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Fires & bushfires, 1841

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The Mutual Fire Insurance Association

The Sydney Herald · Monday 13 September 1841 · page 1

"A Bill to enable the Members of an Association, called, 'The Mutual Fire Insurance Association.' to sue and be sued in the name of the Chairman of the said Association…

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Total Destruction by Fire of Astley's Amphitheatre

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1841 · page 2

Astley's Amphitheatre, the scene of the glories of old Phllip Astley, and of the more recent triumphs of Duorow, is now a heap of ruins. Shortly after four o'clock this morning, a…

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Mutual Fire Insurance Association

The Australian · Saturday 30 October 1841 · page 2

The first Meeting of the Members of this Association since the Directors obtained the Act of Council took place on Wednesday last, in the theatre of the School of…

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Loss by Fire, of the Immigrant Ship "India."

The Omnibus and Sydney Spectator · Saturday 30 October 1841 · page 35

The barque "Ayrshire," spoke the French whaling, ship Roland on the 11th instant. Captain O. Lo Casonett of the Roland, reported that when near Bahia, on the 19th of July, he saw a…

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