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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1872

185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 10

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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Fire in Goulburn Street. Coroner's Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1872 · page 5

AT half-past t 9 o'clock yesterday forenoon, the City Coroner held, at the Square and Compass hotel, George and Goul[?] streets, an inquiry respecting the duruage by fire of the pr[?]es of I[?] Israel…

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Fire at Gerringong

Empire · Thursday 4 July 1872 · page 2
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By a telegram, received by the Government, from the senior-constable at Kiama, we dervie the following particulars as to the fire at Geringgong:— The fire originated in a paddock in the occupation of…

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Destructive Fires at Gerringong

Evening News · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 3

THE most serious and startling instance of conflagration, as occurring within the district, that we have had to chronicle during the existence of our journal (says the Kiama Independent) took place on Monday night,…

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Fire at Gerringong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 11

BY a telegram, received by the Government, from the senior-constable at Kiama, we derive the following particulars as to the fire at Gerringong:— The fire originated in a paddock in the occupation of…

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Great Fire in Meath

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 6

The Drogheda correspondent of the Freeman, writing on May 10th, says :— Somerville House, the seat of Lord Athlumney, in Meath, is on fire. The latest accounts…

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Exciting Scene at a Fire

Evening News · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 5

A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. W. Cave, a gasfitter, of No. 10, Chswell-street, Finsbury, early on the morning of May 4. It was some time before the people in the house were aroused from their sleep, and…

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The Destructive Fire at Gerringong. (From the Kiama Independent, July 4.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 5

THE most serious and startling instance of confiagration, as occurring within the district, that we have had to chronicle daring the existence of our journal, took place on Monday night, at Gerringong, a spot with which some of…

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Destructive Fires at Gerringong

Empire · Monday 8 July 1872 · page 3

THE most serious and startling iustance of conflagration, as occurring within the district, that we have had to chronicle during the existence of our journal (says the Kiama Independent) took place on Monday night,…

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Arridents and Cmergenries. Accidents by FIRE.—(Concluded.)

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Monday 8 July 1872 · page 4

PRECAUTIONS IN THE USE OF GAS.—"Among the causes of fire," observes Mr. W. Baddeley, the eminent engineer, in his "Report of London Fires," "the great number of…

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The Fire at Gerringong. [From Our Kiama Correspondent]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 July 1872 · page 2

INQUEST.—A coroner s inquest was held before Mr. Henry Connell, J. P., District Coroner, Kiama, and a jury of seven persons, at the Post-office Stores, Gerring[?], on Saturday last, touching the cause and origin of the fire…

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Destructive Fires at Gerringong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 22

THE most serious and startling instance of conflagration, as occurring within the district, that we have had to chronicle during the existence of our journal (says the Kiama Independent) took place on Monday night,…

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Exciting Scene at a Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 23

A fire, broke out on the premises of Mr. W. Cave, a gasfitter, of No. 10, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, carly on the morning of May 4. It was some time before the people in the house were aroused from their sleep, and…

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Accidents, Offences, &c. Fatal Fire

Evening News · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 2

THE village of Muckton, in Lincolnshire, has just been the scene of a most distressing accident, occasioned by a fire, under the following circumstances:-An aged couple, named Cowley, were living alone in a thatched…

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Fatal Fire

Empire · Monday 22 July 1872 · page 3

THE village of Muckton, in Lincolnshire, has just been the scene of a most distressing, accident, occasioned by a fire, under the following circumstances—An aged couple, named Cowley, were living alone in a thached…

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Exciting Scene at a Fire

Empire · Monday 22 July 1872 · page 3

A fire broke out on the promises of Mr. W. Cave, a gasfitter, of No. 10, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, early on the morning; of May 4. It was some time before the people in the house were aroused from their sleep, and…

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Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Company's Bill

Empire · Thursday 25 July 1872 · page 3

Mr. DARLEY moved the second reading of this bill, with the understanding that the debate be adjourned until next day (to-day). The hon. member reminded the House that this bill had passed the Assembly; and…

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The Volunteer Fire Company, No. 2. Public Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 July 1872 · page 7

LAST evening, there was held in the hall of the School of Arts a public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. Michael Chapman), to consider the steps that it would be necessary to take to aid the No. 2 Volunteer Fire…

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Fatal Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 July 1872 · page 23

The village of Muckton, in Lincolnshire, has just been the [?] of a most distressing accident, occasioned by…

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