The Bush Fires. Devastation in New South Wales and Victoria
AMIDST the gaunt eucalypts of Gippsland in the south, and the verdant grass plains of the north, great hush fires have been raging. Scenes rivalling…
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Terrible Bush Fires. Heartrending Scenes. Several Lives Lost. Hundreds of Settlers Homeless
Awful bush fires have swept parts of Victoria, occasioning the loss of several lives and of thousands of pounds' worth of property. The most terrible tragedy of all was the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Victorian Bush Fires. Stock Exchange Donate One Hundred Pounds. Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon
The Victorian Stock Exchange have voted £100 towards the Bush Fires Relief Fund. A public meeting held in the Town Hall was largely attended, and liberal…
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FORBES, Tuesday. -- At the inquest yesterday, at Yamma, concerning the fire, by which W. Ayers hapstacks, machinery, and woolshed were destroyed, an open verdict was returned…
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HOBART, Tuesday. -- Bush fires are raging all round, extensive damage being done to the timber mill. A large part of the wooden tramway has been destroyed…
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Shortly before 12 o'clock last night a call was received to a fire in Sussex-street, between Druitt and Bathurst streets. Superintendent Webb [?]ordered out a big detachment,…
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At the police court to-day, Charles Boyle was fined £5 for having left logs burning on the common…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fire Brigade and Band Contest at ORANGE
Head of the Procession Passing the Post Office. Yass Band Leading. General View of Grandstand and Ground. Eight-Men Engine Competition. Parkes Fire Brigade Competing. Committee and Officials…
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Whilst careering along George-street late last night on its way to a fire in Sussex- street a "steamer" from the Circular Quay station collided with a tram. The pole of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fire at Mingelo. Two Children Roasted Alive. Peak Hill
A terrible fatality occurred at Mingelo, five miles from Peak Hill, at half-past 5 o'clock this morning. The residence of Mr. Henry Stanford was burnt to the ground, and two…
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A sensational accident occurred late last evening in George-street, between King and Market streets. A fire engine, whilst proceeding to an outbreak in Sussex-street, came…
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Copious rains had fallen during the winter and early spring, so the country all round the Muldoorney district was clothed with herbage, to an extent which even the oldest inhabitant had…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Our Monthly American Budget Pugilism, Swimming, Athletics, and Football. How Jack O'brien Beat Bob Fitzsimmons. Maorilander a Sand-Jack's Waggon, O'Brien an Automobile. Rapidity of Action Breaks Fitz Up—Bob Wound His Training Up in a Blaze of Glory—Huge Crowd with the Old Man, and Cheers for Victor Ceased as Quickly as They Began—Ex-Champion's Wife Deserts Him—Story of the Battle Graphically Told. Exit Fitzsimmons
HEN poor old Bob, blood-bedabbled and exhausted, slipped from his chair in the resting time after the thirteenth round, the packed pavilion…
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NARRANDERA, Thursday.—The temperature for the past five days has considerably exceeded 100deg in the shade. A terrible bush fire has been raging on Gillendah Station for…
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NARRANDERA, Wednesday.--A bush fire broke out yesterday morning on Gillenbah Station, and burned fiercely all day and last night. The outbreak was caused by a rabbiter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Rain Follows Heat and Bush Fires
Sydney Observatory Forecast.—Unsettled to showery on parts of the coast and Blue Mountains; the rain area in northern districts is also expected to extend to the northern…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--To-day the township of Foster, in South Gippsland, was again threatened with destruction by bush fires. This afternoon Mr. C. R. Clemens, president of that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How Bush Fires Originate. Maryborough Bench Make an Example. Melbourne
The Maryborough Bench to-day sentenced Sylvester Williams to two months' imprisonment for throwing down lighted matches; thus causing seven grass fires…
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Bush fires are raging in the districts near Morwell, William Tulloch, a very old resident of Jeeralong, was suffocated this afternoon by smoke close to his homestead. His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Bush Fire. Stopped by Scrub. After 8 Days' Fighting
A Western resident just down from Condobolin gives a sensational account of the big bush fire that has for eight days been burning out in that district…
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