The St Nicholas, Morgan, which has arrived off Aberdeen from Bathurst, New South Wales, reports that timber was very scarce ; that the woods between that town and Miramichi were on fire ; that 250 tons of cut timber had been burnt, and the people in the woods had been obliged to abandon their camps and fly to save their lives. The thermometer at Bathurst was from 85 to 90.
Citation: Scotsman (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), 24 September 1834, available at the Scissors and Paste Database, http://www.scissorsandpaste.net/244.