50 Families Homeless Terrible Fire Ruin (Continued from Page One)
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Rain has checked has disastrous South Gippslnnd fires, but the damage already done is…
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Where Bush Fires Took Their Toll
Squares indicate where lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Near Coolamon. Coolamon
A resident of Ashbridge set fire to some stubble, and a tree caught alight. During the night a strong wind rose and blew the sparks on to a grass paddock adjoining the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Inquiry Into Fire. Mudgee
An inquiry was held by the District Coroner (Mr. H. H. Farrington) into the fire which destroyed the Mudgee freezing works on January 17. The coroner found that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire's Breath Yacht's Hard Trip MELBOURNE
Capable handling by the skipper, A. E. ("Bluegum") Davies, and his willing crew brought the racing yacht. Vanessa, winner of the…
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A collision between two tramcars occurred at the intersection of George-street West and Glebe-road shortly before midday yesterday. Five people were injured, and were treated at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fighting at Woosung. Japanese Land Under Fire. Shanghai, Feb. 7
The scene of the greatest hostilities shifted to-day from Chapel to the Woosung area, where the Japanese heavily engaged Chinese troops, strongly entrenched near the ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Horses Trapped Ember From Billycan Starts Fire West Wyalong
An ember which had stuck to the bottom of a billy can fell off while a worker at Bena was carrying the billy to where he and his mates were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bushfires Quenched by Rain. Losses in Victoria
Timely rain came to the assistance of firefighters in Victoria and on the southern tablelands of New South Wales at the week-end. It thoroughly checked the serious outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Bushfires in Gippsland, Victoria
This picturegram shows the remains of the sawmill at Erica, in attempting to escape from which six men were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Scene of Terrible Bush Fires-- --Wedding Links Two States
THE RUINED remains of O'Shea's Mill, at Erica, Victoria, where the terrible forest fires of last week swept through and burned six men to death. A young schoolteacher rode bravely to warn the mill-hands, but perished before he could reach them. THE FARES recommended for tram and train traffic across the bridge have been announced, but what the motor toll…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →W.a. Bush Fire £200,000 in Timber Endangered
PERTH, Monday.--This afternoon a bushfire swept down a mile-wide front, adjoining the Darling Ranges at Harvey, on to the flats at Wokalup…
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Firemen had difficulty in entering the premises of the Alaskan Fur Store, 105 George-street West, last night when an outbreak of fire threatened the building and contents, for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stock Lost Serious N.Z. Fires Auckland
A strong wind is causing the spread of the bush fires in many parts of the Province. Great damage is feared. Several farm houses have already…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Alectown. Parkes
The residence of Mr. Frederick I. Gosper, farmer, one mile from Alectown, was burned to the ground and very little was saved. The occupants were asleep when the fire started,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire-damp Explosion. In Belgian Coal Mine. LONDON, Feb. 7
Owing to a firedamp explosion at a depth of 3780 feet in a coalmine at Bols Longpre, Charleroi, Belgium, five miners were seriously injured, and two are in a critical condition…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Sea Ulimaroa's Dash to Harbor 100 Miles Out
EXCEPT for a noticeable increase in speed, few passengers on the liner Ulimaroa, which reached Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Trapped in Fire. Two Horses Burnt to Death. West Wyalong
Two horses out of a team of six attached to a plough were trapped and burnt to death by a grass fire at Bena. The other horses were badly burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Station Fire Mystery Arrests After 12 Months Former Employee Charged at Mendooran
While at Mendooran, near Dubbo, making investigations which led to the arrest of two men in connection with a big…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Rain for Dry Area Black Fire Areas Grow Green More Is Due
General rain over New South Wales at the weekend is expected to be followed by another deluge in the inland…
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