GUNDAGAI, Saturday.--Through the existence of bush fires in all directions to-day the heat eclipsed all previous records, the thermometer at 3 p.m. showing 115deg. in the shade. ...
Article : 2,273 wordsMURRUMBURRAH, Sunday.--A disastrous fire has broken out at Barwang. It originated from a poison cart at the residence of Mrs. Cusack, of Douglas Gap, and spread with ...
Article : 330 wordsOn Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in the vicinity of Boucher-street, Botany, but the residents got the flames under control before the firemen got upon the scene. ...
Article : 156 wordsBOWRAL, Saturday.--Bush fires continue to rage fiercely around the town. A serious out-break, supposed to have been started by a picnic party on Gib- hill, extended to the farms ...
Article : 383 wordsALBION PARK, Saturday.--The heat has been intense, the glass registering 110deg. In the shade. Fires are raging round the mountains. ALBURY, Sunday.--During the 10 years' ...
Article : 1,970 wordsOn Saturday afternoon the sparks from a passing railway engine ignited the grass in a paddock near the Minto railway station, and in 10 minutes the flames had spread a mile and a ...
Article : 124 wordsThe heat on Saturday in Parramatta beat all previous records. At 11 a.m. the thermometer registered 100 degrees in the shade, and at 3 p.m., the hottest part of the day, it stood at 113. ...
Article : 159 wordsBUNDANOON, Sunday.--Bush fires are raging round Bundanoon. The Church of England and seven other houses have been burnt down. As far as can be ascertained no lives have been ...
Article : 40 wordsThe beat wave of 1896, when the temperature went to 108.5 in Sydney, was a long drawn-out infliction. The country districts suffered dreadful weather for weeks, and in the city itself ...
Article : 273 wordsGOULBURN, Saturday.--Extensive fires raged to-day in nearly all parts of the outlying country. From the back of Exeter and along Paddy's River, right through, and half-way to ...
Article : 618 wordsCAMPBELLTOWN, Sunday.--A bush fire, which is said to have been caused by a spark from a railway engine, broke out at Minto yesterday afternoon, at about 3 o'clock, and BRANXTON, Saturday.--Great damage was done by bush fires yesterday. At Stanhope the public school and residence were totally destroyed. Many of the farers here have lost ...
Article : 487 wordsAttention has been drawn to the unprotected state of the northern suburbs from outbreaks of fire. The recent bush conflagrations at Ryde. Carlingford, Eastwood, and Epping found ...
Article : 294 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--Serious bush fires have occurred during the last few days in Victoria. At Yea yesterday afternoon a fire started in a paddock to the east of the township, ...
Article : 447 wordsTelegraph lines have been interrupted in many districts in consequence of the bush fires. Last night about a dozen coastal stations were isolated. Among the places cut off from ...
Article : 54 wordsShipping arriving at Sydney yesterday all reported thick smoky weather--the result of bush fires along the coast. Captain Walker, of the steamer Eden, states that heavy bush fires ...
Article : 113 wordsIn the big heat wave of January, 1896, when the thermometer in Sydney registered 108 in the shade, and people were dying in numbers in various parts of the State from heat apoplexy, ...
Article : 1,081 wordsFor the last few days a number of furious fires have been raging in the Middle Harbor bush, and the spectacle after nightfall from the heights of North Sydney, Neutral Bay, and ...
Article : 213 wordsMOSS VALE, Saturday.--Terrible bush fires are raging in this district. Farmers and others living out of the town have been hiring men all day, and have had them driven to their ...
Article : 86 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--Immense damage has been done between Lexton and Avoca. Woodstock estate (Fry Brothers') had 1600 acres, swept clean. All the surrounding settlers lost ...
Article : 227 wordsROBERTSON, Sunday.--Bush fires are raging all over the district. Large areas of grass have been destroyed, besides fencing. Seery and Hayter's sawmill at Mount Murray was burnt ...
Article : 40 wordsBULLI, Sunday.--Bush fires are raging along the mountain range, causing considerable damage. Several houses on the resumed Cataract area were burnt to the ground. Several farmers ...
Article : 89 wordsDELEGATE, Saturday.--The most disastrous bush fire ever known in this district is raging at Wallendibby, Corrong, and Tombong, carrying destruction everywhere. A number of ...
Article : 188 wordsBURROWA, Saturday.--The Douglas fire raged all the night and to-day, covering an area over three miles wide and exceeding twenty miles in length, sweeping everything before it. Among ...
Article : 169 wordsSaturday was one of the most trying times the residents in the Illawarra suburbs have experienced for years. In addition to the discomfort caused by the intense heat, residents in the ...
Article : 578 wordsMr. Hunt, the Government Meteorologist, in the course of an interview with a representative of this paper last night, said that until Friday there had been nothing at all unseasonable in ...
Article : 873 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.--Yesterday was the Hottest day experienced in Adelaide for the last 24 years, the temperature reaching 114 in the shade. This has been exceeded on five previous ...
Article : 221 wordsWEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The unprecedented heat of the past few days has caused bush fires in all parts of the district. Extensive damage has been everywhere occasioned to ...
Article : 270 wordsWAGGA, Sunday.--This district is in the grip of a bush fire, which in volume perhaps is second only to the great Gippsland fires of some years ago, but in value of losses is second to ...
Article : 296 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 51 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Mon 2 Jan 1905, Page 6
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: