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

Fires & bushfires, 1900

390 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 20

Fire on The Mole

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 18

A narrow escape from a dreadful death is reported by a correspondent at the Mole. On Thursday morning of last week, Mr. and Mrs…

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An Hotel on Fire

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A number of workmen were repairing the telephone lines near Victoria Bridge to-day, when one of the telephone wires…

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The Railways and Bush Fires Big Damages Claimed. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 3

Forty-four summonses were issued yesterday on the Victorian Railway Department for damages by bush fires, alleged to have been started by railway servants. The claims aggregate over £300,000…

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Correspondence. the Late FIRE.(To the Editor.)

Leader · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 4

Sir,—In perusing your issue of the 20th inst. noticed a paragraph headed "Tho Fire.'' Some remarks contained therein I wish to take exception to…

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A Big Blaze

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 June 1900 · page 2

A fire broke out at Mount Lyell mine, Tasmania, yesterday. The sample room was destroyed. The damage was £20,000…

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Official Correspondence. the Lithgow Fire Brigade. Chief Secretary's Office, Sydney, 21st June, 1900

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

Sir, -- I am directed by the Chief Secretary to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, applying for a special grant in aid of the Lithgow Fire Brigade, and to inform you…

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The Blayney Fire

Leader · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 3

Mr. Shakespeare is repairing the damage caused by the recent lire at the Blayney chicory mills. It is hoped that the mill will be at work again in a fortnight's time…

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All Through a Fire. Orange

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 3

A case which excited considerable interest took place at the Court House today, before the P.M , Mr. J. L. King, when Sergeant Butle[?] against…

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The Fire Bell

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 13

Alderman Cameron, the Secretary of the Fire Brigade Board, proposes the purchase of a steel alloy belli sufficiently loud to be…

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Fire at Newcastle. Newcastle

National Advocate · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 3

A fire occurred to-day in the West End Markets. The damages are estimated at £500…

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Destructive Fire. 80 People Burnt

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 3

A great fire broke out at Hoboken Dook New York, by which several of the Norddenscher-Lloyd steamers wore partially burned. The damage is estimated at…

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The New York Fire. Great Loss of Life. People Jump Into the River. Some Terrible Scenes. Damage Estimated at 10,000,000 Dollars. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 3

It transpires that the great fire which occurred at the Hoboken Dock, New York, was caused by a carboy of acid exploding and setting fire to some…

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New York Fire. Five Hundred Lives Lost. Scenes of Appalling Agony. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

Further accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, Now Yord, show that it was much more disastrous than first reports indicated…

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Fire! An Early Morning Alarm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 10

Shortly before 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning the fire bell rang out the alarm. It was not a very lond alarm, because the bell is…

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The New York Fire. the Norddeucher Vessels. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 3

The Sydney representatives of the Norddeucher Lloyd Co. to-day received a cable giving particulars of the damage sustained to the vessels of…

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The World Another Big Fire. Loss of £1,000.000. the Standard Oil Store. London

National Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 3

Another tremendous fire is reported from America. In the coarse of a storm which raged over Now Jersey the lightning fired the enormous stores of the…

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Big Fire in Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Melbourne states that a fire, which at the time threatened disastrous consequences, if not the complete sweeping away of a city block, broke out about 1…

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Ship on Fire. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

Tho cargo steamer Mutatua, from Wellington to London, caught fire at Monte Video, and 2800 carcases of mutton had to be discharged…

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Orange Fire Brigade. Resignation of All the Members. Orange

National Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 3

Owing to the decision of tho Bench in the recent case in which Sergeant Butler summoned Captain Edwards, of the Fire Brigade, for assault and who…

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Fire Brigade Trouble

Leader · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4

We have been asked by the captain of the local Fire Brigade to contradict the statements, which nave appeared in a couple of papers, staling that all the firemen had sent,…

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