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

Fires & bushfires, 1894

238 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 12

Bathurst Fire Brigade

National Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1894 · page 2

The members of the Bathurst Fire Brigade have been actively drilling and otherwise getting into form daring the past fortnight for the brigade…

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Fire In New York. Seven Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 2

A disastrons fire is reported from New York. The conflagration originated in a tenement quarter of the city, and fire of these buildings were destroyed. Seven lives…

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Another New York Fire. Seven Lives Lost. London

National Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 2

A disastrous fire has occurred in New York. Conflagration originated in a tenement in a low quarter of the city. Five buildings wore destroyed and…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. A Lunatic Asylum on Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 3

4 lunatic asylum at Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has been destroyed by fire. Fifteen of the inmates ware burned to death…

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The Fire at Forbes. (Gazette.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 3

Just before 1 o'clock on Sunday morning be fire-boll rang out an alarm for what proved to be one of the biggest free that has taken place in Forbes for a long lime. How…

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Last Nights Proceedings. Camp-fire Entertainment

National Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1894 · page 3

Last night, the second Camp fire entertainment was given, the programme consisting of martial, sentimental and comic songs, recitation rendered by…

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A Big Fire. New Zealand

National Advocate · Monday 12 November 1894 · page 3

A fire at Gors destroyed the old Railway Hotel, The adjoining premises, harvey, tailor; Anderson, tobacconist; Simonds, bootmaker; Daley, liverystable;…

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Bush Fires and Frosts

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 3

During the past few days bush fires have been raging in the vicinity of the mountains to the east of Bathurst, which are scarcely distinguishable through thick…

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Extensive Bush Fires. a Township Threatened. West Maitland, November 12

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 3

The town this morning was enveloped in a thick smoke which mine from an extensive both fire which was found to be raging in the vicinity of Dagworth, East Greta and…

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An Explosion of Fire Damp. Twenty Miners Killed. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 3

An explosion of fire damp has occur-red in a coal mine at Nresa, Bohemia. Twenty miners were killed…

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Bush Fires Raging. Several Schools Burnt Down. an Impending Drought. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1894 · page 2

Several small school buildings have been burned down in Bega and Windsor districts by bush fires. Water is scarce at Wollongong and other coastal places…

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A Disastrous Fire. CAPERTEE. Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 2

By a fire, Mr. Phillipson was burnt out and lost all, as he was uninsured. Mr. Shervey was the owner of the premises, which were insured for £500…

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Bush Fires

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 2

The smoke along the coast from bush fires was so thick yesterday that steamers could not be signalled…

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A Fire in Yass. YASS

National Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 3

A fire destroyed Rich's store, Coomastreet, and Shield's butchery. Little was saved. The premises were insured. Some casks of powder in an outer-shed…

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Bush Fires Raging

National Advocate · Monday 19 November 1894 · page 3

Extensive bush fires have been raping this week at Dural, Kenthurst, and Galston. The Smoke along the Sydney coast from bush fires was so thick on…

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A Big Fire in New Zealand

National Advocate · Monday 19 November 1894 · page 3

A fire at Fletcher Humphrey and Co.'s wine and spirits and general store has occurred. The upper storeys were gutted. The stock was valued at £40,000 and…

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A Parkes Fire. Parkes

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1894 · page 3

At about 7.80 a.m. yesterdry (Sunday morning) the fire bell At Parkes gave an alarm, meaning thereby that there was a fire somewhere. Your…

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A Store Burnt out. AMBULA, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1894 · page 3

Daniel Frazer's stores were burned to day. The damage to the stock and building was £3000. The stock it is believed was insured for £1200. The…

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Fire Insurance Trade Unionism

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1894 · page 2

Says St. George's Advocate:—Suburban and country property-holders will not be pleased to bear that the blessings (?) of the Sydney Insurance ring…

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A Fire Prevented

National Advocate · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 2

The other night a hoarder at the Park Hotel, on going into his bedroom, found the washstand on fire, and two towels already consumed by the flames…

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