Bush Fires Prevention
'Settler," Wellington, writes:—As safe, effective, and prepared rabbit poisons can be purchased almost as cheaply as the raw phosphorus, I would suggest that the…
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Bush Fires. Further Record of Damage
CUMNOCK, Thursday.--A large bush fire broke out yesterday afternoon, evidently starting in the Burgoon paddocks. Many thousands of acres of grass, hay-stacks, sheds, and many miles of…
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A fire broke out yesterday on premises situated at 29 Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge, and occupied by John Sutton, who carries on business as a herb and fruit drier. Two floors, used…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Granville Fire. the Inquest
At Parramatta court-house on Thursday afternoon Mr. T. E. M'Nevin,. S.M., Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire at…
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Yesterday afternoon Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., District Corener, held an inquest at Parramatta touching a fire at Granville on the lath inst., whereby an empty wooden cottage, situated in Thomas street, was totally…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A fire, the fifth in a few years, broke out early this morning in Langtree-avenue. Mildura, and within an hour a row of shops, some of which were built only a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Mildura. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
At a fire at Mildura five buildings were burned. The damage is estimated at £5000…
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A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in Langtree-avenue, Mildura, and destroyed five shops. There was a delay of 20 minutes in obtaining water. Four of the buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Forest Lodge. at a Fruit Preserving Factory
At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon No. 2 Station got the call that there was a fire at 39 Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge, occupied by John Sutton, and used as a fruit preserving…
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During the last few days a bush fire has been burning cast of the township, destroying thousands of acres of grass and miles of fencing. The fire originated on Mr. T…
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A Striking act of devotion on the part of a wife towards her blind husband was witnessed at fire at Bristol (Eng.), though, unfortunately, it proved fruitless, and both lives were lost…
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The Manly Fire Station received the call yesterday afternoon that a "fire was raging" at Dr. Wilson Harvey's in that beautiful marine suburb. They set to work without…
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This striking sketch, from a photograph by Cribb, Southsea, shows a supposed shell from gunboats striking a redoubt occupied by a party of bluejackets with a 12pounder gun. The explosion in this case is caused by the men themselves. A large quantity of powder buried beneath the earth is fired by electricity, throwing up a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Granville Fire. The Owner Committed for Trial
Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., District Cordner, hold a inquiry at the Parramatta Courthouse on Thursday into the origin of the fire at Granville, which resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wife's Devotion at a Fire. Refuses to Leave her Blind Husband's Side
A striking act of devotion on the part of a wife towards her blind husband was witnessed at a fire at Bristol last month, though unfortunately, it proved fruitless, and both lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →High Temperature and Bush Fires Near Gundagai. Gundagai, Saturday Night
Very not weather prevailed here to-day, the thermometer reaching 110 degrees in the shade. The town is enveloped in smoke from bush fires on all sides, but at…
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A serious fire broke out on Mr. Carrol's selection in the direction of Mowabla, near Condobolin, and swept the area, spreading with startling ranidity before a fierce nor'-west wind. Mr…
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FORBES, Monday.—Another disastrous bush fire has occurred near here. It started on Jemalong Station on Saturday morning, burned all the river bends on that side, 30,000 acres,…
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