Died While Fighting a Fire
NOWRA, Saturday.--Yesterday an elderly man, William Barham, was found dead in a paddock at Tomerong, some distance from his house. He was in charge of a dry stock…
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General News. a "Hang Fire" Season"
Passengers by Saturday's Quensland mall state that the country between the two capitals has benefited to some extent by the recent series of thunder showers. A fortnight ago the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious Fires. Charge Against Ex-m.l.a. Magistrate Dismisses Case
Thomas Whitford Taylor, ex-member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, a J.P., who also claims to have been private secretary to Lord Dufferin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scene of the Fire at Ultimo on Saturday Morning
THE DAMAGE TO THE PREMISES AND STOCK OF MESSRS. FORSTER AND SONS IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Gordon. Charge Against Ex-m.l.a. Proceedings at North Sydney Court
A smouldering log the Stony Creek gorge at Gordon was the subject of a prosecution before Mr. Clarke, S.M. at the North Sydney Police Court the morning. Thorn Whitford…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Recrudescence in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Monday.--Bush fires started again at Grunthal on Friday, and burnt several orchards and much fencing, but the fire-beaters managed to save the houses and sheds…
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Before Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the North Sydney Court, the police proceeded against Thomas Whitford Taylor on the ground that he did at Gordon, on February 4, leave a fire, which he had lighted in the open air,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →B.A. Bush Fire Sufferers. Free Feed for starving Cattle
A South Australian grazier who has a block of country, with abundant feed and water, 60 miles north of Cockburn, well, adapted for the carrying of a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wee Waa Blaze
WEE WAA, Monday.--—At the Coroner's inquiry into the fire on Saturday, an open verdict was given. The insurance assessor met all claims on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fires. Iron Foundry Ablaze
A fire occurred, in Allen-street, Pyrmont, yesterday afternoon, shortly after 5 o'clock, when the iron foundry of Thos. W. Hoskins was partially destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Blaze in a Sawmill. Wee Waa
Senwager Bros' sawmills narrowly escaped destruction by fire last night. Sawdust and shavings were burning as usual in a large brick furnace. A strong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Died While Fighting a Fire
On Friday last an elderly man, William Barham, was found dead in a paddock at Tomerong, N.S.W., some distance frim his house. He was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire on the Ethelwolf. a Serious Conflagration
Further advices were received from Fremantle in regard to the fire on the steamer Ethelwolf state that , after taking in 900 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Socialist Fire-brand. European General Strike. Appeal to Foreign Workers
PARIS, Monday.--Mr. J. Keir Hardie, M.P., the British Labor-Socialist, addressed the Unified Socialist Congress at Lyons yesterday. The delegates included a number from Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires in Yorke's Peninsula
The Adelaide Commissioner of Police last week received a telegram from the constable stationed at Wagooka, Yorke's Peninsula, that immense bush fires were sweeping through the…
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An outbreak of fire at Wee Waa (N.S.W.) destroyed the better part of the business section of the town, the total loss being estimated at £40,000. A similar outbreak at Browarrina…
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WEE WAA, Tuesday.--Schwager Bros. sawmills narrowly escaped destruction by fire last night. The sawdust shavings were burning as usual in a large brick furnace, and a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire at Wee Waa
A fire broke out at 2 o clock on February 13, and swept away the main portion of the business block of Wee Waa, 372 miles from Sydney, on the main Northern railway. The residents…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →Human Remains in Fire
On Wednesday morning a house occupied by Ah Mann, Chinese gardener, two miles from Bombala (N.S.W.), was found to be a heap of smouldering rules. On a search being made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Night of Blazes. Several Fires at the Barrier
BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—The Broken Hill brigade was busy all last night suppressing fires. The first occurred at 8 o'clock when a five-roomed house in Chloride-street…
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