The Mosman Fire
The city coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) heid an inquest yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the recent fire at Mosman's Bay, when a house lately occupied by Mr. Edward Hayes Symonds was…
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The Fire at Dubbo. Dubbo
The origin of the Church-street fire is still a mystery. The insurance adjusters arrived to-day, and an inquiry commences to-morrow Mr. Manning, the proprietor of the "Dubbo Despaych," is absent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Defalcations of a Fire Brigade Official
In the Summons Division of the City Court to-day Augustus Wood, captain of the Carrington Volunteer Fire Brigade, proceeded against George Cave, late secretary of the brig[?]de, on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire at Mosman. Suspected Incendiarism. Open Verdict Returned
As an outcome of a report from the M.F.B., the City Coroner hold an inquest at Stansell's Hotel, Mosman, yesterday, in connection with the fire that occurred at Mr. S. H. Symonds' residence,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suspected Incendiarism. The Recent Fire at Mosman. The Inquest
Nearly the whole of yesterday was occupied by the City Coroner and a jury of 12 in conducting an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. the Bush Fires. Melboubne
Reports continue to be received of the disastrous effects of the bush fires in Gippsland and the western portions of the colony. In the Cranbourne district the fire has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Blazing Bush. Fearful Fires in Victoria. MELBOURNE
A wire from Traralgon states that the bush fires in the district have assumed a magnitude never before known in the history of the place. To-day business is entirely suspended,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Whole Townships Swept Away. "Black Thursday" Eclipsed. Settlers Fighting for Their Lives
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Telegrams are to hand from Gippsland to-night concerning the disastrous bush fires raging in all directions, and record a truly terrible state of affairs, said to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lighting Fires in the Domain
It is recklessly unwise to light fires in the Domain, and although it is not generally known, there is a sternly worded bylaw against it. An elderly man named Josiah Stewart, who claims to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Near Adelaide. Adelaide
This evening a tremendous bush, fire was visibl[?] from the city in the hills, above Barnside range. It rapidly spread from Horsnell's Gully towards Burnside, doing a great deal of damage…
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Throughout yesterday the entire coast-line from Cliffy Island to Cape Otway was still enveloped "in dense smoke, and as a natural consequence considerable inconvenience was caused to shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tasmania. Heat and Bush Fires. Hobart
The heat wave passing over the West Coast has been of longer duration and is the severest yot known. The thermometer for several days past recordod from 90' in the shade to 96' at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. the Heat and the Bush Fires. Melbourne
The weather continues dreadfully oppressive, and there is no present prospect of a change. The beat during the day was heavy and muggy, with a north to north-easterly wind, but each night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Blazing Bush. Fires in Victoria. Some Exciting Seenes
The colony of Victoria, in many parts, has been again subjected, to the fearful experience of raging bush fires, and many old residents think that "Black Thursday" has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in Gippsland. Scores of Homesteads Destroyed. Scene of Inconceivable Ruin. Sensational Escapes From Death
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Heartrending reports of suffering and ruin from bush fires comes front Warragul to-night. Scores of homesteads have been razed to the ground, and families are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Lighthouse. Three Attendants Killed
LONDON, Thursday. -- The Crosby Lighthouse, near Liverpool, was destroyed by fire yesterday. A gale prevailed at the time, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. the Dubbo Fire. Dubbo
At the inquest concerning the fire in Churchstreet there was no evidence to show how the outbreak originated. The jury returned an open verdict. Mrs. Sullivan stated that she awoke and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. the Melbourne Fire Inquiry. How the "Tell-tale" Worked
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The board of inquiry into the recent big fire took some important evidence to-day concerning the working of the tell-tale clock. Henry Butler, of the firm of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Near Adelaide. Adelaide
This evening a tremendous bush fire was visible from tho city in the hills, above Burnside range. It rapidly spread from Horsnell's Gully towards Burnside, doing a grout deal of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires in Gippsland. Now Nearly Died Out
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Information from the country is not so sensational to-day in Gippsland, owing to the change of wind, and because most of the places are burnt out. The fires are…
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