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GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--Apparently the worst has now passed regarding the bush fires. This morning a light rain fell, and clouds are now gathering, presaging a heavy downpour. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir, -- The accounts coming to hand of the destruction caused by the bush fires cannot but strike a sympathetic chord in the heart of everyone. It is appalling to think…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quing Young, who is in business as a market gardener in Bayswater-road, Rushcutters' Bay, had a storeroom, a wooden structure of one room, 18ft by 8ft, destroyed by fire last night. A call…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—If the weather to-day may be taken as a forerunner of what is to come, the residents of Maitland are in for a decidedly warm time, for it is a raging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To investigate to some extent the damages from the widely spreading conflagrations reported in our last issue, an ARGUS representative on Saturday took a trip in the direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The bush fires which have been raging for some days around Wagga have almost burnt themselves out. The most disastrous (the Eunonyhareenyha outbreak) did even more damage than was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →QUEANBEYAN, Monday.--On Saturday an inquest was held on the fire at Pike's Farm. The jury found that the fire was caused through a spark from a passing train, and assessed tho…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A telegram from Wangaratta (Vic.) says: The district has been enveloped In smoke during the past few days, and fires have occurred at Thoona, Killawarra, Everton, Bowman's Forest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Superintendent Webb has very quickly up a statement concerning the work of his brigade during the year just closed, and the number of fires fought. The total number of calls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In reviewing the fires of Sydney and the metropolis during the past year Superintendent Webb states that Anthony Hordern's the stands out as being the largest loss…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a wood and iron building in a Chinaman's garden in Buyswater-road, Rushcutters Bay, the occupier being Quing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A recommendation for the purchase of the business and assets of the United Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Company was submitted to-day for approval to a special general meeting of shareholders…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The fire in the forward coal bunker of the steamer Wilcannia was extinguished to-day after a considerable effort. The present intention is to discharge the coal from the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire among the coal in the bunkers of the steamer Wilcannia has been mastered. The immense quantity of water which was poured simultaneously upon the coal by the pumps of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A telegram from Toongabbie West (Vic.), says:—On Saturday morning a bush fire swept from the hills in Toongabbie West into the flat country, and before nightfall had destroyed miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The temperature reached 1035, accompanied by hot winds. The atmosphere was obscured by smoke from fires which are burning all over the district. Several homesteads have been burnt. Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--The accounts coming to hand of the destruction caused by the bush tires cannot but strike a sympathetic chord in the heart of everyone, and it is appalling to think of the suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The bush in the vicinity of Little Bay became ignited last night, and within a few minutes the flames covered a large area. At one time the Coast Hospital was threatened, and the alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The bush fire at Lake Rowan on Saturday was the most extensive and disastrous which has occurred since the earliest settlement. The country traversed by the fire presents a dismal appearance. In some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →According to a return compiled by Superintendent Wcbb, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received 667 calls to fires within the metropolitan area during 1901. Of these 487 were actual fires,…
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