Ringed with Flames Hartley Township Serious Damage Fires Over Wide Area Lithgow
THE township of Hartley was ringed with flames to-day. Early this morning the bush fires extended from Merrick's property,…
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Big Fires at Forbes Shops, Saloon, and School of Arts Everything Insured Forbes
ABOUT an hour after midnight this morning, fire broke out in a billiard saloon in Rankin Street, and before the Games could be get under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fiend Sweeps Bush Towns Threatened Pluck of a Girl Bathurst
THE MEADOW FLAT and Tarana districts are the grip of ranging bush fire, which is sweeping the countryside at the rate of 40…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gang of Burglars Five Houses Entered Two Set on Fire Wellington (N.z.)
There were sensational doings at Christchurch last night. Five residences were entered by burglars, and two of them were set on fire, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Raging Fire Canberra Menaced by Flames 5-Mile Front Volunteers Send Urgent Call for Help Canberra
Bush fires are raging on a five-mile front beyond the Murrumbidgee, and are regarded as very serious. Half a gale is driving the fire towards the…
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The township of Hartley was ringed by flames early yesterday morning. Much grass land has been burned, but the fire was finally brought under control. At one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fires. Endanger Canberra. Great Fight with Flames
Spurred by a violent gale, bush and Brass fires ravaged scrub country to the west of Canberra yesterday, In the early morning fears were entertained…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rains Quell' Bush Fires Losses in Vic. Week-end Homes Destroyed 'Bus Dashes for Safety Melbourne
HEAVY rains in Southern Victoria early this morning quelied most of the bushfires to the north. east and south of Melbourne, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trail of Desolation Bush Fires Sweep Country Township Saved in Dramatic Fight Thrills Amid the Blazing Ruins Lithgow
ORCHARDS, many acres of grass, and miles of fencing in the Meadow Flat district were devoured by a huge bushfire yesterday. The settlement of Meadow Flat and the homesteads that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Blaze on Ball's Head Residents Alarmed
RESIDENTS of Ball's Head North Sydney, had on exciting hour yesterday Afternoon, when part of the bush on the certain wide of the head…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Midnight Disturbance. Constable Fires Revolver
At the Kogarah Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Longfield, S.M. Norman Shadlow, aged 25 years, was charged with using indecent language at…
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A graphic story of devastating bush fires in the Meadow Flat district, and of the menacing of Canberra, appears on Page 7…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Destructive Fires Garage Burned at Gulgono
A fire occurred in A. Dover's savage and Blacksmith's shop at Gulgong (N.S.W.) last week, and the promised, together with five motor vehicles, farraing implements, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires at Wyong Residences in Danger Wyong
Following the great heat of yesterday, bush fires burned fiercely all round the Wyong district. At Tuggerah and Tuggernong the maintenance men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Widespread Damage Swept by Fires Grass and Bush Widespread Damage
Over 1000 acres of grass and bush were burnt in the suburbs during yesterday broiling heat. Sheds and miles of fencing went up…
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A fire broke out last night in premises next door to the "Southern Cross" newspaper office, occupied as a Ford motor garage…
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Mary cecilia Munro, aged 58, was fatally burned at her home in Dalley-street, Lidcombe, yesterday morning. Shortly after ten o'clock, her son,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Fight Fires in North-east Vic. 3 A.M. Call Melbourne
Extensive bush fires have broken out in Mitta Valley, in the Bright district. Settlers are fighting day and night to protect their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Takes Toll Woman Dead, Boy Injured Countryside Swept
Fire caused the death of a woman at Lidcombe, the injury of a boy at Bankstown, and much damage to property in Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jack Tars Fight Hotel Fire One Is Killed Hong Kong Sensation
A THRILLING STORY of how British Jack Tars helped in fighting a terrific fire, which gutted the magnificent Hongkong Hotel on…
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