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  2. THE BOWRAL OUTBREAK.

    BOWRAL, Monday.--Appalling accounts of the destruction wrought by the bush fires are coming in from all quarters of the Berrima district, the greater portion of which is now nothing but ...

    Article : 1,115 words
  3. THE HEAT WAVE.

    Abnormally high temperatures continue in most parts of the country, but the Acting-Government Meteorologist reports that the cool change on the seaboard is expected to reach the ...

    Article : 221 words
  4. AS SEEN BY TRAVELLERS.

    The officials who had charge of the Melbourne express on the outward journey on Friday night and on the return trip on Sunday morning, describe the scene along the southern line as ...

    Article : 888 words
  5. FIGHTING TO SAVE HOMES.

    WAGGA, Monday.--It is almost impossible to conceive the extensive damage caused by the great bush fires, or to obtain any adequate idea of the value of the losses. They are certain to ...

    Article : 750 words
  6. FIRE JUMPS A RIVER.

    NARRANDERA, Monday.--A bush fire broke out yesterday morning on the local common. A very strong wind was blowing at the time, and before long the fire had burnt the whole of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 159 words
  7. AT BLAYNEY.

    BLAYNEY, Monday.--A very destructive bush fire broke out at Errowanbang Station on Saturday Assisted by a strong wind, it swept the whole country to Lyndhurst. Then a change in ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. IF SYDNEY CAUGHT FIRE.

    Mr. Webb, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, last month sounded a note of warning to the metropolis. The appliances and men at his command, he said, were not sufficient ...

    Article : 337 words
  9. PROSPECTS OF A CHANGE.

    Reviewing the prospects of a change occurring Inland, Mr. Hunt, the Government Meteorologist, said:--"The cool change that was over Victoria to-day will very likely extend ...

    Article : 204 words
  10. IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Bush fires continue to rage in this State, although the rain which fell in the Wimmera district, along the coast, and from the centre of the State to Gippsland, ...

    Article : 265 words
  11. SQUALLY IN THE SOUTH.

    Squally south-east winds, with showery weather, were reported at Gabo Island last evening. Eden and Green Cape also advised misty rain. Winds were chiefly southerly as far north ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. MAN FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE.

    WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.--The heal still continues. For three days past the thermometer registered 111, 114, and 111 degrees. A man named Thomas Davidson was found partly ...

    Article : 125 words
  13. HARTLEY VALE HOMESTEADS.

    HARTLEY VALE, Monday.--The bush fires, which have been raging for several days in the Hartley Valley, yesterday completely surrounded the homestead of Mr. Anthony Palmer, known ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. HEAVY LOSSES AT BURROWA.

    BURROWA, Monday.--The Douglas fire continues its devastating career, and has now reaching Gunning, 60 miles distant from its starting point, and is ravaging everything in its ...

    Article : 272 words
  15. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 words
  16. IN THE CARCOAR DISTRICT.

    CARCOAR, Monday.--Bush fires continued to rage on every side of Carcoar throughout to-day. Shortly after 9 a.m. it was discovered that the Stoke Estate, situated about three-quarters ...

    Article : 569 words
  17. IN THE COUNTRY.

    ALBURY, Monday.--The continued intense heat has had a serious effect in regard to the health of aged people and little children. From different parts of the district come reports of ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. SHIPPING SIGNALS OBSCURED.

    Evidence of the extent of the bush fires raging along the coast is afforded by the meagreness of the reports of shipping movements sent by the numerous lookouts during the past few ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. COTTAGES BURNT AT GRETA.

    GRETA, Monday.--Bush fires raged all last week, destroying much property. Cottages belonging to Mesdames Reynard and Shillings were completely destroyed. Both were uninsured. ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--It is not certain whether Sir George Turner will, when the Premiers' conference opens in Hobart, be found well enough to take up the task of thrashing out ...

    Article : 245 words
  21. RAVAGES AT RICHMOND.

    RICHMOND, Monday.--Bush fires have been raging throughout the district for several days, doing an immense amount of damage. So far no reports have been received of loss of life, but ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. IN SYDNEY SUBURBS.

    Shortly after noon yesterday the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called out to a couple of small bush fires at Willoughby and Waverley, but the outbreaks in each instance were - ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. A PECULIAR INCIDENT.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--A peculiar incident, caused apparently by the excessive heat, occurred on board the steamer Cygnet on Saturday afternoon. The vessel was bound from Port Pirie to ...

    Article : 175 words
  24. THE PLAYERS AND THE CRICKET ASSOCIATIONS.

    Mr. M. A. Noble, the New South Wales representative on the committee which is to select the Australian Eleven to visit England, has, in the course of an interview in the Melbourne ...

    Article : 441 words
  25. DEVASTATION AT TUMUT.

    TUMUT, Monday.--Bush fires unprecedented in the history of Tumut raged yesterday and last night. Homesteads were burned, the occupants being compelled to leave with only the clothes ...

    Article : 250 words
  26. THE GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION

    The State Premier returned to the city yesterday from the South Coast, and at once requested the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Garvin, to immediately communicate with the ...

    Article : 645 words
  27. LOSSES AT BUNDANOON.

    BUNDANOON, Monday.--A high wind from the west on Saturday carried the fire through the township, burning E. J. Buckland's boardinghouse (insured for £250), George Clout's ...

    Article : 196 words
  28. TRADE WITH THE EAST.

    Mr. J. B. Sutter, Commercial Agent in the East, writes from Shanghai to the Minister for Mines as follows:-- "There is still a great demand for topper of ...

    Article : 372 words
  29. ANIMALS DYING AT TOCUMWAL.

    TOCUMWAL, Monday.--The excessive heat of the last three days of the old year continued throughout yesterday. The wind blow strong from the north all day, and the clouds of dust, ...

    Article : 1,211 words
  30. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

    WENTWORTH FALLS, Monday.--Unprecedented weather has been prevailing here for the past week. The oldest residents never experienced anything approaching it. For the past ...

    Article : 164 words
  31. TEMORA THREATENED.

    TEMORA, Monday.--The town is surrounded by bush fires which are sweeping everything before them. At Mimosa, Robertson lost over 1000 sheep on Saturday. The Mimosa mailman ...

    Article : 194 words
  32. DAMAGE AT CROOKWELL.

    CROOKWELL, Monday.--Bush fires are raging in this district. The town is enveloped in smoke. Great loss of live stock and much damage to property is reported. Picker Bros., of Bigga, ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. MINOR DISASTERS.

    MANDURAMA, Monday.--A bush fire which began on Errowanbang station had reached gigantic dimensions by midnight last night. It has already spread over 30 miles in length, ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  34. NEWS FROM BATEMAN'S BAY.

    BATEMAN'S BAY, Monday.--The most disastrous bush fires ever known on the South Coast occurred on Saturday. Early in the day intense heat was experienced, and dense smoke was seen ...

    Article : 265 words
  35. CAPSIZE OF A SAILING BOAT.

    A small sailing boat was capsized at Coogee, close to the reefs, yesterday afternoon. The occupants of the craft, George Smith and Thomas Skeene, clung to the boat for some ...

    Article : 83 words
  36. AROUND LITHGOW.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--The fiercest and most destructive bush fires experienced for years have prevailed round the town and neighborhood since Friday. In the neighborhood of Lithgow, ...

    Article : 328 words
  37. BRANXTON FARMERS HOMELESS.

    BRANXTON, Monday.--A fire in now raging at Stanhope, Woodville, and Eldersile. It is supposed to have started at Wills's property, Durham Hills, on Friday, burnt ...

    Article : 257 words
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