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Reports from the country last night were most discouraging; excessive heat, reaching in many cases to the deadly degree; disastrous bushfires ravaging crops and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. James Levy and a son 4 years old were severely burned in escaping from the fire at 121 Campbell-street on Sunday morning. Mr. Levy was burnt about the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about noon yesterday a fire broke out in a shed at the rear of the Sydney Soap Co.'s old works at Wickham. Several brigades quickly arrived on the spot, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At half-past 6 o'clock this morning J. Morrison's oil and grease works in Botany-road, North Botany, were found to be on fire. An alarm was quickly raised, and messages sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out in the stables at the rear of the GUARDIAN office yesterday forenoon, but fortunately was put out without a great deal of damage being done. Had the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →You don't feel inclined to say much for the "sort of shade that will allow an Instrument fo forget itself so far as to reach such an indecent height as 108.5. Almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Cintra which put into Portland on fire on Sunday left for Melbourne yesterday for repairs. The damage, it is reported, is not of a very extensive character, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early on Sunday morning a fire, which resulted In the almost total destruction of a six-room oottago, occupied by a Mr. James Levy, occurred at 121…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further inquiry concerning the fire on board the Cintra elicited that the damage to internal fittings was not so extensive as at first reported. The hull was not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Cintra, bound for "West Australia, put into Portland Bay yesterday afternoon on fire. She was accompanied by the steamship Bulimba,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Information from Siddeley and Co. shows that the hull of the Cintra sustuned no damage, and that the etfect of the fire on the internal fittings was less than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Cintra, which caught -fire off Portland on Sunday, left Portland early in the morning to return to Melbourne, where she will Immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CROOKWELL, Tuesday.--The driest was the ever known here has been experienced luring the past fortnight. All tho creeks are dried up the grass is burnt off and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MILTON, Tuesday.--The heat to-day has been intense, the thermometer registering 116 in the shade. A welcome change occurred about 5 o'clock, when a southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--The heat during the past few days has been stiffing, the thermometer registering over 100deg was recorded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BUNGENDORE, Tuesday.--A coronial inquiry was held yesterday before Mr. W. D. Downing, district coroner, concerning the late bush fires on the Gl[?]eigh Estate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BATHURST, Tuesday.--The heat did not abate through tho night, and to-day the thermomotor again reached 105deg. This afternoon a cool wind sot in. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Through a pot of tar boiling over at J. Morrison's Oil and Grease Works, North Botany, early yesterday morning, the building was demolished by fire. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was a marked difference in flue temperature yesterday compared with, that of the previous day. At 9 o'clock it was 75deg, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon 75deg, and at 4 o'clock it was 73deg, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The talk about the weather yesterday was confined to a comparison between the then temperature and that of the previous day. It was generally of a congratulatory…
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