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Fires & bushfires, 1861

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GOULBURN. Friday, 8 p.m. Fire Oh Coolringden Station

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 November 1861 · page 4

The large woolshed belonging to the head station of Mr. William Bradley, called Coolringden, near Cooma, was burned to the ground between seven and eight o'clock last Wednesday,…

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By Electric Telegraph. [From Our Correspondents.] Goulburn. Friday, 8 p.m. Fire on Coolringden Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 November 1861 · page 7

The large woolshed belonging to the head station of Mr. William Bradley, called Coolringden, near Cooma, was burned to the ground between seven and eight o'clock last Wednesday,…

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Law. Supreme Court.—friday. Sitting for the Trial of Causes. Jury Court. Before the Chief Justice and a special jury of twelve. PITCH V. the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Isurance Company. The trial of this case again lasted all day, without terminating. It will be resumed on Monday. Banco Court. Before Mr. Justice Wise and a jury of four. M'MAHON V. M'LEAN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 November 1861 · page 4

The trial of this case, which began on Thursday, was now concluded. It was an action for slander, in which the plaintiff and defendant were both residents at Ulladulla, district of Illawarra. The slander declared upon was to…

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Disastrous Fires in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1861 · page 3

THE year 1861 will long be remembered in the annals of metropolitan conflagrations for the number and gravity of its fires. The conflagration which occurred in June last near London-bridge can only be…

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The Late Fire Insurance Case. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1861 · page 10

SIR,—Be kind enough to correct a mis-statement which occurs in your Saturday's issue, in the report of the case Fitch v. the London and Liverpool Fire and life Insurance Company. The error I refer to is the following:…

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Disastrous Fires in London

Sydney Mail · Saturday 23 November 1861 · page 6

THE year 1861 will long be remembered in the annals of metropolitan conflagrations for the number and gravity of its fires. The conflagration which occurred in June last near London-bridge can only be…

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Destruction of a New Zealand Packet. Ship by Fire

Empire · Wednesday 18 December 1861 · page 4

The loss of the London and New Zealand passenger ship William Brown, Captain Barclay, commander, was made known in London on the 19th of October, by the arrival of one of the passengerr. The ill-fated vessel…

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Otago. [From Our Correspondent.] Continued Productiveness of Goldfields.—great Fire in Dunedin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 December 1861 · page 8

DECENBER 5TH.—Blame the want of energy of your inhabitants that I have net more frequently addressed you. In point of enterprise, Victoria certainly sets a worthy example to her elder sister, New South Wales…

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Bitting by the Fire. [An Old Man's Reverie.]

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 21 December 1861 · page 3

Barron Age, and withered World! Oh! the dying leaves, Like a drizzling rain, Falling round the roof,…

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Continued Productiveness of Goldfields.—great Fire in Dunedin

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 December 1861 · page 4

WRITING from the gold-fields, our own correspondent says:—The escort will take from Tu[?]peka 10,197 ounces, five convicted prisoners, and one lunatic. The miners at Wetherston's Gully did not bring in their…

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Destruction of a New Zealand Packe[?]ship by Fire

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 December 1861 · page 7

The loss of the London and New Zealand passenger ship William Brown, Captain Barclay, commander was u[?] known in London on the 19th of October by the arrival of one of the passengers. The ill-fated vessel was totally destroyed by fire on the night of…

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The Fire-fiend

Empire · Wednesday 25 December 1861 · page 3

AN UNPUBLISHED MS. BY EDGAR ALLEN POE. IN the deepest depth of midnigh, while the sad and solemn swell Still was floating, faintly [?] from the dread alarum bell—…

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The Fire on Board the Ship La Hogue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1861 · page 4

ON Saturday, a rumour was current that a fire had taken place on board this fine ship, lying at the Circular Quay, during the night; and, as many exaggerated statements have gone abroad, we publish, at the request of Captain Williams, the following particulars…

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