Bush Fires
A discovery which goes to show how bush fires originate was made near Gundagai on Friday. At midday a fire started on the property of Mr. William Bootes, of Bangus. A large number of people turned out to…
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Bush Fires. Outbreaks at Cowra. Cowra
A fire broke out on Mr. W. Bills' paddock, adjoining the municipality, to-day, destroying a quantity of grass. The fire extended to Mr. Wordsworth's dairy farm, envelopod…
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The present year opened with disastrous fires in the Forbes and Gundagai districts. Our artist depicts a scene that is, unfortunately, not unfamiliar in the back country. Correspondents at Forbes report a scene of weird desolation. The whole of Tregalana run has been completely burnt out. At Eulong Station nothing was saved but the homestead, several stacks, and the woolshed. Reports of similar devastation have come from Condobolin, Grenfell and the centres of other districts…
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In addition to the big job at Brasch's, the M.F.B. was kept busy yesterday looking After smaller outbreaks. A call was received from Erskineville Railway Station, where a fire had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blaze in the City. Clothing Factory on Fire. Good Save by the Brigade
Business folk were Just wending their way homewards from the city last evening, shortly after 6 o'clock, when volumes of smoke were seen belching forth from the clothing factory…
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Mr. Thos. Fitzpatrick, of Carcoar, writes:— In your issue of January 11 appears an article under the heading "Bush Fires," stating that "what appears to be a clear case of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Escapes
"Excelsior" writes:—Your correspondent "Argus" says a fire escape should be provided for all persons employed oer living on business premises. Very good; but what about our…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires. at the Agricultural Ground
The roof of the members' bar at the Royal Agricultural Society's ground, Moore Park, was damaged by fire yesterday morning. The outbreak, which was soon got under, is supposed…
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ON Friday at Newcastle the British barque Itata met with swift and terrible destruction. The vessel was snugly moored alongside a coaling wharf, where she…
Continued on Trove, page 167 →Around Wyalong. Incidents During the Fires. More About the Crops of the District
The horizon has been illuminated with the fierce red glow from the bush fires which have proved so disastrous to this neighbourhood during the past three weeks, and many are the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fire Escapes Necessary. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The recent correspondence in your columns ventilates a subject the importance of which cannot be gainsaid. It is a deplorable fact that the buildings of Sydney and suburbs in which people assemble for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the City. a Clothing Factory Damaged. Excellent Brigade Work
A fire that at one stage gave promise of being an extensive one broke out shortly atter 6 o'clock last evening on the premises of Mr. R. D. Brasch, muntle, costume,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stanfokd-merthyr Disaster. Theories of the Fire. the Inquest Continued. Kurri Kurri
The Inquest on the Stanford-Merthyr Colfiery disaster, in which John William Jones and others were killed on October 29 last, was resumed at Kurri Kurri Courthouse this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Castlereagh-st. Fire. Origin a Mystery. Two Hundred People Thrown Out of Employment
There is little to add to the report furnished by the morning papers of the fire that occurred last night at the rubber clothing factory of Messrs. Brasch, Castlereagh-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire on the Itata. Arrest of the Watchman. Evidence at the Inquiry. Remarkable Allegations
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—At the police Court to-day, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Joseph Doran, 56, seaman, who was watchman on the barque Itata, when that vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in the City. R.d. Brasch and Co.'s Warehouse Alight. Good Save by the Brigade
The premises of R.D. Brasch and Co., waterproof manufacturers, at 124, 126, and 128 Castlereagh-street, City, had a narrow escape of being totally destroyed by fire last evening. As it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires in the Country. Settlers Burnt Out. 1300 Sheep Destroyed
ORANGE, Thursday.—At a fire on the farm of Mrs. O'Bryne, near Forest Reefs, about 20 acres of grass and a considerable amount of fencing were burnt. The homestead was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Large Area Denuded, Fire Front of 30 Miles. Condobolin
A serious fire broke out on Mr. Carroll's selection in the direction of Mowabla on Monday and swept the area, spreading with startling rapidity before a fierce nor'-west…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Bush Fires. Big Outbreak Near Condobolin. Thirteen Hundred Sheep Burned. a Hundred Thousand Acres Swept
CONDOBOLIN, Wednesday.--A serious fire broke out on Carroll's selection, in the direction of Mowatta, on Monday, sweeping a large area and spreading rapidly before a fierce north-west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire. Yass
A fire broke out this morning at the residence of Mr. W. Hannam, of North Yass. The kitchen and contents wereo consumed. COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuesday…
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