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DELEGATE, Saturday.--The most disastrous bush fire ever known in this district is raging at Wallendibby, Corrong, and Tombong, carrying destruction everywhere. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LISMORE, Monday Afternoon.—A disastrous fire occurred this afternoon, the local R.C. Convent, consisting of two buildings of 40 large rooms, the pro-Cathedral, the swimming baths…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Serious bush fires have occurred during the last few days in Victoria. At Yea yesterday afternoon a fire started in a paddock to the east of the township,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Very serious damage was done to Holy Trinity Church, George and Clarendon streets. East Melbourne, by a fire which broke out there this afternoon. The outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Immense damage has been done between Lexton and Avoca. Woodstock estate (Fry Brothers') had 1600 acres, swept clean. All the surrounding settlers lost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--This afternoon the Holy Trinity Church, George-street, East Melbourne, was discovered to be on fire. When the brigade arrived the church was alight from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Sunday.--This district is in the grip of a bush fire, which in volume perhaps is second only to the great Gippsland fires of some years ago, but in value of losses is second to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The popular notion that the bush fires in the Gundagai and other districts should boom wheat values is dispelled by private cables, stating that Mark Lane is "very quiet, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chief Secretary (Mr. Hogue) is in receipt of a batch of telegrams from various police centres in the country, from which the fact is elicited that the bush fires are not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the interview of a "Star" reporter with the Minister for Lands yesterday morning our representative waited on the Chief Secretary (Mr. Hogue), and pointed out to him…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--Let the exhausted Sydney resident who shut himself up in any available shady nook to minimise as far as possible the effects of the terrible heat of last Saturday ponder deeply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonel Burns presided over a numerous company at the official luncheon. Proposing the toast of the Governor, the chairman alluded with regret to his Excellency's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As each day brings its addition to the tale of disaster from the bush fires raging in different parts of the State the impression forces itself more strongly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Let the exhausted Sydney resident, who shut himself up in any available shady nook to minimise as far as possible the effects of the terrible heat of last Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The temperature on Saturday was the highest known here by a resident of 60 years, and the bush fires were the most dangerous over seen. Some visitors who camped at Muddy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOWRAL, Monday Evening.—The residents of Bowral and Burradoo, and, in fact, all the surrounding districts, will have cause to retain a very vivid recollection of the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At noon a terrible conflagration occurred here, being the most destructive in the history of the town. Lismore Convent, consisting of two buildings, and containing 40 large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The charred, blackened, smoking, burning area of the State is increasing. Since yesterday's pitiful tale of the devastation of a rich part of the productive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive and destructive bush fires have prevailed in several parts of the district, chiefly between Yass and Queanbeyan. Hundreds of miles of pasturage and fencing and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The extent of the damage and devastation caused by the bush fires is unfortunately shown to have been much greater than was at first supposed. As accounts continue to…
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