Complete reports of the fires show the disaster to be of a widespread and colossal character. E. and K. [?]ires' Stony Park Estate was burnt ...
Article : 926 wordsThe general reduction in the rates of wages paid to the hands employed at the collieries on the Borehole seam, notified last month to come into operation from the beginning of ...
Article : 951 wordsThere is practically no doubt now that the yacht which sank in the storm yesterday off Wellington Heads was the Te Aroha, the crew of which is stated to have consisted ...
Article : 226 wordsGlenmark, bq., 1230 tons, Captain Watts, from East London. Master, agent. Battenhall, s, 2174 tons, Captain F. [?]ith, from A[?]ide and Melbourne. J. and A. Brown, agents. ...
Article : 141 wordsSunday last will be long remembered throughout this district as "black Sunday," the destruction wrought by the bush fires that day being most extensiv[?]. Miles of country, ...
Article : 598 wordsThe Aberdeen liner Salamis, which had been with drawn from the Australian service for about six months, made her reappearance here on Monday night, after a smart and exceptionally pleasant voyage from London ...
Article : 85 wordsOn Saturday terrible bush fires swept the greater portion of the district. Three homesteads and all their contents were completely destroyed, and several cattle and horses were ...
Article : 73 wordsA cool southerly wind sprang up yesterday evening, bringing drizzling rain during the night. This appears to have extinguished most of the smouldering bush fires. No ...
Article : 162 wordsPORT DARWIN (2540 miles).—Arr: Jan. 2, Empire, [?], from Sydney, via ports. Jan. 3, T[?]inan, [?], from Sydn[?]. [?] ports. Dep: Jan. 2, Empire, [?], for Hongkong. ...
Article : 441 wordsWestralia, s, for Hobart. Aramac, s, for Cooktown, via ports. Atawatta, s, for Melbourne. Wakatipu, s, for Newcastle. ...
Article : 34 wordsBush fires are still raging throughout the district. A fire broke out adi[?]ent to the Hawkesbury Racecourse, but was noticed in time, and suppressed before any damage ...
Article : 61 wordsVille de la Clotat, F.M.S., for Noumes; Moko[?], [?], for Auckland and New Zealand ports; Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's steamer for Newcastle; Narooma, s, for Camden Haven. ...
Article : 34 wordsEra, s, 2[?]70 tons, Captain J. Rowlands, for Port Pirie, via Newcastle. Westralia, s, 2[?]4 tons, Captain G. F. Entwisle, for Hobart. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 576 wordsIn reference to the report from Thirroul, published in yesterday's issue, regarding a visitors' camp in the Bulli Pass ranges, Mr. J. F. Dabbs writes as follows: ...
Article : 296 wordsS. A. Hayward, [?]ch, for Camden Haven; Hopewell, [?], for Coff's Harbour. ...
Article : 3 wordsThe bush fires have slightly abated, gangs of men being employed. A thunderstorm occurred last night, and very materially assisted the firebeaters. The town is practically safe, ...
Article : 177 wordsSalamis, [?], from London, via ports: [?]5 bx[?] frozen fish, 16 bx[?] frozen game, 27 [?] hose, 250 tons railway chairs, 731 pkgs white lead, 72 [?] fish, 50 [?] pickles, 29 pkgs drapery, 272 pkgs paint, 17 [?] vermicelli, ...
Article : 398 wordsAt London: Orange Branch, [?] (Gulf Line, Limited), from Sydney, vi[?] ports, sailed Oct. 21; Waipara, [?] (Federal-Houlder-Shire lines), from Sydney, via. South Africa, sailed Oct. 14. ...
Article : 133 wordsOur Parramatta correspondent writes:— "Tuesday was very oppressive and muggy, but there was relief during the afternoon, when a storm broke over the town and district, and ...
Article : 117 wordsThough the bush fires are not so numerous or dnngerous they are still raging in several places. Word was received early this afternoon that a fire was threatening a house near ...
Article : 207 wordsA most destructive fire took place in this neighbourhood yesterday. It originated at Black Jack, and spread with great rapidity. After crossing Wondobah-road, devastating ...
Article : 225 wordsSonoma, R.M.S., for San Francisco, via ports: 27 [?] skins, 131 in[?]ts tin, 1250 bgs onions 1874 [?] wool, 14 bis wool samples, 46 [?]s tea, 51 pkgs gluep[?]es 92 pes timber, 32 pkgs wrappers, 20 [?] 20 ...
Article : 510 wordsTales of extensive losses by bush fires, both in wheat, stock, and homesteads, are still coming to hand from the huge area over which the conflagration travelled. It was reported ...
Article : 240 wordsBLUFF (1107 miles).—Arr: Jan. 3, Warrimoo, [?], from Hobart. ...
Article : 11 wordsSir,—To relieve the suffering people that have lost, in many cases, their all, or most of their property and belongings, and now are almost penniless, through this last disastrous ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 712 wordsNews from Towrang states that thousands of acres of grass, miles of fencing, and crops have been destroyed. At Marulan yesterday the sports were abandoned to enable those ...
Article : 232 wordsThe heat wave continues. The thermometer registered 105deg on Sunday and 103 yesterday. There are bush fires all round, and the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 659 wordsSir,—Thousands of your readers will heart[?]ly endorse the appeal made by Mr. Georgo Mald[?]n in your columns this morning. To those who have lived in the interior at any time ...
Article : 578 wordsFurther reports of the bush fire at Nangus show that George Smart lost 300 tons of [?]ay, all his grass and fencing; James Smart, 200 tons of hay, all grass and fencing; and ...
Article : 340 wordsYesterday a meeting of the Associated Colliery Proprietors was held at the office of the secretary in Sydney to consider the position. There was a large and representative ...
Article : 73 wordsThe R.M.S Ophir, from Sydney bound to London, left Melbourne yesterday for Adelaide. The R.M.S India, from London [?]ound to Sydney, is due at Melbourne from Adelaide to-day ...
Article : 119 wordsBush fires have wrought hav[?] in the Milton district during the past few days. On Saturday the wind came away from the west like a blast from a furnace. The thermometer ...
Article : 198 wordsYesterday afternoon a representative of this journal had a conversation with Mr. C. H A[?]tin, secretary of the Associated Col[?] Proprietors, with reference to the ...
Article : 262 wordsMessrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, managing agents for the White Star Line, report:- The Afric left Liverpool 24th Nov., and Capetown 14th Dec. She arrived at Albany 29th Dec., and ...
Article : 172 wordsA magisterial inquiry was h[?]ld yesterday touching the death of Fallen, who perished at Uranquinty. The evidence showed that the deceased, who was a heroic young fellow, had ...
Article : 85 wordsBush fires on the north side of the river caused great losses. On the Ara[?]u[?]n-road, from D[?]ua River to Mudmelong, hardly a farm or homestead has escaped losses in grass, ...
Article : 155 wordsThe managing agents for the Aberdeen line, Messrs. Dalge[?]y and Co., Limited, notify the following movements:- The Damascus left London Dec. 27, and is due at ...
Article : 189 wordsDisastrous fires occurred about W[?]nd[?]am on Saturday, resulting in the loss of one life— a child 13 months old. The buildings, barns, haystacks, and fences were burnt for miles ...
Article : 78 wordsSouth Australia.—Overland, 5.30 p.m. Letters will be accepted without late fee for the Express from 5.30 to 6 p.m. if posted at the G.P.O. in the Special Box, which will be ope[?] ...
Article : 318 wordsThe heat wave now prevailing is the most severe ever felt here. During the past five days the average shade register has been 110 degrees, the maximum (on Saturday last) ...
Article : 225 wordsThe Wallarah miners are locked out for resisting a reduction in the hewing rates. The men are willing to accept a reduction of 3d per ton; but the management want to reduce ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. James Vile, of Rosebrook, who took refuge in a dam on Saturday night, had to gallop to the dam, with fires on all sides. The rushes in the water at the edge of the dam ...
Article : 169 wordsMessrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Sanderson, Limited, notify the following movements:- The T[?]rr Head is expected back from Brisbane about January 8, and will [?]ail again for Dunkirk ...
Article : 124 wordsBush fires are still burning all round. At Woodlands the fire destroyed over 3000 acres of grass and fencing, and spread to Mr. Breen's, devastating a portion of his estate. ...
Article : 382 wordsThe barque Golden Gate [?]leared at the Customs to-day for [?]quique with 1450 tons of Wallsend coal; the steamer Karori, for Devonport, with 1350 tons of [?]; and the steamer Easby for Melbourne with 1870 ...
Article : 67 wordsShortly after 11 o'clock last evening Lily Phillips, a barmaid, employed at the Bristol Arms Hotel, Su[?]sex-street, was stabbed in Sussex-street by a German sailor. She was talking to a friend, when her ...
Article : 122 wordsVictor Ellegaard, an infant son of Mr. Ellegaard, the champion cyclist, was fatally injured yesterday morning at the Adelaide Hotel, at the intersection of Park-road and Regent-street, Paddington. The little ...
Article : 143 wordsMessrs. Gilchrist Watt, and Sanderson, Limited, report:-The commonwealth arrived from London, via ports, on December 30, and sail again for London, via Natal ...
Article : 139 wordsAt Port Pirie several shipping agents have expressed disapprobation of the action of the working men in refusing to work to-day unless paid double rates, and the result has been that shipping is nearly at a ...
Article : 142 words"All roads lead"—to Wirth's circus these days, where as a fitting climax to their strong programme there is a man who thrills the spectators by his deeds of daring. Ch[?]alo's leap over the ch[?]sm and his desperat[?] ...
Article : 115 wordsThe damage done by bush fires in this district cannot easily be estimated. Fires are raging all around the town, which is covered with a mantle of smoke which is almost ...
Article : 716 wordsBush fires are still raging throughout the district. The fire that originated at Oakey Creek, 14 miles from Carcoar, on Saturday, and part of which threatened the destruction ...
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Advertising : 51 wordsThe M.M. Company's steamer Ville de [?] [?]iot[?]t reached Sydney on Monday from Marseille[?], on her way to Noume[?]. The voyage proved a [?] and almost [?]ful one. Momentary excitement was aroused ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 4 Jan 1905, Page 8
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