Recent Bush Fires
The police magistrate at Cootamundra, who, at the request of the Government, has been making inquiries into the recent bush fires, sent the following telegram to Mr. See yesterday: "Just…
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Destructive Bush Fires
The remarkable haze and trying heat which enveloped Sydney on the 28th ultimo were suggestive of the sufferings which many settlers in the country have been passing through. In and around the metropolis…
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Three or four months ago the men on the land in the majority of cases had light hearts, for the season promised well, and many a struggling selector began to see…
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In the bush fires Nangus station lost fully half their grass and 2500 sheep. The severest losers were Messrs. J. Beveridge (Tenandra Park), and Dangar and M'Donald Brothers (Wantabadgery). Mr…
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The State of Now South Wales has been visited by a aeries of most destructive bush fires, which have resulted in loss of life and in the loss of thousands of pounds worth of…
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Sir, -- Your correspondent, Mr. J. W. R. Clarke, makes a good suggestion on the above subject. Surely the harrowing accounts of families losing their all; in so many cases, no doubt, the result…
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As is too often the case when seasons of drought set in in Australia, bush fires have of late been terribly prevalent and destructive.' Inded…
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The fierce heat and abnormal duststorm which were in evidence in Melbourne on the 28th ultimo appear to have been experienced in an intensified degree in the inland districts. In the city up to 158…
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Just before midnight on Friday, night a four-roomed weatherboard dwelling situated in St. Georges-road, Bexley, and occupied by Mr. George…
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The police magistrate at Cootamundra has reported as follows to the Premier with reference to the recent bush fires:--"Just returned from scene of fires Gundagai…
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ONCE more we wish to notify the public of the monthly performance of the Rockdale Fire Brigade Band. Under the conductorship of…
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PARRAMATTA, Saturday.—Later reports of the disastrous fire at Glenorie state that it covered twenty miles. Telegraph poles were burnt, as well as large wooden culverts, practically stopping the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A meeting of the Marine Board was held to-day for the purpose of investigating the recent fire on board the steamer Wilcannia. The allegations were that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"If You Move, I Fire!" Remarkable Scene in a Bloomsbury Office. a Man From Australia
Mr. James Neale, an architect, carrying on business in Bloomsbury-square, London, described to the Bow-street magistrate on November 15 how William Edge, a student of 25, "used…
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During the hot spell at the end of last week bush and grass fires raged in various parts. On the Blue Mountains (N.S.W.), near…
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The fire at Mason Bros.' establishment was the more easily got under, we are told, because there was a fire on the same premises comparatively recently,…
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Now that certain interested parties are endeavoring to revive an interest in the contingent lunacy, TRUTH wishes to bring a little more prominently before public notice a body…
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Particulars to hand since our last issue relating to the bush fires of about a week ago in the Gundagai, Wagga, and Junee districts show that the damage done was…
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ALBURY, Saturday.--The public discussion on the necessity for concerted action by pastoralists and agriculturists in preventing the spread of bush fires Is having a good effect in this district…
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