Fire at the University
There was a fire in the carpenter's shop at the University yesterday afternoon. The building, a weather-board one, with iron roof, was discovered to be burning about…
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Extinguishing Bush Fires. the Fire-cart Method
Mr. J. Hay Fowler, the Inventor of the now well-known grass fire extinguishers, more commonly spoken of as fire carts, writes as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires. Condobolin Conflagrations. a Whirlwind of Fire. Details of the Damage. Thrilling Experiences. Condobolin
Further particulars respecting the bush fires are filtering through from distant centres, and show the devastation has been greater than at first imagined. The grass in many…
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A fire broke out in a building at the University on Saturday afternoon, and before it was extinguished, a room, used as a carpenter's shop, was burnt out. The room was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Victorian Fires. Work of Relief. Damage Estimated at £8000. MELBOURNE
The damage by bush fires at Foster is estimated at £8000, and settlers who have lost practically everything are 51 in number. A large supply of clothing has been forwarded…
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THE dominant note of Australian literature is said to be pessimism. Whether we are entitled to speak of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. the Gundagai District. Gundagai
A discovery was made last evening which disclosed a diabolical attempt to fire the country. A fire broke out near Mr. Patrick Reardon's homestead, two miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bush Fire Tragedy. Some Pitiful Episodes
TOORA (Vic.), Friday.--The story of how the Lonsdale children met their death constitutes a very pitiful episode of Tuesday's tragedy. Three of the children were attending the school…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--One of the most disastrous fires which have occurred at Port Adelaide for some time broke out this morning, when Crooks and Brooker's hardware and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fires at a Constable. Then Commits Suicide
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At Footscray, today, Francis Litchfield, a carpenter, employed on the railways, fired at a police constable, and then committed suicide by shooting himself…
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WYALONG, Monday.--A fire took place last, night, when a four-roomed dwelling house in Cassin-street, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Butler and family, was totally destroyed. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Sequel to a Fire. Tumut
Mr. W. Gillespie, sawmill proprietor, Talbingo, whilst engaged putting out a bush fire near his mill on Saturday, was so crushed by a limb falling on him [?]rom a burning tree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Port Adelaide. Extensive Damage. Adelaide
A destructive fire broke out this morning at Port Adelaide. Messrs. Crooks and Brooker's shop and rooms facing Lipson-street and bulk store "A" facing Hart-street were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at Homel. Plundering Rampant. London, Jan. 28
The central portion of Homel (Gomel, Central Russia) was burned on Friday night, and the principal shops and half the bazaar were plundered and destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Tornados. Shocks and Sensations. Exciting Experience of a Fire Brigade
A "Star" reporter called on Mr. H. A. Hunt, Acting Government Meteorologist at the Observatory yesterday to ask the wind and weather expert if he had received an official…
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We are in the midst of our congratulations on a bountiful harvest, and the rich returns our men on the land have won as a consequence of the passing away of the…
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We doubt if many of our citizens have any conception of the full extent of the losses and damage incurred in a season's bushfires, like those that have been raging, on and off…
Continued on Trove, page 274 →The Victorian Bush Fires. More Missing Men. Melbourne
Constable Ellis, of Neerim South, has applied to the Government for the supply of tents for the shelter of sufferers by fires in the Fumina district. A settler named M'Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Bush Fires. Wheat and Crops Destroyed. Hillston
A bush fire started here yesterday, doing much damage to crops and fences. Mr. Branely lost 150 bags of wheat, and Mr. Southwell 150 acres of standing crop. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More Bush Fires. Outbreak at Hillston. Flames Reach the Town
HILLSTON, Tuesday. -- Another outbreak of fire occurred yesterday, and was the most destructive yet experienced. About noon smoke was seen rising some four miles from town. A…
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