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The welcome change which occurred on Monday evening, and which brought rain, is still making itself pleasantly felt over the southern half of the State, while further to the north…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A cool change took place in the weather yesterday after four, days with the thermoneter standing at 100 degrees. The oldest residents do not remember anything like the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELONG, Tuesday Evening.—The New Tear was ushered in with the most disastrous fire ever known in these districts. Already there has been received information of enormous and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The opinion is generally held that a bush fire is not altogether an evil, but that while serious damage to property is caused some good results follow in clearing the ground of rubbish, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vast tracts of New South Wales are still ablaze, but with the change in the weather, there is a justifiable tope that the worst point in the disaster has been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →So melancholy a catastrophe as the great fires which have swept over the State, is in many respects unparalleled in the records of the country. The suddenness of the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydneyites on Saturday were in the throes of heat torment. They were reduced to such a condition of limpness that they had not sufficient exertion to ask: "Is this hot enough for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Although the favorable climatic change promises to put a speedy end to the ravages of the bush fires which have been devastating this State, enough damage has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Geo. Hughes (butcher), residing at Carlingford, owns a 52-acre orchard property at Glenorie, looked after by a man named Kirkett. On Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire broke out on Monday morning. A small cottage, St. Mary's Convent, and St. Carthage's pro-Cathedral were all consumed by fire, together with much of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →At Gundagai the loss by bush fires will run into tens of thousands of pounds. Three-fourths of the settlers have been ruined. A wall of fire extending for 70…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following welcome message was received last evening by Mr. Garvin, Inspector-General of Police, from the superintendent of police at Albury:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. Saunders Brothers' bootmakers' shop, in Kelly-street, and the contents, were destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The building, which belonged to Mr. F. C. Walters,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further reports of the bush fire at Nangus show that George Smart lost 300 tons of [?]ay, all his grass and fencing; James Smart, 200 tons of hay, all grass and fencing; and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The heat wave continues. The thermometer registered 105deg on Sunday and 103 yesterday. There are bush fires all round, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A cool southerly wind sprang up yesterday evening, bringing drizzling rain during the night. This appears to have extinguished most of the smouldering bush fires. No…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush fires have wrought hav[?] in the Milton district during the past few days. On Saturday the wind came away from the west like a blast from a furnace. The thermometer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The steamer Buteshire, front New York for Melbourne, has arrived at Capetown with a fire in No. 3 hold. Part of the cargo has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Buteshire, which was bound from New York to Melbourne, and is now at Capetown, has had a fire in No. 3 hold. Part of the cargo has been discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chief Secretary, Mr. Hogue, informed a representative of the "Star" this morning that he was in receipt of a letter from his Excellency the State Governor, Sir…
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