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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

209 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 11

A Small Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 2

At about a quarter past six last evening he fire bell rang an alarm for the first time for many weeks; and so, hearing the clanging people on all sides rushed into the…

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A Launch Destroyed by Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 3

The steam launch Maggie has been destroyed by fire in the Clarence River…

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A Fire in Cootamundra. Shops Burnt Down. Cootamundra, Friday Night

National Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 2

A large fire occurred in Cootamnndra to-day, in which five shops were burnt down. The damage is estimated at £2000…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Fire In Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 19 September 1892 · page 3

Withers' drapery establishment in George-street was partially destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The loss is estimated at £1000. A serious conflagration was narrowly averted…

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The Broken Hill Strike. Operations at the Mines. Incendiary Fire. the P.M. As a Witness. Broken Hill

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 19 September 1892 · page 2

Picketing is going on as usual, but as the police keep patrolling; the mines they deem it advisable to keep on the move. In the town everything is quiet. Men congregate in the…

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Destructive Fire In America

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 22 September 1892 · page 2

A groat fire has occurred in Queen's Country, New York, near Brooklyn; 100 buildings were destroyed, including a number of hotels, and many lives were lost. The loss is estimated at…

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Terrible Fire in New York. London

National Advocate · Friday 23 September 1892 · page 2

An extensive fire has occurred at Rockaway Beach, a fashionable watering place in New York. One hundred buildings were destroyed, including a…

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Fire! Sydney, Wednesday Night

National Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1892 · page 2

The Railway Hotel, at Junes, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £800…

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A Ship on Fire In the Harbor

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 October 1892 · page 3

A fire broke oat early lift night in the main hold of the ship Brilliant, at the Sunsex-street wharf. A large quantity of damage was done to the wood, ropes, and…

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Destructive Fires. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 2

Prairie fires have been doing great damage in Dakota, where hundreds of farmers have been devastated…

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Fire at the Synagogue

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 2

The fire yesterday at the Synagogue in Casilereagh destroyed a memorial window before it was extinguished…

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A Mysterious Fire in a Melbourne Cathedral the Outbreak Is Checked. Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 2

A fire of mysterious origin was discovered at an early hour this morning in one of the unfinished chapels of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. But…

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Fire in a Convent. Sydney, Saturday Night

National Advocate · Monday 17 October 1892 · page 2

The Convent of the Good Samaritan, at the Haymarket, caught fire this morning, when the shingles on the roof were seiously burnt. No other damage was…

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Fire In Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 3

Gardiner's extensive soft goods establishment in York-street narrowly escaped destruction by fire this morning. The whole of the basement "floor with its contents were…

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Another American Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 31 October 1892 · page 3

The eastern portion of the City of Wilwankee, America has been destroyed by fire. The lows to the factories and warehouses is estimated at a million and a half…

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A Prison on fire. Ten Prisoners Killed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 31 October 1892 · page 3

A fearful fire broke out and destroyed the prison at Gollerodoy, in Austria. The warders experienced great difficulty in getting the prisoners out safely; and…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. A Destructive Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 31 October 1892 · page 2

Browman's wholesale drapery establishment in George-street was almost completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night…

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The Great Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 2

Several hundreds of buildings were destroyed, and 25 lives lost by the fire at Milwaukee, (America.) The damage in estimated at two millions…

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Great Fire in America. 600 Houses Destroyed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 2

A tremendous fire has occurred at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S.,A.) Six hundred bouses, the gasworks, and many, business blocks of the town were destroyed…

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The Fire in America

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 November 1892 · page 3

The large area devastated by the disastrous conflagration at Wilwaukee, Wiscousin, U.S.A., is largely due to the delay of the fire brigades in getting their engines…

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