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Fires & bushfires, 1871

165 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 9

Telegrams, This Day. MELBOURNE. Saturday, 3 p.m. Total Destruction of the Haymarket Theatre by Fire

Evening News · Saturday 23 September 1871 · page 2

The Haymarket Theatre was totally destroyed by fire last night. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, but this in doubtful, us others believe that the fire in the litchen, or live embers…

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Fire at Melbourne. the Haymarket Theatre and Apollo Hall Destroyed by Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 26 September 1871 · page 3

ONE of the largest conflagrations which has occurred in Melbourne for years raged last evening in the precincts of the eastern market. The Haymarket-cum-Duke-of-Edinburgh Theatre was almost as…

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Fire at Melbourne. the Haymarket Theatre and Apollo Hall Destroyed by Fire. (From the Melbourne Age.)

Empire · Tuesday 26 September 1871 · page 3

ONE of the largest conflagrations which has ocourred in Melbourne for years raged lost evening in the precincts of the eastern market. The Haymarketc[?]-Duke-of-Edinburgh[?]Theatre was almost as…

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Fire at the Floating Dock, Williamstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 October 1871 · page 4

EARLY yesterday morning a very destructive fire occurred at Williamstown, by which the ship Sir William Molesworth, moored in close proximity to the Floating Dock, was totally destroyed. The ship, or rather the hull, for she was dismantled,…

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Miles of Fire. Great Destruction of Life and Property in Canada and the North-Eastern States

Evening News · Saturday 14 October 1871 · page 3

RECENT journals from Canada and the North-Eastern States give the particulars of most extensive and destructive conflagrations there, which have [?] almost simultaneously over many counties…

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Miles of Fire

Empire · Monday 16 October 1871 · page 3

RECENT journals from Canada and the North-Eastern States give the particulars of most extensive and destructive conflagrations there, which have spread almost simultaneously over many counties…

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Destructive and Fatal Fire

Evening News · Friday 20 October 1871 · page 3

A serious fire, resulting in the loss of several lives and a great destitution of property, occurred on Thursday evening at the extensive lambswool spinning factory of Messrs. Donisthorpe and Sons,…

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Destructive and Eatal Fire

Empire · Friday 20 October 1871 · page 4

A serious fire, resulting in the loss of several lives and a great destruotion of property, occurred on Thursday evening at the extensive lambswool spinning factory of Messrs. Donisthorpe and Sons,…

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Fire at the Burlington Arcade

Evening News · Friday 20 October 1871 · page 3
Also in Empire

On the 17th August, at a few minutes past midnight, just as the various West-End theatres and other places of amusement were over, and pleasure-seekers were pouring forth from them, the whole…

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Miles of Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 October 1871 · page 23

Recent journals from Canada and the NorthEastern States give the particulars of most extensive and destructive conflagrations there, which have spread almost simultaneously over many counties…

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Fire Extinction by Gas

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1871 · page 1065

A LAUNCESTON journal directs attention to the circumstance that the extinction of fire by gas is about to be carried out in New York, a company having been proposed for that object. The following is the purport of the scheme:—The…

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Fire in George-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 November 1871 · page 4

ABOUT twenty minutes past 2 o'clock, the morning, constables Kerr and Kelly, of the Cumberland-street Police Station, were on duty in Pitt-street, near the corner of Hunter-street, when they perceived a smell—as if…

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Fire in George-street

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 1160

ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock on the morning of 3rd instant, constables Kerr and Kelly, of the Cumberland-street Police Station, were on duty in Pitt-street, near the corner of Hunter-street, when they perceived a smell—as if…

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The Late Fire in George-street. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 7

Sir,—Having observed a letter, signed "One in Danger," in this day's Herald, I would suggest to that individual that he should apply to the various Insurance Companies interested, and they will be able to give him the exact…

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More Fires, Whole Town Destroyed, Prairies Burning. Union Stock Yards, October 10th

Evening News · Monday 13 November 1871 · page 3

The village of Casello, [?]., on the line of the Fort Wayne railway, about thirty milts from Chicago, took fire from the fire raging in the [?]. It was entirely destroyed. Fires are raging in the…

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News of the Fire in London. London, October 10th

Evening News · Monday 13 November 1871 · page 3

The excitement with regard to the chicago [?] increases intensely, as the full extent of the calamity becomes known Subscriptions will be opened for the relief of the sufferers. The banking house of…

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Great Fire in Chicago. Frightful Destruction of Life and Property. Chicago, October 10th

Evening News · Monday 13 November 1871 · page 3

ABOUT 10 o'clock Sunday night, a smail bam on Canalport Avenue, not far from Twelfth-street (west side), was discovered to be on fire. It was just such a little fire as has happened a thousand times before…

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Description by an Eye Witness of the Fire and its Ravages. Chicago, October l0th

Evening News · Monday 13 November 1871 · page 3

THE following eloquent and truthful description has been furnished by a gentleman who participated in the work throughout: -None but an eye-witness can: form an idea of the fury and power of the fire, as it…

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More Fires, Whole Town Destroyed, Prairies Burning. Union Stock Yards, October 10th

Empire · Tuesday 14 November 1871 · page 3

The village of Casello, Ind., on the line of the Fort Wayno railwny, about thirty miles from Chicago, took fire from the fire raging in the prairies. It was entirely destroyed. Fires are raging in the…

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