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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

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Great Fire in London. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3

A very destructive fire has broken out in a large block of buildings in Queen Victoria Street, London. The flames spread rapidly to St. Benedict's…

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News by Wire. Great Fire in Melbourne. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3

A great fire occurred in Melbourne yesterday morning, at the Mutual Stores, Flinders-street, opposite the Railway Station. How it occurred is…

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Excessive Heat and Bush Fires. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 2

The heat during the past few days has been greater and more continuous than for many years. Bush fires are raging in many parts of the colony,…

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A Fire Brigade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 2

THE letter addressed to the Borough Council last week by Mr. O. O. Dangar for the purpose of calling the attention of thai body to the necessity for…

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A Terrible Calamity. Fourteen Children on Fire

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 January 1891 · page 3

Fourteen children were engaged taking part in a Christmas play at a bazaar in Leeds, Yorkshire, for the benefit of a church, when the dress of…

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Destructive Fires

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1891 · page 3

A large fire broke out in Mary-street, Gympie, on Saturday; and spreading with great rapidity swept away a number of leading business premises. The losses are…

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Destructive Fire in Melbourne Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

A destructive fire occurred at the Australian Open Exchange Buildings, at Melbourne yesterday. The building was completely gutted…

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Fires in Sydney. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1891 · page 2

Three fires occurred in Sydney on Monday night. One was at a house in Victoria-street, Waterloo, another at the wharf of the C.R. & M.R.S.N. Co.,…

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A Hospital Destroyed by Fire. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1891 · page 2

A hospital has been destroyed by fire at Skopen, Central Russia. Fourteen of the inmates were burned to death…

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Fire on s.s. Electra

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 4

About 10 o'clock on Monday night a waterman rowing past the Electra at the Sydney wharf noticed smoke issuing from the saloon in a peculiar…

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Fire at Broken Hill. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 2

A great fire has occurred at Broken Hill. Six shops were destroyed and several others were broken into and looted…

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Fire at Spencer Street Station Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 2

The cloak and passenger's luggage room, with contents, at Spencer-street Station, Melbourne, has been destroyed by fire…

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Large Bush Fires

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

One of the largest bush fires known to that part of the country has been burning during the past week near Sandhurst, Vic. The conflagration…

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The Bush Fires in Victoria. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

It is estimated that nearly ten thousand sheep perished in the recent bush fires which have taken place in Victoria…

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Great Fire in New York. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

A great fire has occurred in New York, a block of clothing warehouses were damaged to the extent of two million dollars…

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A Court House on Fire. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 2

A fire broke out in the County Court at Cork, during the trial of several persons charged concerning riotous proceeding at Tipperary. The…

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Fires in Queensland. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

A great fire has occurred at Mackay, Queensland, resulting in considerable damage. Two valuable woolsheds in the troubled districts have been burned…

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Great Fire in Chicago

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 4

Intelligence has been received that Smyth's furniture warehouse and the Dime Museum at Chicago have been burnt to the ground. The damage is…

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Great Fire at Hamburg. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 4

A block of houses in Hamburg has been destroyed by fire. The damage is said to exceed £100,000…

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Inquest on the Fire at Deep Creek

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 5

Mr. H. Boultwood, coroner for the Nambucca, held an enquiry on Wednesday, the 15th instant, with reference to an attempt to burn the Miners' Arcade at Deep…

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