£150,000 Needed Damage in Gippsland Fires Melbourne
Having inspected Upper Yarra, Nooje, and Erica, the three districts affected by the bush fires, the Secretary to the Cabinet (Mr. Groves,…
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Counting Up the Cost Victoria's Fires "Beyond Description" Melbourne
Nothing in recent years, if ever before, hat moved the people of Victoria and other States so deeply as the terrible toll of human…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country News. Fire at Armidale. Armidale
A fire broke out on Saturday in Mr. A. Kiefer's motor garage. The flames spread to Mr. K. R. Bain's plumblnb establishment, and the building was soon gutted. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Fires Lit Purposely" Says Forester "To Improve Grass" Fresh Outbreaks Wagga
MR. J. S. PARRY, District Forester, who returned to Wagga last night, after having visited the scene of…
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She has been falling lightly but steady over the metropolitan area, and all the country through when the bush fresh had been…
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About 4000 acres of the Mullion Creek State forest, which covers an area of 9000 acres, was burned, and a considerable amount of…
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A passenger's mistake in boarding the wrong tram indirectly caused a sensational smash in North Carlton last night. Two cars collided,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theatre in Peril Big Mill Fire Audience in Happy Ignorance Hobart
What might have easily proved & disastrous. If not fatal, fire broke out at Batt's limber mill at Suckville Street, one of the oldest portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Abermain Extended "Safe" Mine Again Gas at Abermain No. 2 CESSNOCK
That there is constant danger of serious explosions in what are regarded as "safe" mines was examplified recently at Abordare…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires. at Tumbarumba. Strenuous Fight. Wagga
Reports from the seat of the fire, which is ravaging the hardwood timber forests near Tumbarumba, show that the country in the immediate vicinity of Tumbarumba has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Anent the article on bush fires in your issue of Saturday, three causes are given by your correspondent. I would record with your permission another interesting one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →All Danger Is Passed Vic. Bush Fires Caring for Sufferers Melbourne
The few points of rain which fell tonight have practically extinguished the bush Ores, and it is now considered that all danger is passed…
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There have been numerous bush on the Corrimal mountain ranges during the last week. In one case the fire reached the Corrimal shaft but the buildings were…
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ARMIDALE.--Fire destroyed Keller's garage and K. Bain's plumber's shop in Danger Street on Saturday night. The buildings were insured…
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Bush fires are burning for miles around the district. Much grass and young timber and some fencing have been destroyed. The fencing around the aboriginal reserve at Purfleet,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A 'Bus Fire
As reported in "The Sun" last week, a motor 'bus, plying between Parramatta and Sydney, caught alight in Parramatta-road, Homebush. The 'bus…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victorian Fires Rain Checks Them Melbourne
Although most of the anxiety is now over, the bush fires have not been wholly quelled. Rain fell in several parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Prickly Pear, Fire and Drought
Sir,--The prickly pear is a plant full of moisture, about 90 per cent, of it being water. We are usually more troubled in drought time by the want of water rather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Havoc of Fires Help for Sufferers £150,000 Required Melbourne
The Lord Mayor's Bush Fire Relief Fund has reached £100,000. Having inspected Upper Yarra, Noojee, and Erica, the three districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Did It Start? Fire at Blacktown
"I value the place at £575. It cost me that. I paid £50 deposit and I owe just over £500 on it. The Place was insured for £650. The furniture I value at £50…
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