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

Fires & bushfires, 1895

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Great Fire in London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

A terrible fire has occurred at Edgeware Road, London, by which a number of business premises have been destroyed and great loss of life occasioned. Six…

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A Train on Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

The passenger train from Geraldton to Perth, West Australia, caught fire yesterday and the passengers were unable to attract the driver's attention till several…

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Fire at a Wool Store

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

At 3 o'clock this morning smoke was observed issuing from the rear of Harrison, Jones and Devlin's wool warehouse. A quantity of wattle bark was'found alight…

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A Terrible Fire. How Mr. Bray's Children Were Burnt. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

A fatal fire occurred at Tingha on Tuesday. A cottage belonging to Thomas Bray was burnt to the ground. Mrs. Bray's son, aged 3, was burnt to…

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Big Blaze in Melbourne. Melbourne

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

Shortly before 11 o'clock this morning a large fire broke out on the premises of Fallshaw Bros., billiard table manufacturers and timber merchants situated in…

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A Fatal Fire

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

Eight workwomen have been burned to death by a fire at a laundry in London…

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The Fatal Fire In London. Further Details

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 3

The fatal fire in tho Edgeware-road to-day broke out in one of the workroom of the laundry, which was a three-storied building. So rapidly did the flames spread that before…

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A Mysterious Fire at Albury. Albury Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 3

A mysterious fire occurred at Albury this morning. A house was completely gutted with the contents. The occupants were absent…

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A Great Blaze in Melbourne. a Billiard-table Factory Consumed. £7000 of Damage Done. Melbourne, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 3

A large fire has occurred on the premises of Fallshaw Brothers, billiard-table makers, O'Shannessy-street, North Melbourne. The building covers a large…

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A Boom in Fire. Terrible Conflagration in London. a Great Laundry Destroyed. Eight Persons Roasted to Death

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 3

A terrible fire has occurred at a laundry in Edgeware Road, London. Eight girls were burnt to death, and others are missing. The fire broke out in the…

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A Fire at Lagoon

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

A fire occurred on: the farm occupied by Mrs. Bell, at Lagoon, on New Year's night, by which two sheds containing several bags of corn and oats, a…

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The Fatal Fire at Tingha. Two Children Burned to Death. Inverkll

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

An inquest was held last night at Tingha on the bodies of Hearl and Stanley Bray, aged respectively, 7 and 3, who were burned to death. The evidence showed that William Bray, the…

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A Fire in Howick-street. the Damage Estimated at £100

National Advocate · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a fire which resulted in a considerable amount of damage being done to property, broke out in Mr. Joseph's stationer's shop in…

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Fire at Toronto

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

A great fire in Toronto has destroyed several warehouses and offices, including the premises of the Toronto Globe. The loss estimated at £200,000…

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Here & There A Disastrous Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

A great fire in Toronto has destroyed several warehouses and offices, including the premises of the Toronto Globe, The loss is estimated at £200,000…

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A Great Fire in Toronto, LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

An extensive fire has occurred at Toronto, Canada. Several warehouses and offices, including the premises of the Toronto Globe, have been destroyed. The…

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Nearly a Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 2

Tanpye's foundry and ironworks narrowly escaped destruction by fire yesternight, but the promptness of the brigades Bared it, and only small damage was done…

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Bush Fires

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 2

Bash fires are raging in several places on the Blue Mountains to the west of Bathurst…

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Terrible Fire in Canada

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 2

Telegrams from Toronto, Canada, gives particulars of a disastrous lire that has occurred there. Tho outbreak originated in a dry goods store, and the flames spread with such great rapidity that a…

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A Great Fire at Condobolin. Immense Damage to Valuable Property. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 3

The Court House Hotel, at Condobolin, was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Also Mr. Gerstenberg's premises, and a vacant shop and Mr. Knowle's store…

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