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

Fires & bushfires, 1897

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Disaster In Paris. Fire at a Charity Bazaar. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 3

A great fire brok oat to-day at a charity bassar in Paris. Thirty people wore killed and 100 injured. Eighteen hundred mem ben of the elite of…

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Fire at a Bazaar. Appalling Scenes. Aristocratic Victims. London, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1897 · page 2

During the progress of a charity bazaar in Paris a fire broke out in the building which resulted in the death of 30 persons. In the fierce struggle to…

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Fire

Molong Argus · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 2

ON Saturday evening last about dusk a stack of bay, the property of Mr. W. Stacey, was observed to be on fire. The hay was stacked in a small…

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Fire at Tamworth, TAMWORTH

National Advocate · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 2

A fire broke out last night, in the premises of Lye, Bizant aDd Dogan, of Brisbane-Street. The result was that the building and its contents, with the exception…

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Here & There The Late Fire in Mani la-street

National Advocate · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 2

Mr. R. Nicholas is organising a concern in aid of the Gillon family who were such heavy losers through the recent fire in Manilla-street. The…

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The Fire in a Bazaar. Terrible Scenes. London

National Advocate · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 3

The bazaar at which the fire broke out yesterday was being held under the patronage and assisted by the gre[?] ladies of the conservative Cathotic party…

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The Paris Paule. More Particulars. Origin of the Fire. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 3

Additional particulars are to hand concerning the disastrous fire at the bazaar in Paris. It appears that the structure wherein the…

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The Fire in a Bazaar. International Condolences, London

National Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 2

Many ladies who escaped from the terrible fire on Tuesday reached the streets quite naked their clothing having been torn off in the crush to get out…

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Correspondence the Late Fire. (To the Editor of the National Advocate)

National Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 3

SIR,—I have watchen with interest the course which the authorities are pursuing in regard to the late fire, or, I should say, gross attempt at…

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Fatal Fire. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 10 May 1897 · page 2

There was a fatal fire of Lucknow yesterday. A large wooden building occupied by Mrs. Roberta and her three children, caught 6ra and was quickly demolished. The whole…

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The Paris Fire. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 10 May 1897 · page 2

The remains of the victims of the Paris fire were interred yesterday. All the city was in mourning. Ten of the bodies hare not been identified…

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The Tamworth Fire. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 3

The damages at the Tamworth fire are estimated at £25,000…

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The Paris Bazaar Fire. LONDON, Sunday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 3

All Paris is in a state of mourning on account of the funerals of the victims of the bazaar fire. The remains of 10 persons are as yet not identified…

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Fatal Fire a Lucknow. Five People Burnt to Death. Orange

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 3

A fire occurred at Lucknow at 12 o'clock last night, by which Mrs. Joseph Roberts and her three children, and also Charles Cooper, who…

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The Lucknow Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 3

Our Lucknow Correspondent, writes with regard to the awful fatality of Sunday night : Such a heart-rendering scene was never experienced here before,…

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The Fatal Fire at Lucknow. Five Victims

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 3

The following further particulars of the recent fatal fire at Lucknow are taken from the Orange Advocate : It appears that a miner named Joseph…

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Fire at Sea. an Exciting Voyage. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 3

News has been received from New York of a terrible fire on the steamer Leona, when making the trip from New York to Galveston. Tho heat from the fire was so intense…

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Fire on the Show Ground. £80 Worth of Property Destroyed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out soon after noon to day in the show ground, by which the horse-boxes were completely consumed. Residents on the river were the…

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Fire on a Steamer Several Persons Suffocated. London, Monday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 2

A fire occurred to-day on the steamer Leona bound from New York to Galveston. Several persons were suffocated. Eighteen st[?]ers, who were…

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Yet Another Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1897 · page 2

The third fire call came yesterday afternoon, thus bearing out our remark made on the occasion of the late fire at Manilla-street. At one o'clock the…

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