£100,000 BIS C.S.R. Fire in S.A. Sugar Ablaze Adelaide
The damage o the C.S.R. plant at Port Adelaide, following the fire there last night, is estimated at £100,000. A stack of 17,000 tons of raw sugar,…
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£250,000 Damage Big Vic. Fire Darling and Sons' Mills Brigades' Heavy Task Melbourne
A HUGE and spectacular fire which destroyed the flour mills of John Darling and S[?]ns, and Sunshine, to-night, did damage estimated at over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fiend Victorian Forests Ablaze S.o.s.--homes in Flames 150 People Shelter in Post Office Melbourne
Heavily-timbered areas of Victoria are once more being tortured by bush fires. Fanned by the strong northerly wind which blew throughout yesterday, smouldering trees burst into flame early in the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cause of Bushfire. "A Practical Joke." Albury
There having been a number of bush fires at Ournie Creek within the past few days, an investigation was made by residents. It was found that at least one of them was due to…
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Several, subjects which will be submitted at the annual convention of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture to be held at Nhill…
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The bush fires and the hot winds last week-end caused serious damage in the Victorian apple and pear-growing districts, the Johathan…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Events of the Day Bush Fires Victoria Again Ablaze Township Destroyed
Fires, fierce and devastating are again sweeping across parts of Victoria, just beyond the scenes of the great outbreaks which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fleeing to Safer Country Burnt-out Settlers Vic. Fires Still Raging Melbourne
A change in the wind saved the township of Queenstown, threatened by the bush fires which destroyed Kingslake last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Change of Wind Loss of Life Averted £50,000 Damage MELBOURNE
The fires which raged last night through the mountains, Kinglake, and Queenstown were, checked two miles from Queenstown early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Still Raging. Majority Under Control. Flames Drive People From Homes. No Additional Loss of Life. MELBOURNE
Reports received to-day from the areas in which bush fires were again experienced yesterday, owing to a strong gale that swept across the State from the north, indicate that most of the new fires are again under control…
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GARAGE DESTROYED AT ARMIDALE. A fire occured in A. Klefer's motor garage at Armidale (N.S.W.), last week, and destroyed three motor-cars and several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flour Mills Blaze Melbourne
Messrs. J. [?]d L. Darling win wee heavily through the Are at their Hour mine last night. The damage now is estimated at £200,000 and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage Destroyed Early Morning Blaze
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Western-road, Wentworthvine, owned and occupied by Mrs. Norah Horder, was totally destroyed by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires Commissioner Explains
There are strong grounds for suspecting that the Murraguldrie plantation fire mentioned by "Dendron" in "The Daily Telegraph," was of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Fires. State Electricity Works
Some of the statements made during the progress of the Victorian bush fires in relation to damage at the Yallourn works of the Electricity Commission appear to have not…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Huge Blaze at Adelaide. Sugar Refinery Gutted
Fire wrought terrible damage at Port Adelaide on Wednesday. Fire fighters made a magnificent but unsuccessful attempt to hold the blaze…
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"P. R. A." has given 12 to the "Evening News" for the "Argus" (Melbourne) Bush Fire Relief Fund. The money will be forwarded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Dubbo
The timber mill of E. H. Utley and Co., in Dubbo, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. The brigade saved a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Toll of the Flames Fires on the Richmond
Information from Lismore on Monday stated that several bush fires are burning en the Richmond Tangis, both on the Clarence and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coalmines. Cause of Fires. Rats and Wax Matches
In the opinion of Mr. A. J. Miller, mining engineer of the State coalmine, Baralaba. Queensland, gas and naked lights are not the only causes of fire in mines. Fires are…
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