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Fires & bushfires, 1876

217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 11

Verdict for Fire Hundred Founds for Malicious Prosecution OWSTON T. the Bank of New South Wales

Evening News · Tuesday 16 May 1876 · page 2

This action to recover £5000 damages for malicious prosecution, terminated yesterday afternoon. The facts of plaintiff's case were published in our issue of last Friday. The plaintiff, William Owston, a merchant,…

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Second Edition Great Fire in Melbourne this Morning. LOSS, £15,000. MELBOURNE. Friday. 2.44 p.m

Evening News · Friday 19 May 1876 · page 2

The wholesale jewellery warehouse of Messrs P. Falk and Co., in Little Collins-street, was burned down to the walls this morning. The stock, valued at £15,000, is irretrievably…

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Serious Fire in Glasgow

Evening News · Wednesday 24 May 1876 · page 3

Glasgow, April 21st.—A fire broke out to-night on Buchannon, one of the principal streets of this city. A whole square of buildings are now in flames. The flames have reached the office of the Glasgow Herald…

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The Recent Fire in Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 24 May 1876 · page 2

About a quarter to five o'clock yesterday morning (says the Age of Saturday), a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs P. Falk and Co., wholesale jewellers and fancy goods importers, of Little Collins-street west…

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Second Edition Another Great Fire in Melbourne. Loss of £50,000. Melbourne, Thursday, 3.12 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 2

Sanders Lazarus's warehouse, in Elizabeth-street, took fire at one o'clock this afternoon, and broke out into an immense blaze. The conflagration commeneed in the ground floor, and first,…

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Great Fire at Melbourne this Morning. £100,000 Worth of Property Destroyed. Melbourne, 12.45 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 2

A greet fire occurred this morning in Flinders-street. The conflagration broke out in the top story of Messrs. Robert Harper and Co.'s Rice Mills, and afterwards spread to Flinders-street…

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Destructive Fires in Melbourne. Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 2

Two large fires occurred this morning in Flinders-street, and another about 1 p.m., in Elizabet-street, by which a large amount of property has been destroyed. The conflagrations in Flinders-street were at Robert…

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Fire at Auckland

Evening News · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 2

A large fire was discovered, on the 10th May, in Queen-street, Auckland, in a small unoccupied house at the rear of a wooden block of shops at the corner of Victoria-street and Queen-street, opposite the…

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Fire in Kent-street

Evening News · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 2

Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out on the premises occupied by George Chiswick, No. 4, Deans Terrace, Kent-street. It appears that a child about four years old went up-stairs to the…

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Destructive Fires in Melbourne. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 5

Two large fires occurred this morning in Flindersstreet, and another about 1 p.m., in Elizabeth-street, by which a large amount of property has been destroyed. The con[?]agrations in Flinders-street…

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Another Fire in Victoria. Loss £30,000. Melbourne, Friday, 1.44 p.m

Evening News · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 2

A great fire broke out in Pall Mall, Sandhurst, this morning. Four chops were burned, but the fire was fortunately got under. The damages arc estimated at about .£30,000…

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Serious Fire in Glasgow

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 34

Glasgow, April 21st.—A fire broke out to-night on Bachannon, one of the principal streets of this city. A whole square of buildings are now in flames. The flames have reached the office of the Glasgow Herald…

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Great Fires in Melbourne. [By Electric Telegraph.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 5

The wholesale jewellery warehouse of Messrs P. Falk and Co., in Little Collins-street, was burned down to the walls this morning. The stock, valued at £15,000, is irretrievably damaged…

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Disastrous Fires in Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 29 May 1876 · page 3

At about ten minutes past 3 yesterday morning, the look-out man in the tower of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade noticed a volume of smoke issuing from premises in the locality of Flinders-street,…

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More Fires in Victoria. Extensive Fire at Sandhurst

Evening News · Tuesday 30 May 1876 · page 3

This morning at about 25 minutes past 3, Constables Farrall and Lawrence were on duty at the corner of Bull-street and Fall Mall, when the former, while passing up Pall Mall, noticed a bright glare about the…

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Fire at Rallarat East. Ballarat, Friday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 30 May 1876 · page 3

An extensive fire has broken out in the Eastern borough. Several of the brigades still in the city have one with their apparatus to the scene…

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Ruins of the Melbourne Fires. (From the Melbourne Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1876 · page 6

THE three confiagrations which set every one in the city by the ears on the 25th May will remain memorable for many a long day, for the strangely unaccountable manner in which they originated and the enormous destruction and…

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Extensive Fire at Sandhurst. (From the Bendigo Advertiser, May 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1876 · page 6

AT 25 minutes past 3, constables Farrall and Lawrence were on duty at the corner of Bull-street and Pall Mall, when the former, while passing up Pall Mall, noticed a bright glare about the back of the promises occupied by…

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Accidents, Fires, &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1876 · page 8

There has been this month more than the usual number of fatal occurrences, most of winch have been caused through vehicles. F[?] have been very scarce, and what few have occurred have been of little or no con[?]nce…

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More Fires in Victoria. Extensive Fire at Sandhurst. (From the Bendigo Advertiser, May 26.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 June 1876 · page 28

THIS morning at about 25 minutes past 3, constables Farrall and Lawrence were on duty at the corner of Bull-street and Pall Mall, when the former, while passing up Pall Mall, noticed a bright glare about the…

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