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Fires & bushfires, 1877

284 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 15

Destructive Fires at Botany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 December 1877 · page 5

ABOUT a quarter to 9 o'clock on last Saturday night a reflection of fire in the direction of Botany was seen from the station of the Insurance Fire Brigade in Bathurst-street. Mr. Bown and his firemen at once set off with an…

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Destructive Fire it Botany

Evening News · Monday 24 December 1877 · page 5

Last Sunday night about a quarter to 9 o'clock the well-known toll of the fire bell was distinctly heard, and it was soon discovered that a confi[?]gration was raging in the direction of Botany, where the…

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Serious Disaster by Fire. London, December 22

Evening News · Monday 24 December 1877 · page 4

A fire, during which there was an explosion, has taken place in a New York confectionary factory. Seventy persons were killed and thirty injured…

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Latest Intelligenc E. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. [From Our London Special Correspondent.] Serious Disaster by Fire. London, December 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 December 1877 · page 5

A FIRE, during which there was an explosion, has taken place in a New York confectionary factory. Seventy persons were killed and thirty injured…

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Serious Disaster by Fire. London, December 22

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1877 · page 2

A fire, during which there was an explosion, has taken place in a New York confectionary factory. Seventy persons were killed aud thirty injured…

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Fires at Botany

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1877 · page 809

ABOUT a quarter to 9 o'clock on last Saturday night a reflection of fire in the direction of Botany was seen from the station of the Insurance Fire Brigade in Bathurst-street. Mr. Bown and his firemen at once set off with an…

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