Bush Fires
WAGGA, Friday. -- A bush fire broke out at The Rock on Sunday last, and re-started on Tuesday, and is still burning. So far, M. Mahoney has lost 200 acres of crop, valued at £200, and Carnes…
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Bush Fires. Wagga
The bush fire which has devastated a portion of the Rock district is still burning. Mr. Mahoney lost a wheat crop, embracing 200 acres, his estimated loss being £200. A large portion…
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The changes brought about in the system of local government have affected not only the municipal bodies, but also the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Upwards of 50 square miles have…
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A disastrous fire broke out in premises in the main street at Roma to-night. The flames spread with great rapidity, and five shops were completely gutted. Five others were more or…
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About 1 o'clock on Monday morning, a fire was discovered in a building at Smithfield; used by Mr. Morris, as a hairdressing and tobacconist shop and billiard…
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The steamer Irish Monarch was taken up the river this morning to discharge a quantity of undamaged cargo. It was stated that later the vessel would go down to the Port Melbourne…
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On Monday last while playing with her brother near their Home elsie Symons, 3 1/2 years of ago, living with her parents in…
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Senior-constable Farrell, of the Newtown police, had an exciting experience in connection with a fire which broke out at the residence of Mr. S. Shorter, in Wells-street, Newtown, on…
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A big blaze occurred at Chester-street, Camperdown, last night, resulting in the almost total demolition of the Williams Meat Peserving Company…
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'A' fire occurred yesterday morning at the residence of Oscar Olsen, Cumberland-street, City. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was soon on the scene, but in the meantime the…
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Last night a fire broke out in the meat preserving and canning works of Mr. E. B. Williams, in Camperdown, which' was rapid in its progress and disastrous in its results…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Eight Amid Microbes. Explosion in Hospital Culture Room. Germs Escape. New York, November 26
Millions of bacilli of the most deadly diseases have been liberated in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, by an explosion of chemicals in the laboratory of Mercy Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Remarkable Events That Have Stirred New South Wales the Great Pitt=street Fire===sydney's Record Conflagration (Second Series)--- No. Ix
After the lapse of seventeen years the great Pitt-street fire still holds the record in the way of such disasters in New South Wales. May it always enjoy that distinction. At the…
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COWRA, Sunday.-- The bush fire reported on New Year's Day has been subdued. Five hundred bushels of wheat and a stack of bay were destroyed at Ellis. Jerula lost heavily in grass…
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A fire broke out to-day about a mile northeast of the town, above Mr. Lorking's property. Owing to a strong wind it spread rapidly, and was checked with difficulty. Grass…
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A bush fire started in the Government reserve at Cremorne Point yesterday, and at one time threatened to spread dangerously. The Mosman volunteer fire brigade was called…
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Shortly before noon yesterday a fire broke out in a two-storied building used as a stable and coachhouse at the rear of Mr. E. Farleigh's residence, Loftus-stroet, Kogarah. The Arncliffe,…
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A destructive fire occurred at Camperdown early on Saturday night, resulting in the almost complete destruction of the E. B. Williams' Meat Preserving Company's works…
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Speaking on this matter last night, Superintendent Webb, of the Fire Brigade, pointed out that it was a very great mistake to throw water on burning spirits, as it always caused…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman's Clothes Catch Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- Mrs. Annie Elderkin, an elderly widow, who resides in Brigliton street, Richmond, was engaged in washing clothes on Saturday at Toorak when her print…
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