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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1897

112 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 6

A Mine on Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out in block twelve proprietary mine, Broken Hill, below the 200 and directly above the, 300 feet level…

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Terrible Fire at Broken Hill. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 5

EARLY on Sunday morning a fire broke out on Block 12, Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, below the 200 feet and directly above the 300 feet level…

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Mine on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 4

It is considered that the fire in Block 12 nine at Broken Hill is now well under control…

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Yesterdays News. [Through our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] the Broken Hill Fire. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1897 · page 5

NEWS regarding the lire at Block 12, Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, is reassuring. The fire appears to be well under…

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The Broken Hill Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

The fire at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine is now practically out. The company and citizens intend to recognise the bravery of the miners who went below to save their…

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The Broken Hill Fire. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 5

THE fire at the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine is practically out. The company and public intend to recognise the bravery of the miners who went…

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A Destructive Fire at Temora. TEMORA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 4

A LARGE fire broke out about one o'clock this morning, destroying some of tbe principal buildings in Hoskins-street forming part of the Empire Hotel, entailing a loss…

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West Australia. Fatal Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 3

A large fire has taken place at Coolgardie, commencing at Denier's City Hotel. A number of buildings were destroyed, and two men, not yet identified, were burnt to death. The…

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Destructive Fire. West Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 5

A LARGE fire occurred at Coolgardie, coramencingat Denver's City Hotel, and totally destroyed that and a number of other buildings…

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Destructive Fire at Orange. ORANGE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 4

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred here this morning on the premises of Withers Bros., ironmongers. The fire started in a large weatherboard storeroom at the back, and…

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Destructive Fire in Canada, Villages Burnt Out

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 4

Twenty miles of country near Ottawa, Canada, have been deraated by bush fins. Three Tillages were destroyed, 200 people Tendered…

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Destructive Fire. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1897 · page 5

A FIRE at Cowra, on Saturday night, destroyed the railway sheds and badly damaged four engines, the total damage being estimated at between £3000 and £4000…

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Fire in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 5

A fire was discovered early this morning in tie premises of George Murray and Company, printers, Clarence-street. After hours of hard…

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A Destructive Fire. 3000 People Homeless

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 4

The town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, Was, destroyed by fire, 8000 people being rendered homeless…

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Fire in a Church. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1897 · page 5

A FIRE occurred during a service in A church at Khnieliff, Russia, and a panic ensued, 54 persons being kilted and 80 injured…

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A Prompt Fire Brigade

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 6

During the meeting of the Town Council of a large town in the Midlands, the Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee remarked that it only required two or three…

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"The World on Fire."

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1897 · page 4

IN our issue of last Friday reference was made to an extraordinary scene that had occurred on the previous Wednesday in one of the Adelaide schools through some of the children…

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Melbourne. Monday, 9.14 A.m. a Big Blaze

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 3

The whole block of buildings in Elizabeth, Flinders, Swanston streets and Flinders Lane have been destroyed by fire, occasioning a loss of one million…

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The Great Fire. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 5

NEVER in the history of Melbourne has such a disaster happened in the city as that which overtook it on Sunday morning when a block of buildings known as "The…

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Fire at Coraki. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 5

A LARGE fire occurred at Coraki on Sunday morning, when Quan's Club House Hotel, valued at £3000, and three shops adjoining were destroyed…

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