Local Bush Fires
The hot weather on Wednesday was responsible for a number of bush fires in the district. At the foot of Bestic-street, Rockdale, a fire burned…
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Conflagrations. a £70,000 Blaze
The National Morigagan Company's premises at Inveres[?] (N.Z.) were gutted by fire during last week-end. The f[?] spread to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Homestead ALBURY
A weather board homestead of 11 rooms at Lowesdale, in the Corowa district, owned by Conroy brothers, was totally destroyed by fire. The family was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Natal Coal. Risk of Fire
The risk of fire in Natal coals may still be considered a serious one, says "Fairplay." The Pencisely, bound, from Natal to Marseilles, is at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Fire Blight Fruits's Formidable Foe Growers' Activities
The importation of fruit into Australia from America is a much-debated subject among the fruit-growers of the Commonwealth and efforts have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire On the Mountains LITHGOW
A big bush fire is raging at Mt. Lambie, near Rydal, and the little township is enveloped in smoke. There is everywhere such an abundance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Bush Fire Rages Near Lithgow LITHGOW
A bis bust fire is at present raging on Messrs. Miles and Jones property at Mount Lamble. The villare is enveloped in smoke, it has been decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Wallaby
At a late hour last night a fire broke out on the steam punt Wallaby, lying at the wharf of Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd.. Pyrmout. Huge stacks of timber were piled on the wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire at Tailoring Shop
Shortly after midnight a fire occurred in premises at No. 554 George-street, city. Constables Thompson and Gibbons were passing the shop when they noticed flames between…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire on Steam Punt
A fire on the steam punt Wallaby shortly before 11 o'clock last night badly damaged the engine-room and deckhouse. The punt is used for the carriage of bricks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →First Crop Fire Wagga
The first fire this season occurred on Borambola yesterday afternoon, when 140 acres of wheat was burnt, together with some hay. The crop, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires. Outbreak at Mount Lambie
LITHGOW, Saturday.--A large bush fire is burning on Miles and Jones property at Mount Lamble, and the village is enveloped in smoke. With an abundance of long grass this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires. Wheat Crops Destroyed. Berrigan
On Friday a fi[?]e broke out an Mr. Norman Heard's property on the Wombin closer settlement area. It burned some oaten hay in stook, and then traversed about 70 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hungry Patient Fires Hospital Cupboard
"The fire was di[?]overed at 8 p.m., and it would appear that some person was in search of food; there being no light in the room, it is supposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HUNGRY! Fire at Coast Hospital Supposed Work of Patient
On Saturday night a fire broke out in a cupboard in the infectious ward at the Coast Hospital, Little Bay. The damage was negligible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Carrying War to England Sinn Fein Fire Bugs in Liverpool Many Buildings Ablaze London, Sunday Evening
Organised outrages in Liverpool indicate the commencement of the threatened Sinn Pein attacks on English industrial centres, which were disclosed by the documents captured in the recent Dublin raids…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warehouses Ablaze Fire Stick in Liverpool Sinn Fein Incendiaries Discovery in London Timber-yard London, Sunday Night
Sinn Feiners set fire to cotton warehouses in Liverpool last night, and in the disturbances which followed policemen were fired at and a civilian shot dead. Fifteen warehouses in Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires. Wiseman's Ferry
Bush fires and high temperatures have prevailed for the past fortnight. Sunday afternoon saw a succession of thunderstorms, afterwards settling to steady rain. A good…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Fire
A fire occurred at a late hour last night in the boot factory of Messrs. Wolfson and Co., in O'Loughlin-street, off Klppax-street, city. Two floors of the building, together with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fires in Cork. Anti-sinn Fein Reprisal
There were further reprisals in Cork on Sunday morning. Three large buildings were burned down. The damage is estimated at £100,000. The outbreaks started at 1 o'clock,…
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