Fire in the Works Office. £10,000 DESTRUCTION
BY a fire in the Works Department end of the Colonial Secretary's Office on Tuesday morning, £10,000 worth of damage was done. The damage was caused chiefly by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
66 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 4
Fire in an Asylum
A fire occurred at Randwick Asylum today, but was extinguished before much damage was done by the local firemen before the Sydney brigade arrived…
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By a disastrous fire in Washington, United States, 150 houses were destroyed. The damage is estimated at a million and a half sterling…
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A fire occurred yesterday at the box-shed of the Meat Preserving Company, Rockwood. A quantity of timber was destroyed and damage done to the amount of about £1200…
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If the water in which the clothes are rinsed has an ounce of alum dissolved in every gallon of water, it will render all garments that may be rinsed in it practically…
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A colliery took fire at Seattle, Washington, America, and 100 miners are entombed. It is feared all ate dead. Thirty seven horribly burned corpses have been recovered…
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Destructive forest ffres have occurred in the State of Minnessota, United States. Fifty persons were burned to death…
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The total loss by the fire on Saturday night at Lawler's, Brickfield Hill, and the damage to adjoining buildings is estimated at £40,000. Lawler's damage is estimated at…
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The inquest on Lawler's fire opened to-day, and was adjourned till the 11th. The ruins attracted thousands of spectators to-day, and George street was blocked from…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Musclebrook on Sunday evening. Lang's stationer's shop, the CHRONICLE office, and several other shops were burned out. The amount of damage done is not yet known…
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WITHIN a few minutes of 7 o'clock last (Saturday) night commenced one of the fiercest and most exciting conflagrations that has been chronicled in the city…
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On Saturday evening a great conflagration was witnessed in Sydney. Just at 7 p.m. the cry of fire was sent up and a few minutes afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. A Terrible Fire. Six Towns Destroyed. Six Hundred Person Killed. Three Hundred Missing
A terrible forest fire ewfipt like a whirlwind over the States of Minne sota and Wisconsin. Six towns were destroyed…
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H. Stevens and Co.'s., the largest business store in Toowoomba, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is enormous. The place was insured for £15,000…
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A fire broke out this morning at Baumann's Cafe in Pitt-street, and several inmates had a narrow escape from being suffocated. The too floor was completely gutted. The…
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The insurance on Baumann's fire is--Building, £4000; contents, £2000. During the fire a cashbox, containing £34, was stolen, from Mr. Baumann's residence…
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London, September 3. -- Later telegrams from New York state that no fewer than 11 towns were destroyed during the terrible forest fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin…
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Three hundred square miles of country have been burned by forest fires in America. Hundreds of survivors from the fires are rendered partially blind by the intense heat,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Forest Fires in America
THREE hundred square miles of countryhave been burned by the forest fires in America. Hundreds of the survivors from the fires have been rendered partially blind…
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A fire broke out early on Thursday morning in Baumann's Cafe, Pitt street. The flames obtained a good hold before the arrival of the bridges,…
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