Rain Beats Bush Fires. Bathurst
The rain, since Sunday last has effectively stamped out the bush fires which before the downpour were raging in different parts of the district. The rain also came just in time…
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Bush Fires. Great Damage to Property. Fighting Flames for a Week., Extensive Outbreak. Albury, Monday.D
Settlers along a considerable stretch of the Upper Murray country, extending from Tumbarumba on the cast to Germanton on the west, and Wymah and Jingellic on the south,…
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A spark from a copper fire is supposed to have started a fire which did considerably damage in the home of Mrs. Simpson [?]…
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A fire broke out yesterday evening in premises in King-street, Newtown, occupied by Mr. Percy Godfrey as a motor garage, and owned by Mr. Thomas Rofe, of…
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CROOKWELL, Monday. -- On Saturday morning a fire broke out between the farms of Messrs. J. T. Naughten and Pinnat Redground, about five miles from Crookwell. The day was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Building & Construction. the Canada Buildings Fire
The extent of the damage to the Canada buildings, can only be really estimated by a reference to the plans for reconstruction now in the offices of Messrs. Robertson and Marks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Fire-ridden Drapery Block Gutted. Sensational Escapes. Heavy Summer Fire List. Melbourne
Melbourne's list of summer, fires was lifted far above all records by the devastating blaze at Prahran on Sunday. In one hour a huge block of valuable buildings in the busiest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Protest. Ryde Council and Fire Board
The question as to whether £40, representing a quarter's contribution to the Fire Brigades Board, should be authorised for payment, evoked considerable discussion at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Forest Reefs. Forest Reefs
A big fire has been burning between Cadia and Belpago, burning long, dry grass, land threatening several farms, upon which tracks are just merely ploughed around, acting as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fighting the Flames. Disastrous Fire at Melbourne
Damage o the extent of upwards of £100,000 was caused by a fire that broke out on Sunday in a large drapery emporium in C[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prahran Fire. Details of the Insurances. Melbourne
The following are the insurances effected on the Colos[?]eum, which, with other buildings at Prahran, was destroyed by fire yesterday:—Stock: Atlas £3000, Central £2000,…
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Considerable discussion ensued at last night's meeting of the Kogarah Council, when the Board of Fire Commissioners for warded a general report of the board's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Save Us From Our Friends." Fire Officials and the Public
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Replying to Mr. A. W. Dunlop's charge that at the Coliseum fire on Sunday the brigade's motor pump went wrong every few minutes, the fire brigade officials…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Woolahra's Fire Engine. Cannot Climb Hills. Painted to Conceal Its Age
Woollahra aldermen think they have been unfairly treated by the Board of Fire Commissioners in the matter of providing a fire engine for the district. The subject has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Fire at Sea. British Schooner Found. Washington' D. C., Monday Evening
Anotber [?] as sea has beep [?]potted by the re[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foreign Cables. a British Ship on Fire. The Crow Abandon the Vassal
Three weeks after leaving Newcastle (N.S.W.) with a cargo of coal for Vancouver, fire broke out in the hold of the British collier Battle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Fire!" Foolish Cry Starts Panic. Hundreds Jump From Train. London, Tuesday Morning
A short circuit occurred yesterday in a motor train in Paris. The train was just leaving the St. Lazare station. A. passenger shouted "Fire!" and the other passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire. at Garden City. Damage Estimated at £35,000. LONDON, Monday Evening
A disastrous are occurred to-day at the Wordsworth Garden City. The premises of [?] were burned down, and the damage…
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TUMBARUMBA, Tuesday. -- A heavy downpour of rain has completely extinguished all bush fires in this locality…
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WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- Bush fires are causing anxiety in Southland…
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