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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1869
Page
6
A wife pleads with Donald not to sail as a storm darkens the sea The fiancé in the tale faces fate with courage while the wife dreams of doom The boat is lost at sea and Donald and his mates disappear unseen
A severe bushfire sweeps through Free stone and Maximilian Creeks in Gipps Land. Mrs Bustorff and her three children escape along a rugged route to safety as flames engulf the ranges. Residents race to save others and evacuate Gladstone as smoke and heat intensify. Witnesses report the fire racing toward the township, with panic and rapid mobilization evident among the community.
In a wildfire tearing through the creek region, Thomas Gellatly and John Black shielded seven children and two women as flames roared, forcing a perilous retreat to Stuart's Grully. They endured smoke, burning embers, and a dangerous tunnel, while others searched for water and salvaged scant provisions amid total ruin.
The report notes that recent quartz mining successes in Victoria seem overshadowed by the vast wealth of reefs at the River Mes in New Zealand. It references earlier coverage of this topic and hints at further details to follow.
Report on a Ku Klux Klan assault near Natchez Missouri where a white masked group forced Mr Steward, a colored school teacher, at gunpoint to kneel and pray. The incident prompted General Dudley to order arrests and a full investigation after details were published by the New Orleans Republican.
In a violent incident, the narrator describes being surrounded by masked assailants from the Loyal League who poured liquid on him and threatened torture and death. He recalls screams of fire and hell, demands for signs and passwords, and multiple gunshots as he escaped into a hedge hiding from pursuing riders.
New Zealand Government invites tenders for mail conveyance from Wellington to Melbourne along the Suez route.
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