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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Our Telegrams. Big Fire in Sydney. Theatre Royal Again Destroyed. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 6

For the third time the Theatre Royal, and Castlereagh sts., Sydney, has been destroyed by fire. At half-past 4 o'clock the…

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New York Fire Horses

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 7

A VERY interesting story may be told about the horses selected for fire duty in New York. Anyoue who has watched one of the crack engine companies tearing through the…

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Sensational Fire in Sydney. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 4

Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Lassetter's Kerosene and Explosives Bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, and in a very few minutes the whole…

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Disastrous Fire at Waterloo. a Kerosene Bond Burned. Terrible Explosion. Five Men Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 3

A FEW minutes after 12 o'clock on Wednesday night a fire, which proved disastrous in its results, broke out in Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co.'s kerosene and explosive bond in…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 3

The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Present—Capt. Connor, 1st-Lieut. Mumford, 2nd-Lieut. Edney, Treas. Moin, ex-Capt. Stoppelbein, Firemen…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at the Fire Station on Tuesday evening, when there were present—Captain Connor, 1st-Lieut. Mumford, 2nd-Lieut…

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A Big Fire Averted. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 3

The Australian Club had a narrow escape from a serious fire a little after 6 o'clock last evening. By some means, probably the overheating of a flue, one of the bedrooms…

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Fatal Fire at Mooroopna. Mooroopna

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 3

A tragic event occurred here at noon to-day when an old lady resident of the town, named Mrs. Beaton, aged 83 years, was burnt to death in her home. She was living in a…

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Incendiary Fire at Albury Albury, Wednseday

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 3

A PROTRACTED inquiry into the origin of a mysterious fire by which an uninsured cottage, owned and until lately occupied by a family named Carter, was destroyed early on…

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Serious Fire at Temora. the Court House Hotel Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 3

ABOUT 7 p.m. on Monday night it was found that Talbot's Court House Hotel, Temora, had caught fire, and in increditable short time the whole block of hotel buildings was…

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The Temora Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 7

AT 7.30 p.m. on Monday the loud clanging of the fire bell gave notice, far and wide, that a fire had broken out, the locality proving to be the building so long and…

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Tennessee Mining Trouble Attack on a Garrisoned Mine, the Effect of a "Fire Low" Order. London, August 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

A fr[?]t outbreak of miners' union violence has occurred in Tennessee. At Olive Springs 700 miners arming themselves marched upon one of the mines in the neighborhood where…

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Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. (Extract from the London Review of June 15, 1892.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1892 · page 2

MESSRS. T. Edmondson and Co., the local agents for the above society, supply the following:—"The Norwich Union Fire Office is preparing to celebrate its centenary in a…

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The Fire Plugs. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 2

Sir,—I have had the pleasure of looking round your township and taking, notes about it from a fire point of view, and I beg to call the attention of your city authorities, through…

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Destruction of a Manse by Fire. a Boy Burnt to Death. Meredith

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 2

SHORTLY before 9 o'clock on Saturday night the Presbyterian Manse was found to be in flames. On reaching the burning house the spectators were horrified at learning that a…

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Destructive Fire at Forbes. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 2

A SERIOUS fire occurred at Forbes to-day, resulting in the destruction of several buildings. The fire originated in the premises of Mr. J. Frampton, draper, being caused by…

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Fire in Johnstone Street

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 3

Shortly before six o'clock Sunday mornan old shed, situated in Johnstone street between the premises of the Dank of Wew South Wales and the office of the Wagga…

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Fire in Johnstone-street

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 2

AT about a quarter to 6 o'clock on Sunday morning a dense cloud of smoke was observed to be issuing from buildings in Johnstone-street, and the alarm was immediately…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 2

The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Present: Capt. Connor, 1st-Lieut. Mumford, 2nd-Lieut. Edney, Firemen De Groot, Carpenter, Thompson, Ray, G. and…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening, when there were present:—Capt. Conuor, 1st-Lieut, Mumford, 2nd-Lient. Edney, Firemen…

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