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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1901

163 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 9

Big Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 3

A fire at the Russian shipbuilding yards at St. Petersburg raged over an area of two miles in circumference, and reduced the first-class cruisier Willia[?] to a mass of molten steel, besides…

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Our Cables. [Reuters' Service.—copyright.] Fire at Godernig Island. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 5

The fire in the Russian ship building yards at Godernig Island is still raging over a circumference of two miles. The first-class cruiser Witrez has been…

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Another Big Blaze. A Warehouse Gutted. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

ANOTHER fire broke out last night at 12 in the premises of the Imperial Manufacturing Company in Kent Street. By the time the Bri ades arrived, the flames had secured a…

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Sydney. Thursday, 1.40 p.m. Another Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 3

Another large fire took place last night, when a large six floor building occupied by the Imperial Manufacturers Co. was gutted, while other stores adjoining were much damaged by the fire. The…

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Great Fire in sydney. Anthony Hordern's Premises Destroyed. Several Lives Lost. 1500 Hands thrown out of Employment. Sydney, Wednesday Morning. of Employment

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

Early this morning an alarm of fire was sent along to the various firn stations from the Haymarket. and soon dense volumes of smoke were seen ascending from the…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Horden's Kay Market Emporium Destroyed. Rumored Loss of Life. Enormous Damage. 1500 Hands Thrown Out of Employment. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 2

Anthony Horden's Emporium in the Haymarket, Sydney, was discovered to be on fire early this morning. It is feared that the whole of the premises will be destroyed…

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Anthony Hordern's Fire

The Inverell Times · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 2

"There's over a million gone!" In these words, so little in sound, so great important, one of the best-known insurance aged in Sydney mournfullylly described a fire which…

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The Fire at Hordern's

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 4

The work of demolishing the walls at Anthony Hordem's, by means of dynamite proceeded daring the night. The force of the explosion was felt…

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Latest Telegraphic News. SYDNEY, Friday Night. Serious Fires

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 3

Hordern's have resumed business, having secured the old Exhibition Building, with half a million pounds worth of stock from their bulk stores…

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Terrible Fire in Sydney. Anthony Hordern's Premises Destroyed

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 2

On Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock a fire broke out in Anthony Hordern's Palace Emporium, Haymarket, Sydney, the largest place of business this…

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The Fire at Hordern's. Further Particulars Fatal Leaf for Life. Harry Clbgg's Fearful End. Dashed to Pieces on the Street. Fruitless Efforts at Rescue

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 3

The fire was not without its tragedy, a young man named Harry Clegg, an employee of the establishment, losing his life in a moat appalling manner…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Anthony Hordern's Destroyed, Damage Over £1,000,000. a Heabtbending Scene. a Leap for Life. Women Faint! Men Sob! (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday morning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 2

Messrs. Anthony Hordern's Universal Stores in the Haymarket were completely destroyed by fire this morning…

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Another Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 3

Crago's flour mill near Newtown railway station was partially destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at £20,000. It was insured at £37,500…

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The recent Fire

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

THE great fire which took place at Hordern's on last Wednesday, while deplorable from a commercial and industrial point…

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Hordern's Fire SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

THE demolition of the dangerous walls among the ruins was accomplished early on Saturday morning, and tramway traffic has been resumed…

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The Auckland Fire Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

THE inquest on the recent fire at the Grand Auckland, was concluded on Saturday. The jury found that the fire was wilfully caused by Jessie Minus,…

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The Auckland Fire. Auckland, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 5

AT the inquest into the recent fire at the Grand Hotel, in which several lives were lost, the jury found that the fire was wilfully caused by a…

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Great Fire at Hordern's. Sydney, Wednesday, 9 a.m

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

Great fire raging at the Haymarket. Anthony Hordern's establishment in flames. Total destruction is likely to result…

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Latest News [Through our Telegraphic Agents.] A Destructive Fire. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 5

A FLOUR mill near Newtown Railway Station was partially destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at £20,000…

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TELEGRAMS. Another Big Sydney Fire Damage Estimated at £20,000. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

THE Cragns flour-mill, at Nowtown, was the scene of a destructive fire early Sunday morning, resulting in the total destruction of the mill and a large quantity of…

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