

YOUNG, Friday.--A five-roomed weather board house, the property of J. Stonham. situated at Quartz Reef-hill, was destroyed by the this morning. The people of the…

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