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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

185 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 10

The London Fire

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 3

Fifty firms are sufferers by the big fire in Barbican, London…

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Barbican Fire. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 5

FIFTY firms suffer by the Barbican fire…

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The Fire in Otho-st

The Inverell Argus · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

There is not much to add now in regard to the fire There was hardly ever an event in regard to which so many confilicting stories got into circulation The police…

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The Barbican Fire. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 5

THE first estimates of the Barbican fire has been largely reduced…

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Great Fire at Inverell. Two Lives Lost. Inverell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

THE most disastrous fire yet recorded in the history of Inverell occurred at an early hour this morning, the saddest feature of the affair being that…

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Big Blaze at Inverell. Two old Residents Perish in the Flames. 19 Buildings Burnt. Loss Estimated at £25,000

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

BY far the most disastrous conflagration that has ever happened in Inverell's history occurred at about 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, April 22, when the northern side of…

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Big Fire at Inverell. Two Lives Lost. Nineteen Buildings Destroyed

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 3

A TERRIBLE conflagration occurred early on Tuesday morning, half of Otho-strcet, the principal business thoroughfare of the town, being destroyed. The damage…

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Big Fire at Inverell

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

The most disastrous fire that ever occurred at Inverell broke out at 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the northern side of Otho-street, from…

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Lessons of the Fire

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

THE terrible disaster which overtook Inverell during the early hours of Tuesday morning in the shape of fire and which resulted in the loss of two lives…

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The Inverell Fire. Nineteen Places Destroyed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

From what can be gathered, the fire at Inverell on Tueedar last, broke out in Mr. Wilson's bedroom about 1 o'clock. Very soon…

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The Late Fire Work of Relief. Latest Details

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

The disastrous fire in Otho-street on Tuesday morning last has been almost the sole topic of conversation during the week but the excitement caused by the…

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Big Fire at Inverell. a Whole Block Demolished—two Lives Lost—£25,000 Damage

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

A DISASTROUS fire broke out in a wooden building (occupied by Mr. C. Wilson and family) in Gtho-street, Inverell, early on Tuesday morning, and ere it was got under £25,000…

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The Recent Fire

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 2

THE sensation of the late fire has, like the conflagration itself, died out now. The affair caused an outpouring of regret from one end of the continent to…

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The Inverell Fire. Statements by Miss Wilson and Mrs. Hunt

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 2

MISS WILSON was in reality the only one who had any opportunity of knowing what happened of the critical period of the outbreak, and she being awakened out of sleep…

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Inquest on the Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 4

An inquest on the fire was held before the Coroner (Mr. Brown) and a jury at the Court House yesterday (Tuesday), when practically the same evidence as that given on Monday at…

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Story of the Fire As Told at the Inquest

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 4

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Charles John Wilson and his wife Eliza Wilson, was resumed before Mr Walterus Brown, District Coroner, and a jury at the…

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The Fatal Fire. Funeral of the Deceased. Expressions of Sympathy

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 4

The terrible conflagration in Otho-st is rapidly becoming a matter of history, and as other events crowd upon our attention, looms less and less each day upon our mental horizon…

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Fire Relief Fund

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

A committee meeting of the above was held on Thursday night at the Council Chambers. The following were present:—The Mayor (Chairman), and…

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The Inverell Fire

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 2

The damages by the recent fire at Inverell are bow estimated at £l5,000, only about half of which is covered by insurance. Mr. Hunt lost £800. The subscription list to date…

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That Fatal Fire at Inverell

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 2

The Inverell "Argus " says:- Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were so well-known that remarks concerning them are…

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