Fatal Fire in New Zealand Sydney, Thursday Night
During a big fire in Lyttleton (New Zealand) to-day, three children were burnt to death…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
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Great Fire in Sydney. Anthony Hordern's Premises Burnt Down. Several Lives Lost. Loss Estimated at Half a Million
OUR Sydney correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday morning that the gigantic establishment 'of Anthony Horden and Sons, Haymarket, was on fire, and that its total destruction was…
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There have been three great fires in Sydney daring the last quarter of a century—the Garden Palace, Pitt-street, and now Anthony Hordern's. The first still stands supreme for its spectacular…
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Every inquiry made regarding the origin of the fire was met with the simple answer: "It started in the toy department," An employee, speaking to an interested group of…
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"THE fire was remarkable," said Mr. Superintendent Webb, " for being the quickest blaze I have seen in Sydney, and one of the fastest I have known anywhere. We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney's Big Blaze. An Inadequate Fire Brigade Service. Fuller Details of the Fire
The wildcat excitement prevailed in the City early on Wednesday morning, whon fire engines were seen bartering along from all directions, and there wan a groat rush of the residents and incoming population…
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In Hordern's establishment the greatest precautions were taken against fire, and yet they proved utterly unavalling. There were iron doors dividing sections of the buildings…
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JESSIE MINNS, the scullery maid at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, which was recently burned, has admitted to the police that her sensational story at the inquiry of three men burning the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kent-street Fire
The ruins of a six-storied building in KenTstreet stand as evidence of devastation by the fire in Sydney on Thursday night. The Premises were occupied by the Imperial…
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Speaking about tbe circumstances surrounding the death of the unfortunate man Clegg at Hordern's fire, the superintendent of the fire brigades (Mr, Alfred Webb) said:…
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ANOTHER destructive fire has occurred at Newtown, Crago's large flour mills being almost totally deatroyed. The damage is estimated at £20,000, including the destruction of 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes From the City. Sydney, Saturday. Anthony Hordern's Fire
There were more persons than one who lost their lives in the Palace, Emporium fire. Inquiry has elicited that there were five, though only one was married—an engineer…
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AFTER the fire Mr. Sam Hordern said:—" I'm going on again for tho Bake of my people. Why, I've had men with me for 25 and 30 years." Mr. Hordern feels the blow all the more, because he, with his…
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The fires of lost week, viz., Messrs, A. Hordern and Sons' premises, the Imperial Manufacturing Company, and Crago's Mill, exactly wipe out the whole of the gross fire…
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THE fires of last week, viz., Messrs. Anthony Hordern and sons' premises, the Imperial Manufacturing Company, and Crago's Mill, exactly wipe out, the HERALD is informed, the whole of…
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MR. SAMUEL HORDERN, seen on Saturday afternoon, said he intended to lose no time in having his premises re-elected. Mr. Albert Bond, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Inquest on Hordern's Fire. Sydney
AT the inquest on the death of Harry Clegg, to-day, some evidence was given by employees in regard to the outbreak of the fire, but no clue was given of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Fire at Newtown. Crago's Federal Flour Mills
THE serious fires of last week in the city have been followed by one of great magnitude in the suburbs. Shortly after 4 o'clock on Sunday morning a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes From the City. That Big Fire
Anthony Hordorn's big fire is now represented by a heap of smouldering ruins. It was a clean gut-out, and the appearance, of the street just here resembles a beautiful woman's mouth when she smiles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire at Nyngan. Half the Township Destroyed. Sydney
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Nyngan last night. The southern side of the town was completely destroyed. The buildings burnt included nearly…
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