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HOBART. Friday.--Bush fires continue to burn to the eastward and southward of the city, which is enveloped in smoke. Nothing short of a downpour of rain can check their spread…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On the 31st ultimo our Hobart correspondent informed us by telegraph that the bush fires in the vicinity of Hobart had caused much discomfort, and loss. Later telegrams show that the devastating…
Continued on Trove, page 100 →HOBART (TAS.), Saturday.—Most extensive bush fires are raging around the town, and creating considerable alarm among the residents. The city is overhung with smoke, and the river is invisible…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An inquest was held at the Parramatta Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the circumstance of the fire at P. Look's establishment at Parramatta on Christmas Eve. before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--Rogers' boot factory, at the corner of Elizabeth and Shelly streets, Richmond, was destroyed by fire this evening at 6 o'clock. The brigades were soon on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →One a heap of ashes floating in a gracefully lined punt—that is all that is left of that charming harbour steamer the Lady Hampden. Lying at the side of this blackened wreck is the Lady Napier, which,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The "Federal Standard" newspaper office, the tailoring establishment of Mr. J. B. Woodhead, and the residence of Mr. H. Woodhead, the editor of the paper, all under the same extension of roof, were…
Continued on Trove, page 99 →The advent of the New Year was signalised at Dundas with a disastrous fire, which completely demolished a four-roomed weather-board building that stood close by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Thursday Night.--A disastrous Ave occurred to-day at Deptford, in the south-east of London, as a result of which four children were suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An inquest into the circumstances of the recent fire at Mr. P. Long's establishment at Parramatta North was opened at the Parramatta Courthouse yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A disastrous fire occurred at Deptford (London, S.E.) to-day. Four children were suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire broke out shortly before midnight last night at the inwards goods shed at the Perth railway station yard. It at first painted considerable headway, owing to the absence of water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE COUNCIL met on Wednesday. Present : The Mayor (Alderman Vallance,) Aldermen Bell, Hollier, Paine, Downey, Braine, Hall and Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The fire which was reported in the "Herald " yesterday as having spread to three of the steamers used in the Balmain Sydney ferry service and belonging to the New Balmain Company caused…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ADDITIONAL particulars are to band of the ravages of bush fires reported last week. Mrs. Jones, wife of a groom living near the Longley Hotel, was burnt to death whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LAST night at 8.5 the M.F.B. received a call from No. 3 box for a fire at Vickery's chambers, Pitt-street. Knowing how serious a conflagration in that quarter would be, Supt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the Premier, Sir George Turner, was in England, the Attorney-General was waited upon by a deputation from the municipalities, and urged to bring in a bill authorising the municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--A big fire occurred in Hannan-street shortly after midnight on Saturday, and destroyed four shops at the corner of Porter and Hannan streets. The loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early this morning a fire was discovered under the Pyrmont Bridge. The outbreak spread to some of the bearings, and several of the crossbeam were damiged. The fire was extinguished by means of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "West Coast Times," New Zealand, reports in connection with the fire at Hokitika on December 13 that a small stone about the size of a goose's egg, prevented the saving of thousands…
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