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  2. TERRIBLE BUSH FIRES.

    Awful bush fires have swept parts of Victoria, occasioning the loss of several lives and of thousands of pounds' worth of property. The most terrible tragedy of all was the ...

    Article : 475 words
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  4. Wireless Telegraphy.

    Captain Walker, who is representing the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited, in Australia, has just returned from New Zealand, where he has been interviewing Sir ...

    Article : 388 words
  5. A SCHOOLMASTER'S HEROISM.

    Mr, H. B. Vales, a schoolmaster near Toora, collapsed again and again while attempting to save the 28 children he had in his charge. He went through what was a veritable furnace to ...

    Article : 152 words
  6. GREAT DESTRUCTION IN THE COUNTRY.

    WHITTON, Wednesday.—A tremendous fire broke out at Wilga back station, Kooba. After burning all Monday night it was checked. However, it broke out again yesterday, and burnt to ...

    Article : 1,125 words
  7. OUTBREAK CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.

    CARCOAR, Friday.—During the progress of a thunderstorm between Carcoar and Neville yesterday evening, lightning struck the grass in a paddock near Mr. O'Brien's farm house. A bush ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. FOUR PERSONS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    FORBES, Thursday.—During the past two months, outbreaks of fire, numbering as many as twelve in one day, have occurred in the vicinity of what is known as "The Island," near ...

    Article : 304 words
  9. DEATH OF MR. T. M. BUTLER.

    Mr. Thomas Moore Butler, a native of Korum[?]urra, and an old resident of the district, was [?]eavouring to reach the residence of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Osborne, when the fire ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. AN INVALID'S FATE.

    A heartrending scene was met at Woorarra West, about nine miles from Foster, where the first loss of life occurred. An invalid, J. Williams, was lying in the centre of the road. Two ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. RAILWAY CONCESSIONS TO SUFFERERS.

    In connection with the disastrous bush fires which have been devastating parts of the country during the past week, the Railway Commissioners have had under consideration ...

    Article : 269 words
  12. AT FOSTER.

    Old residents of Gippsland who have had experience of many bush fires describe the recent outbreak as the most terrible they have ever seen. It has not traversed so ...

    Article : 245 words
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