The Recent Bush Fires
WE are not, to-day, about to furnish a history of these late occurrences. We are not intending to philosophize upon atmospherical or meteorological…
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15 stories in Sydney's papers
Large Fire in Stockton
OUR readers will learn the particulars from the following communication:— [Correspondence of the Pacific News.] Stockton, December 24, 1849…
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" A FIRE!" is a cry that we hear not with unmixed alarm, but also with some curiosity: and truly, a fine spectacle is a great fire like the one which we witnessed the other night,…
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At an early hour on the morning of Thursday last, the usual quiet of the night was broken by the occurrence of one of the most destructive fires that have happened in this town for many years -- rivalled only by the great fire…
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THE half-yearly meeting of the members of the Sydney Fire Insurance Company was held yesterday, Mr. T. W. Smart in the chair. The only business transacted was…
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SACRAMENTO CITY, MARCH, 1850.—Those interested in the permanent prosperity of this city will be pleased to learn that the idea of throwing up a levee has not been abandoned. C. W. Coote, Esq., our able city engineer,…
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THIS morning wo were visited by one of those calamiteus events which bring ruin and devas tation upon hundreds, destroying in a few brief moments the accumulated gains of months…
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MANCHESTER, MARCH 22.—At Midnight last night, a destructive fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. Wood and Westhead, smallware manufacturers and general dealers, situate…
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THE half-yearly meeting of the members of the Sydney Fire Iusurance Company was held yesterday, Mr T. W. Smart in the chair, There was a very large attendance of members,…
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A VERY serious fire took place yesterday evening in the house occupied by Mr. Youngman, chemist and druggist, of Hunter-street. The fire originated in the second story of the house,…
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THERE appears every reason to believe that the fire on Mesara, Youngman's premises, originated from the spontaneous combustion of phosphorus, of which they…
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THERE has not been a large proportion of fires in Sydney. And although we have had several extensive confiagrations at long intervals, the extent of destruction and loss…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miscellaneous Extracts. the Fire Annihilator. (From Dickens' Household Words.)
"WATER, and nothing but water!" exclaimed Mr. John Diggs, the great sugar-baker (every body knows old John Diggs). "Water, I say, is the natural enemy of fire; and any man who…
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Earth, air, and water are necessary conditions of human life; but fire is the first great element of civilisation. Fire, the first medium between the "cooking animal" and…
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The present efficient condition of fire engines, as may easily be supposed, has only been the result of many years of skilful experiment and practical experience. Our…
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