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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1895

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Big Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 3

A large fire occurred in Crown-street, Wollongong, yesterday. Thirteen business houses were attacked, and eleven were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £10,000…

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Disastrous Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 3

A fire at Hayward and Co's. grain and sugar stores, Upper Thames street, London, has destroyed the buildings and contents. The damage amounted to a quarter of a…

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A Large Fire. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 5

A FIRE occurred in Haywards and Co.'s grain and sugar stores, Upper Thamesstreet, London, and destroyed the buildings and contents…

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Fire at Wollongong. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 5

A LARGE fire broke out in Crown-Street, Wollongong, yesterday, when thirteen business houses were attacked and eleven were destroyed. The damage is estimated…

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Fire at Walgett. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 5

ANOTHER fire occurred at Walgett yesterday, when five buildings were burned to the ground, including the local branch of the A.J.S. Bank…

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Fire in Seaham Colliery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 5

A FORE broke out in the main workings of the Seaham Colliery, Newcastle, on Saturday, and was raging all Sunday. All the men have been withdrawn from…

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The late Fires. Heayt Losses

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 2

The damage done by the Wollongong fire is estimated at £10,000, and the Walgett 6re £3,000…

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The Fire Boom

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 3

The following necessarily brief extracts will shew how general has been the work of the fire fiend lately A fire broke out in Seaham colliery,…

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Fire on a Steamer. Mutton and Butter Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 2

The ateamer Rome has armed in London and reports that during the royage the eating of the refrigerating chamber was fonnd to be on fire and…

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Bush Fires

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 3
Also in The Armidale Chronicle

Fires have swept the Manning River valley from one end to the other, and left scarcely anything behind. The whole country from Port…

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Bush Fires and Parasites

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 4

A gentleman well [?]ted with the district says that, with regard to the [?] which have been [?]ging for weeks past, and from the burning…

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The Fire Boom

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 6

Newcastle, Wednesday.—Early this morning a fire occurred in Boltonstreet, by which one building was completely burnt out and another…

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Town Destroyed by Fire

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 3

The town of Yukhuoff, in Russia, has been destroyed by fire, and thousands of people rendered homeless…

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Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 5

A FIRE occurred at Lance and Styles', clothers, Newcastle, on Saturday night, but was not serious…

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Fatal Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 5

THE residence of Robert Hart farmer of Warragubra near Bega has been destroyed by fire through Mrs. Hart accidentally setting some curtains alight…

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Fire at Cobar. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 5

A LARGE fire occurred at Cobar and six business places were burned to ashes, including Crow's hotel, Meeks' drapery establishment, and Roberts' store…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 6.10 P.m. Fire Fiend

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 3

The residence of Robert Hart farmer Warragubra, near Bega, was destroyed by fire by Mrs. Hart accidentally setting the curtains alight. She was burnt to death, and Mr…

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The Fire Outbreak

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 2

THE WALGETT FIRE.—The recent fire at Walgett, was the subject of an inquiry on Friday before Mr. E. Marriott, P.M. The insurance companies…

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Bush Fires and Navigation

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 6

The Herald of Monday writes on the weather and dense smoke from bush fires.—Not a shower fell in any part of the colony, either on Friday…

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