"Stand, or I'll Fire!" A Thrilling Episode. vigilance, and Pace
The vigilance of the members of the Parramatta police force has been emphasized more than ones in ways which tend to fully reassure the public. The…
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Bush Fires Belief. Lord Mayor's Fund
This Fund is controlled by a committee under the presidency of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Allen Taylor). The honorary treasurers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heat Wave in Victoria. Disastrous Bush Fires. MELBOURNE
The weather was intensely hot this morning, but at midday a cool south-westerly breeze, blew, bringing clouds of smoke and dust. The pavements were red-hot…
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A fire that occurred at Glasgow last night, resulted in the destruction of the tea store of Sir Thomas Lipton, of America Cup fame…
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Several small alarms were sent to the head fire station last evening, and the brigade turned out promptly. In one case a motorcar caught fire at Mark Foy's depot, which…
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Quite a stir was caused in the city shortly after 10 o'clock last night, through a procession of fire engines careering through the streets in the direction of…
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Two youths who were camped in the show ground at Delegate lighted a fire to boil a billy. The fire got into the long grass, burning a smell portion before it was extinguished by a number of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heat Wave in Victoria Many Fatalities. Serious Grass Fires Round Ballarat. Twenty Miles of Country Devastated. Melbourne, Saturday Night
The heat wave of the past few days is over temporarily, at least, so far as Melbourne is concerned, a gratifying drop in the temperature having occurred about 2…
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Captain Ellis, the commander of the E. an[?] A. Company's steamer Eastern, which returned to Sydney last night from Melbourne on her way to China and Japan, reports that…
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Several small alarms were sent to the head fire station on Saturday evening, and the brigade turned out promptly. In one case a motor car caught fire at Mark Foy's depot, which…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call about 10 o'clock on Saturday night to King-street. The appearance of the fire engines caused considerable excitement in the…
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A shed, owned and occupied by William Horsley at Forsyth-street, Willoughby, was destroyed [?]y fire yesterday afternoon. The contents, consisting of about 10 tons of fodder…
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A fire occurred on Saturday in premises occupied by Messrs. A. and W. Mutch, tailors, 79 King-street, a portion of the shop being burnt, and the contents damaged by water. The…
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Shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday evening tho Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call of fire to premises at 79 King-street, occupied by Messrs. A and W. Mulch. The outbreak, the…
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A fire broke out on the Collingwood Estate, Liverpool, yesterday, and spread rapidly from the railway line to the Campbelltown-road. The fire was caused by a spark from a…
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CAMPBELLTOWN, Monday.—A bush fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Messrs. Sheehy Brothers selection in the precincts of George's River. The fire burned away…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Bush fires have been burning in the Reedy Creek district for some days, and have been giving some serious trouble in the vicinity of the mines on the…
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[?] the monthly meeting of the Gundagai Pastures Protection Board last Thursday considerable discussion took place regarding the origin of the…
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Some days ago it was announced that the Government had decided to appoint a departmental officer to make a full inquiry into the causes and possible preventives of bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
Pitiable tales are still received from the country districts of devastating bush fires. Many small settlers have lost everything…
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