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Fires & bushfires, 1872

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Destructive Fire at Gulgong

Empire · Monday 29 April 1872 · page 3

THE inhabitants of Gulgong were startled on Saturday evening by the cry of 'Fire.' It proved only too true that there was a fire, and such a one as we hope never again to witness in this town. Mr…

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Alarming Fire this Morning

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1872 · page 2

THE premises occupied by Mr. Taylor, draper and ladies clothier, of Pitt-street, a few doors from the Royal Victoria Theatre, was observed at about seven o'clock this morning to be on…

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Destructive Fire at Gulgong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 23

THE inhabitants of Gulgong were started on Saturday evening by the cry of 'Fire.' It proved only too true that there was a fire, and such a one as we hope never again to witness in this town. Mr…

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Literature. Purged in the Fire

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 10

"Uncle Herbert, will you tell us a Christmas story? Please do! The speaker was only a little maid of six years old, but a dozen voices echoed the request. It was Christmas,…

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Great Fire in Sydney, This Morning. DESTRUCTION of BARKER and Co's Tweed Factory. Suspected Incendiarism

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1872 · page 2

ONE of the most destructive fires that ever took place in Sydney, occurred this morning, in Sussex-street, near Bathurst-street. The property destroyed is Barker's Tweed Factory, one of the largest manufacturing…

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Destructive Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 13

EARLY yesterday morning, Messrs. Barker and Co.'s Tweed Manufactory, near the corner of Bathurst and Sussex streets, was destroyed by fire, together with the greater part of its contents, comprising a large quantity of valuable…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Destruction of Barker and Co.'s Tweed Factory

Empire · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 2

ONE of the most destructive fires that ever took place in Sydney, occurred yesterday morning, in Sussex-street, near Bathurst-street. The property destroyed is Barker's Tweed Factory, one of the largest manufacturing…

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Destructive Fire

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 649

EARLY on the 17th instant, Messrs. Barker and Co.'s Tweed Manufactory, near the corner of Bathurst and Sussex streets, was destroyed by fire, together with the greater part of its contents, comprising a large quantity of valuable…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Destruction of Barker and Co.'s Tweed Factory

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 5

o[?] of the most destructive fires that ever took place in Sydney, occurred on Friday morning, in Sussex-street, [?] Bathurst-street The property destroycd isBarker's [?] Factory, one of the largest manufacturing…

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Fire Brigades. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1872 · page 8

SIR,—I read in your paper by the last mail of a large fire you have had in the destruction of the Prince of Wales Opera House; and I think it a good opportunity of drawing the attention of your citizens, through the columns of your…

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Loss of the Ellen Lewis by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 June 1872 · page 4

THE Straits Observer, of l0th April, contains the following particulars:—On Saturday night last, about half-past l1, it appears that the Ellen Lewis, Captain Schlotke, a British barque from Amoy, with a miscellaneous cargo, caught fire in these roads…

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Great Fire at Yedo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 6

THE Japan Evening Mail gives the following account of the great fire which occuried at the capital on the 3rd April, and remarks that the only conflagration which could be compared with it took place eighteen…

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Destructive Fire at Barker's Tweed Factory

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 2

IT is with very deep regret that we have to report the destruction by fire of the above valuable property, since our last issue. The fire was first discovered by Constable…

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Accidents and Emergencies. Accidents by FIRE.—(Continued)

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 6

TREATMENT OF INJURIES.—1. Send for medical aid; let the sufferer be put to bed as quickly as possible; remove all remains of clothing about the injured parts, cutting…

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Great Fire at Yedo

Evening News · Saturday 15 June 1872 · page 5

THE Japan Mail of April 9th contains an account of the fearful fire which recently desolated Yedo. It swept two square miles of the city, destroyed 5000 bouses, and rendered 20,000 persons houseless…

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Great Fire at Yedo

Empire · Monday 17 June 1872 · page 4

THE Japan Mail of April 9th contains an account of the fearful fire which recently desolated Yedo. It swept two square miles of tho city, destroyed 5000 houses, and rendered 20,000 persons houselcss…

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Great Fire at Yedo

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 June 1872 · page 23

The Japan Mail of April 9th contains an account of the fearful fire which recently desolated Yedo. It swept two square miles of the city, destroyed 5000 houses, and rendered 20,000 persons houseless…

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Fire Insurance by Government or Municipalities. (From the Lyttelton Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 June 1872 · page 2

Two letters on the subject of fire insurance, addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, have lately appoared in the columns of the Wellington Independent. They deserve the prominence which our contemporary has given them, alike for…

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Fire in Goulburn-street Coroner's Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 June 1872 · page 5

AT 9 o'clock yesterday forenoon, the City Coroner held, at the Square and Compass Hotel, George and Goulburn streets, an inqnest touching the origin of a fire on the premises of Mr. I[?] Israel, groeer, 14, Goulburn s'[?]…

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Fire Brigades, Fire Alarms, and Fire Bells. To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Monday 1 July 1872 · page 3

SIR,—I desire to call the attention of the various insurance offices and the public to a matter in which I think they are to a very great extent interested. I was standing at the corner of Bathurst and George…

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