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Bush fires are still raging throughout the district. The fire that originated at Oakey Creek, 14 miles from Carcoar, on Saturday, and part of which threatened the destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- The residents of the Blue Mountains, between Katoomba and Mount Victoria, have experienced a very trying time during the past week. Everywhere there are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LISMORE, Monday Evening.—A fire, which caused great destruction, broke out here to-day at noon. St. Mary's Convent, consisting of two buildings, containing 40 large rooms, also St…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Reuter's correspondent at Chifu reports that the battleship Retvisan and the cruiser Pallada and Poltava caught fire at Port Arthur on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COROWA, Tuesday Evening.—Loss of life has infortunately attended the outbreak of fire in this district. A young man named Steele while assisting to fight a fire was overcome and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIRROUL. Tuesday. -- The heat on Saturday was the highest ever remembered in Thirroul by the oldest residents of 60 years, and the bush fires were the most dangerous ever seen. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CAMPBELLTOWN, Tuesday. -- Residents of outlying districts have spent an anxious time during the last fey days on account of the prevalence of bush fires. Sparks from the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GUNDAGAI, Tuesday. -- "Good-bye to the bushfires," came a voice through the window of the southern mall as the train lay at Harden this morning, awaiting the signal to start. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COROWA, Tuesday. -- The intensely hot weather which prevailed on Sunday, and the heavy smoke which enveloped the town, indicated that bush fires were burning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the suggestion of Re[?]r-Admiral Wirren, commanding the Russian naval forces in Port Arthur, the re[?]nant of the Russian warships in the port late on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NARRANDERA. Wednesday.—The heat of the past five days has been almost unendurable, the temperature reaching 119deg in the shade. Several deaths from heat apoplexy have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest reports to hand regarding the enormous bush fire, which has been raging since Friday last in the Cookardinia and Billabong portions of this district, are anything but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russian officers declare that for five days and nights preceding the offer to surrender the Japanese bombarded the forts and assaulted them incessantly. The horrors of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Old Sir John" writes:—Now that we have received news of the appalling loss of life, stock, and property, due to that terrible demon "Fire," it raises the question as to whether…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The shade temperature at Toowoomba. Darling Downs, yesterday was 103. A big bush fire is raging lu the vicinity. ADELONG, Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Premier stated yesterday afternoon that further arrangements had been made in regard to affording relief to those who have suffered by the bush fires in the country,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The excessive heat which has been experienced over the greater part of Victoria has been modified by rain, which extended from the coast well inland, and extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEGA, Thursday.—A southerly wind brought ashes, scorched leaves, and bark, which could be seen overhead as far as the, eye could reach, and were falling in showers. The sea beach at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Henderson, who was 35 years trading to Sydney in the Aberdeen clippers—30 years being spent as master—returned to Port Jackson to-day in another employ-namely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A largely-attended meeting, presided over by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor), was held in the vestibule of the Town-hall yesterday afternoon, to consider ways and means of…
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