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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

19 stories in New England's papers

Great Bush Fires. a School Burned. Wagga

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 4

BUSH fires in the district are still causing great loss to settlers. The fire already reported on Eunonyhareenyha has now swept through Oura…

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Bush Fires in Riverina

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 3

PARTICULARS of the recent bush fires in Riverina are now to hand, and show that enormous losses have been sustained by a large number of farmers, whe could ill afford the reverse which…

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Fire Made to Order

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 2

Every man, woman and child in Europe and America, taking the average, uses eight matches every day in the year. Does it not seem wonderful when one…

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Bush Fires and How to Prevent Them

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 5

A GENTLEMAN, who is the resident partner on a large pastoral property in Northern Queensland, sends a Southern contemporary (says the QUEENSLANDER) the…

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Chapter Xlii. "Fire! Help!"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 9

Pearle remained with Alice and Amy until late in the evening of the day spoken of in the last chapter; indeed, she had spent most of the time in their rooms since her interview…

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Sports and Fire Brigade Contests

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 4

THE athletic sports and fire brigade competitions held on the Show Ground on Monday drew a very small attendance, doubtless owing to the many other…

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On Fire for Eighteen Years

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

In 1878 a fire broke out in the inside slope of No. 6 colliery, near Lansford, and it is raging still with all the fury which the very beet of fuel can give it. It is in a bed of…

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Fatal Fire at Llanelly

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1892 · page 7

A LARGE fire, resulting in the death of four children, broke out at the residence of Mr. John Lewis, Furnace, Llanelly, early on Saturday…

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Suspicious Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1892 · page 4

THE following is a resume of the evidence taken before the District Coroner (Mr. James M'Lean) on Thursday last in connection with the fire on the Rockvale…

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Fire in a Silver Mine. Four Hundred Lives Sacrificed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 5

THE reports which continue to arrive from Przibram of the mining disaster cannot be surpassed in horror. The unhappy relatives and friends of the miners continue to crowd round the mouth of…

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Sketcher. FIRE-WATER

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 2

In 'Oceana' Mr. Fronde tells a story of how a Maori chief, Tekoi by name, managed to turn the tables upon his instructors. Tekoi has been warned by the missionary…

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The Fire Scare at the Town Hall

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 5

It may almost be looked upon as providential that no consequences more serious than the fainting of a few ladies has to be recorded as a result of the fire that took place on the stage of…

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The Late Fire at Town Hall

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

THE following was intended for publication last issue, but unavoidably held over for want of space --Only a small portion of the audience at the children's concert realised the actual danger which…

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Fire in Beardy-Street

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 4

Ae briefly reported in our last issue, a fire i occurred at the shop of Mr. S. H. Cohen, watchmaker and jeweller, opposite the EXPRESS Office, on Thursday night lasst…

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The Fire-walkers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 3

Certain holidays are allowed by the Government of the Mauritius at fixed periods of the year ; but the holiday par excellence, which is looked forward to and which…

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Novelist. a Smouldering Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 9

"Wouldn't it be delightful," said George, "if he engaged you or his grand autumnal revival of Othello at the Royal? I should positively go down on my knees to him to take me also. So,…

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Fire at Mr. G. Manthey's Workshop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1892 · page 2

WE are indebted to Captain Judge, of the Fire Brigade, for the following details of the fire which occurred on the premises of Mr. G. Manthey, in Lambeth-street, on the morning of Thursday last…

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Self-help in Case of Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1892 · page 3

As a house is never attacked by fire at the top and bottom at once, if there is a safe and ready exit at both top and bottom very little danger to life is to be feared…

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The Late Fire at Manthey's Workshop

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1892 · page 8

ON Wednesday morning at the Court House, before the coroner, aid inquiry was held by a jury regarding the origin of a fire that on the morning of the 24th instant destroyed Mr. G. Manthey's…

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