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Fires & bushfires, 1848

6 stories in Sydney's papers

Fire and Life Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1848 · page 1

In the four first Classes, each share will be subject for the first year to a fee of 2s. 6d. per month, for the formation of a Fire Insurance Fund. This Fund will be further increased by…

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Fire and Life Insurance

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1848 · page 4

In the four first classes, each share will be subject for the first year to a fee of 2s. 6d. per month, for the formation of a Fire Insurance Fund. This Fund will be further increased by premiums to be paid to the…

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Fire and Life Insurance

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1848 · page 4

In the four first classes, each share will be subject for the first year to a fee of 2s. 6d. per month, for the formation of a Fire Insurance Fund. This Fund will be further increased by premiums to be paid to the…

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Most Important News. General War. Europe in a Blaze! Sydney Morning Herald Office, Friday, 1 o'clock p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 July 1848 · page 1

THE Port Phillip Mail of this morning brought the startling intelligence that war had been declared by ENGLAND and FRANCE…

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New Zealand. Total Destruction of Government House, Auckland, by Fire. (From the New Zealander, June 24.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, at half past four o'clock, the sentry on duty was alarmed by a volume of flame issuing from the nor[?]h[?] wing of Government House. The alarm was speedily…

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New Zealand. Total Destruction of Government House, Auckland, by Fire

The Sentinel · Thursday 20 July 1848 · page 4

Friday morning, at half past four o'clock, the sentry on duty was alarmed by a volume of flame issuing from the north wing of Government House. The alarm was speedily communicated, and His Excellency…

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