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Additional particulars received yesterday from our correspondents in various parts of the State show that the destructive bush fires are even more widesperead than was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A calamity of its kind unparalleled in the history of New South Wales has befallen this State at the close of the old year and the beginning of the new. Never before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BATHURST, Monday.--The beginning of the year 1905 will long be remembered by residents of Bathurst and surrounding districts on account of the enormous damage done by bush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A six roomed weather-board cottage off Porcher-Street, Newcastle, occupied by Mr. E. F. Mahler, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday shortly before 6 p.m. Mr. Mahler was alone in the cottage, and had been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Buteshire, which has put into Capetown with No. 3 hold on fire (as reported in our cables to-day) was damaged by fire at Sydney on October 19, 1898. At that time she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Buteshire, from New York for Melbourne, has arrived at Capetown with a fire in No. 3 hold. Part of the cargo has been discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LITHGOW, Monday.--The fiercest and most destructive bush fires experienced for years have prevailed round the town and neighborhood since Friday. In the neighborhood of Lithgow,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alfred Landsberry, aged 15, packer, and George Peterson, aged 1412, messenger, were charged at the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. King, D.S.M., with making a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Most destructive bush fires have raged round the town and neighbourhood since Friday. In the vicinity of Lithgow, Bowenfels, Marangaroo, and Rydal great damage has been done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following return of the work of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade for 1904 has been prepared by Superintendent Webb:—The number of calls to fires, or supposed fires, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Superintendent of Fire Brigades (Mr. A. Webb) has prepared his annual report on the equipment and operations of the brigade for the year 1904…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BULLI, Monday.--The bush fire which swept the mountain side on Saturday, extended from Broker's Nose, overlooking Corrimal, to Clifton, on the north, and along the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRANDERA, Monday.--A bush fire broke out yesterday morning on the local common. A very strong wind was blowing at the time, and before long the fire had burnt the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 6 o'clock this evening a six-roomed weather[?] board cottage in Porcher-street, occupied by Mr. E. F. Ma[?]ler, was totally destroyed by fire. The outbreak occurred in the kitchen. A strong southerly was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →YASS, Monday.--The whole country for the past few days has been ablaze. The visitation is the most serious in the history of the district, and the damage to and loss of property will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Willoughby Fire Brigade turned out yesterday to a fire in that subuprb, and before the flames were extinguished some lengths of fencing and an area of grass were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The whole of the country on all sides of Mittagong has been ablaze and on Friday the fire swept along the Mittagong Range and through the valley with great velocity,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire broke out to-day at 11.30 a.m. A small cottage, St. Mary's Convent. and St. Carthage's pro-Cathedral were all consumed by the fire, together with much of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BUNDANOON, Monday.--A high wind from the west on Saturday carried the fire through the township, burning E. J. Buckland's boardinghouse (insured for £250), George Clout's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAGGA, Monday.--It is almost impossible to conceive the extensive damage caused by the great bush fires, or to obtain any adequate idea of the value of the losses. They are certain to…
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