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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1889

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Fires in Melbourne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 2

ON Friday night a series of disgraceful scenes, occurred between the firemen working under the National Fire Brigades Association and the members of the insnrance brigades. There has been…

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Fires in Melbourne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 2

ON Friday night a series of disgraceful scenes occurred between the fire[?] working under the National Fire Brigades Association and the members of the insurance brigades. There has been…

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The Fire Brigades Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 3

THE bill to amend the Fire Brigades Act, which waa introduced to the Legislative Assembly by Sir Henry Parkes on the 22nd instant, has for its object the legalisation of the Fire Brigades Boards…

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The Fire Brigades Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 3

THE bill to amend the Fire Brigades Act, which was introduced to the Legislative Assembly by Sir Henry Parkes on the 22nd instant, has for its object the legalisation of the Fire Brigades Boards…

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Fire at Casino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 5

CASINO, FRIDAY.—About 2 o'clock this morning a disastrous fire occurred here, the premises occupied by Mr. G. Reynolds (boot manufacturer) and Mr. R. Cotterell (tobacconist) being completely…

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Fire Brigades' Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 8

"SCIRE FACIAS" thus writes to the Daily Telegraph:—"Of all the nonsensical measures ever passed into law by the legislature, the present Act is about the worst. The…

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Fire Brigades' Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 8

"SCIRE FACIAS" thus writes to the Daily Telegraph:—"Of all the nonsensical measures ever passed into law by the legislature, the present Act is about the worst. The…

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Fire at Casino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 5

CASINO, FRIDAY.—About 2 o'clock this morning a disastrous fire occurred here, the premises occupied by Mr. G. Reynolds (boot manufacturer) and Mr. R. Cotterell (tobacconist) being completely…

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THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Saturday Morning, 5Th January, 1889. Fire Brigade Boards Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 4

IF the Borough Council, in the interest of the ratepayers, desires to rid itself of the burden of maintaining a Fire Brigade it has not moved in the matter one day too soon…

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THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Saturday Morning, 5Th January, 1889. Fire Brigade Boards Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 4

IF the Borough Council, in the interest of the ratepayers, desires to rid itself of the burden of maintaining a Fire Brigade it has not moved in the matter one day too soon…

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Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 3

SIR.—A short time since two young men got on the roof of a burning boarding house in Sydney, fell from it, and met their death. Since then the daily papers have published numerous letters, some of…

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Letters to the Editor. Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 3

THE Editor dow not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. SIR.—A short time since two young men got on the roof of a burning boarding house in Sydney, fell…

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Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1889 · page 2

AT about midnight on Saturday a fire broke out in an unoccupied house situate at the corner of Clarence and Hoof-streets, the property of Mr. G. F. Schonbein, who resides near by in Villiers-street,…

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Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1889 · page 2

AT about midnight on Saturday a fire broke out in an unoccupied house situate at the corner of Clarence and Hoof-streets, the property of Mr. G. F. Schonbein, who resides near by in Villiers-street…

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Our Fire Brigade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 3

SIR.—Another fire and no [?]ater. It was fully half-an-hour after the fire broke out before the engine arrived on the scene, and then drawn by pedestrians. Where was the horse? It is quite time a…

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Our Fire Brigade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 3

SIR.—Another fire and no water. It was fully half-an-hour after the fire broke out before the engine arrived on the scene, and then drawn by pedestrians. Where was the horse? It is quite time a…

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Destructive Fire in Adelaide. A Clergyman Burned to Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 3

THE coffee-palace situated in Hindley-street, Adelaide, was burned early this morning, and a number of inmates had a narrow escape of losing their lives. As it was the Rev. F. Taplin failed to…

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Destructive Fire in Adelaide. A Clergyman Burned to Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 3

THE coffee-palace situated in Hindley-street, Adelaide, was burned early this morning, and a number of inmates had a narrow escape of losing their lives. As it was the Rev. F. Taplin failed to…

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Destruction of an Ancient Church by Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

A HEAP of charred rains now marks the site occupied till Sunday by the ancient and beautiful Gothic church of Hanmer, Flintshire. Standing, as it did, for 460 years as a distinct country…

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Destruction of an Ancient Church by Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

A HEAP of charred ruins now marks the site occupied till Sunday by the ancient and beautiful Gothic church of Hanmer, Flintshire. Standing, as it did, for 460 years as a distinct country…

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