Bush Fires
BURROWA, Monday.--Bush fires have been raging for the past two days at Goba Creek, Doonside, Castle's Creek, and other places to the north of the town…
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Bush Fires Near Bathurst. Wattle Flat Racecourse in Danger
BATHURST. Tuesday.—Extremely hot weather conditions prevail, the daily average of the thermometer during the past week being 96deg. Bush fires are reported in many parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty Miles of Flame. Disastrous Bush Fire in Victoria. Twenty Thousand Acres of Grass Destroyed. Sheep Perish in Thousands
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A hush fire of great magnitude, having a face of 40 miles, is now raging in the Edenhope district. It has been burning for four days, and each day it has been…
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The fire is not extinguished. It has been burning all day, and to-night flames are still shooting up from amongst the great piles of debris. It will take some days for the…
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NARRABRI. Tuesday.—A fire broke out in the premises occupied by the Bank of Australasia, in the main street, the principal business block of the town. With difficulty the fire…
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EMMAVILLE, Monday.--A fire broke out in the bedroom of the Royal Hotel on Saturday, but was quickly got under. The damage is estimated at about £15…
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Bexley appears to be making a strong bid to outdo Kogarah in securing the central fire Station for St. George. Kogarah has a good station, which cost between £3000 and £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →History of the Firm. Other Fires and Floods
Possibly no other wholesale house in Australia can date its formation back beyond 1830, the year in which the business of D. Cohen and Co. was established. In those days…
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Looking down Keightley street after the fire…
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The Scott street frontage after the fire…
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EMMAVLLE, Tuesday.—About, 10 o'clock, on Saturday night one of the bedrooms of the Royal Hotel Vas found to be on fire. When the alarm was raised a number of people…
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Looking down on the ruins from the main frontage…
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On Saturday night, about [?] o'clock, a fire broke out in premises outside the town of West Wyalong, owned by Mr. W. Hart, dentist and occupied by Mrs. S. A. Johnson, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle's Inadequate Equipment Superintendent Webb's Views. Previous Big Fires
A "Star" reporter had a talk with Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Brigade, on the subject at the Newcastle fire yesterday:—…
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The inadequacy of the fire-fighting appliances at the disposal of the Newcastle fire brigades was apparent from the very commencement of the outbreak. The men worked…
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The combined fire brigades did splendid work with the antiquated equipment at their command, and one of the business men-- whose premises are situated in the threatened block…
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LONDON, Monday Evening.—According on the "New York World," the fire at the Parker Building was the work of the Hunchakis (the Armenian revolutionary society), after a fruitless…
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Four collieries are idle to-day, namely, Duckenfield, Burwood. Shortland, and Lambton B. The idleness of the first three was due to various labour troubles, but the…
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BRISBANE. Tuesday.—A fire broke out shortly after 11 o'clock last night on the premises of the Queensland Brewer Company, Brunswick-street. Fortitude Valley, right in the…
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