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This evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, a sudden and fierce outbreak of fire occurred at Flinders-lane in a three-story building occupied on the ground and second floor by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A serious fire broke out in the heart of the city, at 187 Flinders-lane, about 5.30 p.m. to-day. Thousands of people were at the time streaming down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the opinion of a large number of settlers in country districts, many of the recent bush fires have been caused by the ignition of phosphorus laid down to poison rabbits. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An important discussion on the subject of protection against bush fires took place at the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and. Settl[?]rs' Association. The part…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The sub-committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, appointed to consider the best means of preventing bush fires, has arrived at several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At a conference of country municipalities to-day a number of delegates said that half the bush fires had been caused by improperly mixed phosphorus used for rabbit poisoning,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the inquest at Tamworth on the fire which partially destroyed Messrs Fielder and Sons flour mill and damaged machinery and wheat, it was roughly estimated that the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The upper storey of Messrs. Fielder and Son's Flour Mills at Tamworth caught fire on Friday. Within an hour the efforts of the fireman prevailed, and the fire was extinguished. The third and fourth storeys were practically ruined. A large quantity of new machinery, of the latest pattern, and several hundered bags of wheat, were damaged. The loss which is coverd by insurance, is estimated to run…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →News comes by the English mail of the total loss by fire of the ship Largo Law, a well-known Australian trader. The disaster occurred on the West Coast of South America. The vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riots have occurred at Yalta, on the south coast of the Crimea. The bulk of the warehouses and vodka stores were destroyed, and the shops set on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WAGGA, Wednesday.--The Wagga Land Board concluded its sittings to-day. There was an echo of the bush fires in one of the cases, in which John White had been the successful applicant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At to-day's meeting of the executive committee Bush Fires Relief Fund, the Lord Mayor said he had received a cheque from the Austral Mandoline Society for the proceeds of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious fire occurred last night at North Wagga, when the eight-roomed weatherboard residence of Mr. John Dunn and family was destroyed, together with all the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Wednesday.--Last night a fire broke out in an eight-roomed weatherboard house at North Wagga owned and occupied by Mr. John Dunn at North Wagga. Mr. Dunn was away at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Theatre Inspection Committee which was appointed after the great fire in the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, held another meeting at the Chief Secretary's offices…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the annual meeting of the Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association an important discussion took place on this subject, and the following report from a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of the committee of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund was held yesterday,and a letter was read from the Under-Secretary for Finance and Trade, dated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) presided at the meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Relief Fund at the Town-hall yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the executive of the Lord Mayor's-Bush Fires Rollet Fund was held at the Town Hall yesterday. There were present the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen…
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