The Bush Fires. Melbourne
The bush fires in the Hopetoun district are still raging. About 40,000 acres have been swept by fire. MELBOURNE, WEDNESDAY…
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fires in the Country
NARRANDERA, Thursday.—An inquest was commenced on Tuesday into the circumstances connected with the repent fire at Messrs. Ferrier and Company's general store. There was no evidence…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A disastrous fire occurred at Mirboo last night, destroying seven places of business. The damage is valued at £8000. All the buildings were…
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THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday.—The R.M.S. Roma arrived from Sourabaya on Wednesday, and sailed for Cooktown last evening. She reports that the Jumna, R.M.S., took fire in the lower…
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With regard to the fire last night at the galvanised iron store of Messrs. D. Cohen and Co., at Newcastle, it appears that the stock was fully insured in the United Insurance Company, of which Mr. Cohen is a…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--Anderson's flour mill, Woodhaugh, Otago, has been totally destroyed by fire. It was insured for £2000 in various New Zealand offices, and the loss…
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FORBES, Thursday.—It is reported that an attempt has been made to burn down M'Phiilamy's Warroo Woolshed, and that the flames, being noticed in time, were extinguished before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) the Fire at Narrandera. Narrandera
Regarding the recent fire at Messrs. Ferrier and Co.'s general store, an inquest was commenced yesterday before the District Coroner. Mr. Elwin, and 12 jurymen. It was not concluded till late last…
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The Roma, R.M.S., arrived from Sourabaya this morning, and sails for Cooktown before dark. She reports that the Jumna, R.M.S., took fire in the lower part of the…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.—Great bush fires are reported from various parts of the colony, and many acres of feed have been, destroyed. A large fire travelled through the Mount Lofty Range above…
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The weather continues excessively hot. The thermometer to-day showed a maximum of slightly over 90 degrees in the shade, but the heat was of the "steamy" kind, and much less endurable…
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The council met on January 16. Present—The Mayor (Mr. L. C. Russell Jones) and Aldermen Hughes, Moseley, Salier, Langdon, Toms, Elphinstone, Crothers, London, Wiseman, Webster, and…
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THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday.--The British-India steamer Roma arrived last night from London. She reports that the same company's steamer Jumna, bound from…
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ALBURY, Saturday.—In the Germanton district a bush fire has extended from Yarra Yarra Station to Lankey Creek, Upper Murray, where it has done great damage. Fencing and pasture…
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The bush fires which have been doing much havoc since last week in the Hopetoun district were subdued to-day. A tremendous area of country was burnt, roughly estimated at 60,000…
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ON Saturday evening the Parramatta Fira Brigades held a torchlight procession, for the ostensible purpose of rasing funds for the Parramatta District Hospital, and, although…
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This evening, shortly after 9 o'clock, a fire broke oat in a large corrugated iron shed belonging to D. Cohen and Co., merchants, near their large warehouse at Newcastle East, on a sandhill. The…
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The report of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, presented to the annual meeting on Monday, stated tho premiums for 1893 at £19,425, and the total income at £21,380…
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LONDON, January 19— The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura, Captain T. Forbes, which left London on January 11 for Teneriffe, Cape Town,…
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