Fire's Fury Strenuous Fights Country Swept Wagga
Reports from the Upper Murray and southern tablelands indicate that this is the worst year for bush fires since 1900…
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After the Fire Old Man Collapses Perth
Richard Morrissey (60). an old resident of the Greenhills district, was found dead in one of his paddocks on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Alarm Interrupts Brigade Concert Third Time Unlucky Cessnock
Three times in succession the annual smoke concert of the Cessnock fire brigade has been interrupted by an alarm of fire…
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Fairfield Fire Brigade. on Monday, received the tenth call, to a bush fire since Christmas. Two acres of seruh land were burnt at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inverell's Big Blaze Store Burnt Out Inverell
FIRE which broke out early on Sunday morning completely destroyed Davis Bros' premises, one of the largest general stores,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.Z. Bush Fires Wellington, N.Z.
Ashburton county has been swept by grass fires. At one time the fire was four miles wide, and was travelling four of five miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelong Wrapped in Smoke Bush Fires Raging Ape[?]
THE TOWN has been enveloped [?]or several dive as [?] fires raging to the lo[?]have left Adelong [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous Bush Fires. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In regard to the diasatrous bush ares raging at present, I would like to make the suggestion to experts and to the Government as to the feasibility of employing acroplan[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bush Fires. Wide Area Swept. Settlers' Losses. MELBOURNE
With no indication of rain, serious bush fires are still blazing at many points in the Dandenong ranges, and in grazing and timber areas in other parts of the State. Reports…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parker Street Fire
The firm of Alien's Sweets (A. W, Allen, White, and Campbell, "Ltd.), of Parker Street, city, report that the fire which occurred at the premises of Mr. F. H. Powell's, cabinetmaker and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Upper Murray. Fires Still Raging. Albury
There is no nbatement of the terriffic bush fires which have been raging for some days on both sides of the Upper Murray. The most serious outbreaks are on the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Still Raging Fires Sweeping On in Two States
Bush fires are still sweeping through large areas of country in both New South Wales and Victoria. An outbreak, which did…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hanging Fire Amalgamation of Associations
There has been no further move In the proposal to merge into one organisation the wentworthville Chamber of Commerce and the Progress Association…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Fires. Man Fatally Burned. Wellington (N.z.)
A change of wind and steady raia removed the danger of further grass fires in the Ashburton district. Mr. William Page, while endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire in Hold Pasteur in Trouble
The steamer Pasteur, bound for Prance via Tahiti, Colon and Panama, is reported to have put into Papeete with a fire in her hold. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cottage Destroyed Fire at Seven Hills
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Seven Hills-road, Seven Hills, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. It was the properly of Edward Mullens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Tingha. Heavy Damage. 10 Buildings Destroyed. TINGHA
A fire swept Ruby-street, the business centre of Tingha, early this afternoon. Firefighting appliances and an adequate water supply were absent, and, within two hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →St. Peters Pit Under the Crust Is Fire Horse Burnt
According to a letter received at last night's meeting of the St. Peters Council, the ground surrounding the St…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Skilled Tradesmen Safeblowers at Work Fire to Cover Tracks Melbourne
Early last night highly skilled safe-breakers, after blowing open a safe and finding little of value, attempted to set fire to the premises of E. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Raging Fires Thousands of Acres of Grass and Bush Wind Carries Flames Pall of Smoke Over Countryside
Grass and bush fires are still raging over a great area of country around Albury, Gundagai, Adelong and Tarradale. Great damage has been done, and a pall of smoke overhangs the whole countryside. In Victoria the conflagration in the Dandenong Ranges is…
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