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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

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A Bush Fire

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 2

Black flocks of birds--fearful omen--Flew screaming from forest retreat, From whence came the terrible foeman That had driven them forth in the heat…

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Fire at Crookwell. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

Two large farm sheds near Crookwell were fired yesterday morning, and valuable property destroyed, incendiarism is suspected…

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Disastrous Fire at Normanton Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Normanton yesterday, when a number of business places were destroyed…

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Extensive Fire in South Melbourne. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

Ten horses were roasted in a fire at South Melbourne yesterday…

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Forest Fires in America

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 6

News is to hand that very widespread and destructive forest fires are raging in the central portions of the State of Miphigan, United States…

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Fire at Wollongong. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

A fire took place at Wollongong yesterday destroying several buildings and other property…

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The Great Fire in Chicago. Extraordinary Scenes

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 6

From the London ' Daily Telegraph ' we take the following account of the recent fire in Chicago on April 12:--…

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Forest Fires in Canada. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 1

Forest fires are raging 200 miles along the bank of the St. Lawrence, Canada. Navigation and railway traffic are stopped. Hundreds of…

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A Steamer on Fire at Sea. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1891 · page 2

A cotton cargo steamer named the City of Richmond bound from New York to Queenstown took fire when two days out, and during a fearful gale'…

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Destructive Fire in New Jersey London

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 4

A fire has occurred at New Jersey destroy 400 houses, and rendering hundreds of families homeless…

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Tremendous Fire in Sydney. Estimated Damage £100,000. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 6

A great fire has occurred at the premises of Messrs. McLean Bros. & Rigg, J. G. Hank & Co., grocers, and Buckingham & Pepper, drapers. The…

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Great Fire in Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1891 · page 3

The fire which broke out on the premises of Messrs. McLean Bros. & Rigg appears to have been of a very destructive character. The alarm was…

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Fire at Marx Hill

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4

A serious fire occrured at Marx Hill on Sunday last by which the residence of Mr. John Marx was burnt out. It would appear that at time of the…

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A Vessel on Fire

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 2

The Star says :--"The passengers and crew of the steamer Culgoa, which arrived from London on Thursday, had a fearful experience on June…

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The Fire at Marx Hill

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 2

An inquiry was held at the residence of Mr. A. Marx near Fernmount on Friday, before Mr. H. Boultwood, Coroner, relative to the fire which…

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Fire at Newcastle. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 3

Ireland's produce store at Newcastle was destroyed by fire last night…

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Petroleum Reservoirs on Fire. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

Immense reservoirs of petroleum at Batoum, on the Black Sea, have taken fire…

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Fire at a Printing Office. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 5

The Chronicle office, at Lismore, has been burnt to the ground. The building was uninsured, and the loss is estimated at £800…

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French Fire Eaters

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 2

It was a group of Sapeurs Pompiers, of Frenen firemen, from various departments of France, on a wrinkle expedition to perfidious Albion, and they were assembled to see what Captain Shaw's gallant…

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Great Fire at Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 2

An extensive fire broke out at the premises of Alfred Shaw & Co., ol Brisbane, ironmongers, last week. Within a few minutes of the alarm…

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