AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Sydney, Febmary 12. Sixteen bags of mails were destroyed by the fire on board the Melbourne express train. The only portions saved were the letters in the centre of the bags. Many valuable documents were lost. January 13. It is stated that the fire which broke out on the express train yesterday wan caused by friction, a portion of the van grinding on the wheels. It is now ascertained that over a thousand letters were burned. Pebth, February 13. It is reported that a cylcone passed over King George's Sound. Twelve lumpers and a schooner are missing. No particular? are yet to hand. Bbisbane. February 11. The funeral of the late Mr P. Lalor was attended by an immense concour c of people.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 94, 14 February 1889, Page 2
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