Smoke Haze Along Coast Shipping Delayed Effect of Fires
A HEAVY SMOKE h[?] along the coast, caused by bush fires, had made it necessary for vessels to reduce speed considerably…
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Fire at Adelaide. Extensive Damage. Adelaide
Shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night a fire of a particularly spectacular nature broke out in the Cameron Shoe Company's factory on North Terrace. The establishment, which…
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The township of Woodside narrowly escaped destruction this morning by the rapid spreading of a bush fire which broke out at Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Swept Business Block Goes Damage £5000 Maryborough (Q.)
Fire swept over a block of business premises at Mundubbera yesterday, and the whole section, which comprised seven establishments, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cause of a Fire. Servant's Allegation. Conflicting Evidence. Brisbane
Strange evidence was given at Mount Morgan at the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of St. Elmo boarding-house, owned by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire-fighters Are Gaining Danger Over Flames Are Now Under Control Orchards Destroyed Melbourne
FIRES are still burning fiercely at Healesville, one of Victoria's leading holiday resorts. They are now, however, being…
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Of numerous bush fires that occurred in the suburbs and surrounding districts of Sydney yesterday, two at Bankstown and Fairfield assumed serious proportions. At Bankstown…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Guarding Their Homes Farmers Watch Bush Fires
Bush fires prevented deputation from the Wagga district waiting on the Minister for Lands (Mr. Loughlin) to-day, regarding tho spread of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush-fires Rage Suburbs Menaced Many Homes Saved Lives Endangered
Lives were endangered and heavy damage was done by bush-fires which raged all around Sydney yesterday. They were the biggest fires which Sydney has experienced for many years, and had not the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lightning and Bush Fires Delay Telegrams Lines Interrupted
HIGH WINDS and lightning have seriously imposed the working of the interstate telegraph lines since yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fires. Extensive Damage. Gkeat Akea Swept. Albury
The terrible weather of yesterday and to-day, due largely to the bush fires cast of Albury, has added to tho worries of the landowner, who have determined to remain at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cigarette Butt Causes Big Fire Melbourne Blaze Melbourne
A cigarette butt, carelessly thrown aside in the street at Abbotsford about 5.30 this afternoon, is believed to have been…
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FIRE damaged the Sterling Varnish Works in Huntley-street, Waterloo to-day. The outbreak was reported to the…
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Three bush fires, which occurred within three-quarters of a mile of each other at Amaroo. on Mr. W. T. Curtin's property, are viewed with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raging Still Thousands of Acres Burnt Out Forests Ablaze Many Sheep Perish Fences Destroyed
Although small showers of rain temporarily held up the bush fires in the district between Albury and Wagga, they have broken, out again, and thousands of acres of grass and many miles of fencing have been destroyed…
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The serious fires at Belgrave and in the Upper Fern Tree Gully have practically burnt themselves out. All danger is now passed…
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BATHURST.--Nicholas Flynn, 82, one of Tarana's oldest residents, was badly burned by a fire which broke out in his cottage. Flynn was…
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A big shed at "Woodside," the home of Mr. Colin Lamont, in the Eglinton district, a few miles from Bathurst, was destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Near Adelong. Adelong
A terrific windstorm to-day struck the townOwing to the dust, business places had to close all doors. The heat was unbearable. Frantle appeals for the fightors came in…
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This morning four disastrous fires broke out at Walroa. Eight business premises were destroyed…
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