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MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--The bush fires that have been raging along the coast during the present hot weather have seriously retarded the movements of shipping. Dense smoke is heing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--A fire broke out early tills morning aud destroyed the Westralia Hotel, south of the Great Boulder mine, also a billiard-room, a hairdresser's shop, a butchery,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ruins of Messrs. Sargood, Butler and Nichols' warehouse were yesterday the scene of a further outbreak of fire. Some of the debris had evidently been smouldering since the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Westralia Hotel and adjoining buildings have been totally destroyed by a fire which broke out early this morning. The whole block would have been destroyed had not a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--The debris at the ruins of Messrs. Sargood, Butler, and Nichols' warehouse caught fire to-day, and dense volumes of smoke brought down the brigades. Two jets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire occurred at the Cornwall Coalmine this afternoon, caused by the bush burning. It destroyed the manager's house, office, stable, and brakehouse. The men working in the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE,. Friday.-Most destructive bush fires have been raging throughout Gippsland during the past day or two, and a largo number of settlers have been ruined. Telegrams from Avoca state that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram from Gippsland states that the bush fires which have been raging the last few days have extended in all directions and have done an immense amount of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush fines are raging on the Forest Range, a few miles to the east of the city. The fires have done considerable damage to fruit gardens, grass, fencing and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Disastrous bush fires have been raging throughout Gippsland during the past day or two, and scores of settlers have been ruined. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reports from Gippsland to hand today show that terrible havoc has been wrought throughout the district by bush fires. At Thorpdale the whole country has been on fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In addition to the tract of country laid waste by bush fires at Thorpdale, extensive damage has been done at Orbost, where Brunton's Hotel and the post-office have been reduced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With respect to the late fire which proved so destructive to the ferry steamers at Balmain, a correspondent makes the following suggestion:-In some Countries, he says, like Germany, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last month a fire broke out of a house in Frying Pan Alley, Bishopsgate. The clothes of Esther Spilberg. aged 12, the daughter of the occupier, caught fire, and she was terribly burned. She was removed, to St…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disastrous earthquake has occurred on the Island of Amboyna, in the Dutch East Indies, 50 persons being killed and 200 injured. The English press regard the inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances of the late disastrous fire at Cripplegate, London, has been concluded after extending over 13 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TILBA TILBA, Friday.-There is considerable excitement here in consequence of the miners, on the Mount Dromedary Company's mine, to the number of about thirty, coming out on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--The inquiry with regard to the origin and circumstances of the recent great fire in the East Central Division of London was concluded yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is to be feared that the principal concern of a large percentage of our citizens during the recent heat waves, apart from considerations of personal comfort, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams from Gippsland show that the bush fires there did enormous damage. Hundreds of settlers are burnt out and reduced to destitution, many having a narrow escape of…
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