Great Fire in George-street
A DISASTROUS fire, resulting in the death of a fireman and the total destruction of premises and stock of the value of about £40,000, occurred at Messrs. John Lawler and Sons [?] house…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
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Forest Fires in the United States. Nine Hundred Persons Killed
LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.—Information has been received of disastrous forest fires which have occurred in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire at West Goulburn Parsonage
THE room destroyed by the fire at West Goulbarn parsonage on Saturday night was insured in the Atlas Insurance Company, and it is to be rebuilt at the expense of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Forest Fires in America. London, Sept. 4
Additional advices are to hand concerning the terrible forest fires which have devastated vast tracts of country in America. The details of the destruction caused are appalling. The smoke from…
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Great fires have occurred in the forests of the State of Minnesota, U.S.A. Six hundred people who were unable to escape from the rapidly-advancing flames were burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 2.50 p.m. Lawler's Fire
THE safes buried in the ruins of Lawler's fire were opened this morning. The contents, although charred and damp, were in a satisfactory condition. The remainder of the walls were levelled to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Thursday, 2.20 p.m. Another Fire in Sydney
A FIRE occurred at Banmann's cafe, in Pitt-street, a few minutes before 3 o'clock this morning. It broke out in the kitchen, on the ground floor, and obtained a good held before the alarm was raised,…
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ADDITIONAL advices are to hand concerning the terrible forest fires which have devastated vast tracts of country in America. The details of the destruction caused are appalling. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Fires in America. 12 Hundred Lives Lost. London, September 3
Great fires have occurred in the forests of the State of Minne[?], U.S. A. Sir hundred people who were unable to escape from the rapidly-advancing flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fires in the United States. an Appalling Scene. the Fire Like a Whirlwind. Six Towns Destroyed. Mine Hundred Persons Killed. 130 Corpses in Five Acres. London, Monday, 1 p.m
Information has been received of disastrous forest fires which have occurred in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota in the United States. It is estimated that 900 persons have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Forest Fires. LONDON
Later telegrams from New York state that no fewer than 11 towns were destroyed during the terrible forest fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin. At Hinckley, one of the towns destroyed, 40…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Forest Fires in America. London, Sept. 7
According to latest advices from New York in reference to the appalling forest fires, the entire area of the Rainy River country near Winnipeg, in Manitoba, has been swept by the fires. Many lives have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Forest Fires in America. London, Sept. 6
The forest fires in the United States devastated the Rainy River district on the Canadian border, near Minnesota. Many persons were killed, and about 1000 are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Saturday, 1.22 p.m. Another Fire
AT an early hour this morning the grocer's shop occupied by Mr. William Johnston, Newtown, was destroyed by fire. The efforts of the firemen to subdue the flames were unavailing. During the height…
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A FIRE broke out about 3.45 on Saturday morning in the premises of Mr. W. H. Johnson, grocer, 137 King-street, Newtown. The alarm was promptly given to the M.F.B.,…
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AT about 11 o'clock on Sunday evening a warder at the gaol discovered that a shed on Mr. Henry Williamson's premises in Union-street was on fire. He obtained the assistance of Mr. Williamson and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires in America
FURTHER details are to hand with regard to the terrible forest fires which have devastated great tracts of country in America. The fires were due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bourke
A fire occurred at Boarke early this morning breaking out in a house occupied by John Witte, which was destroyed, the inmates escaping in their night-clothes and…
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A FIRE occurred at Baumann's cafe, in Pitt-street, a few minutes before 3 o'clock on Thursday morning. It broke out in the kitchen, on the ground floor, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Lawler's
THE jury at the inquest into the fire at John Lawler and Sons' on Tuesday returned an open verdict. The coroner said that Mr. John Lawler, by locking his account books in the safe when the fire…
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