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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1898

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The Fire at Ross's Farm

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

The squatter saw his pastures wide Decrease, as one by one The farmers moving to the west Selected on his run…

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Great Fire in Hayti. 8000 Houses Burnt. 8000 Hay[?]ans Homeless

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

Eight hundred homes have been destroyed by fire at Port Au Prince, the capital of Hayti, and 3000 persons are homeless. The fire was followed…

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Great [?] Fires. Serious Outlook in Tasmania

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 2

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Town Destroyed by Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 4

THE town of Windsor, 45 miles north-west of Halifax (Novia Scotia), has been destroyed., by fire. The fire broke out about midnight in the business quarter of the town. A high wind…

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Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 3

The bush fires raging along the coast, seriously retard the movements of shipping…

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Bush Fires in Gippsland. Destruction of Property. Narrow Escapes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 4

Disastrous bush fires are raging throughout Gippsland, Victoria, causing immense damage to property. Many settlers are complete burnt…

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Fires

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 3

Disastrous bush tires are raging in Gippsland, Victoria. During the past two days scores of settlers have been ruined…

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A Female Fire Brigade

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 8

At the jubilee fetes of King Oscar of Sweden and Norway, one of the features that appeared most to interest him was the exhibition of the…

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The Recent London Fire. the Inquiry. Wilfol Ignition

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 4

The inquest on the recent great fire in London resulted in a verdict that the fire was ceused by the witful ignition of one of tbs premises…

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The Heat Wave in Victoria. Country Devastated by Bush Fires. Settlers Ruined. Extraordinary Incidents

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

TELEGRAMS from Melbourne on Thursday, to the city press, report:--Disastrous bush fires have been raging throughout Gippsland during the past day or two, and scores of settlers have been ruined…

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Calamitous Bush Fires Awful Experiences

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

We take the following sensational accounts of the calamitives [?] in the Gipp[?] country in V[?] from Saturday's Melbourne Argue,…

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Terrible Bush Fires

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

Shocking accounts are to [?] of the bush tires in Victoria. A railway train had to rush over a burning bridge in order to escape destruction, and the…

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Auckland. Effects of the Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

At Forty Mile Bush, Mrs. Tait has died from the effects of injuries received during the fires, and her husband is not expected to recover. Another man went mad and has…

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The Year's Fires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade, authorities hvre compiled a return shweing the outbreaks of Gress no Sydneythed suburbs during 1897. The…

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American Fires. Fifty Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

A terrible fire has occurred at Spokane, Washington (U.S.A.), resulting in great loss of life. The fire broke out in a sir-storeved…

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Latest Telegraphic News. SYDNEY, Friday Night. A Fatal Fire

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

A fire destroyed a six -storey house at Spokam, Washington. There were a hundred residents and it is believed fifty perished. Desperate leaps were…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 4.36 p.m. FIRE

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 3

A large fire broke out at Dubbo this morning, and seven business places were destroyed, including the Dubbo "Dispatch" office…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Melbourne Shrouded in Smoke

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 3

A renewal of the recent disastrous bush fires is reported from victoris, expecially Gippaland. Melboorne was yesterday abrouded…

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Great Fire at Dubbo

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 3

A serious outbreak of fire occurred on Monday morning about 1 o'clock in Church-street, when the Dubbo Dispatch newspaper office was…

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Oil Fire at Newcastle, (England). Fatal Explosion of Creosote

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 2

During a fire in an oil refinery at Newcastle, England, a tank of creosote exploded by which two speclators were killed and 100 injured…

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