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Fires & bushfires, 1882

657 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 33

Origin of the Fire

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 6

An inquiry will in due course be held into the origin of the fire, and in the meantime all the available evidence on the matter will be found in the details which have been given above. To prove…

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Fire on Board the Alaska

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 11

LONDON, September 14.—A fire has taken place on board the Guion steamer Alaska, while conveying from New York to Liverpool the homeward. San Francisco mails, which left Sydney on…

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The Losses by the Fire

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 6

First amongst these come the census returns, on which it would, of course, bo impossible to put a money value, but the destruction of which was complete, and in nearly all cases is irreparable…

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The Garden Palace Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 6

The beautiful building in which New South Wales held her first International Exhibition has been burned to the ground in less than an hour. Though put up quickly, and constructed of…

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Destruction of the Garden Palace by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 7

The whole colony—indeed the whole of the Australasian colonies, and we might add, the whole of the civilized world—will hear with deep regret that the building known as the Garden Palace, which was erected…

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Fire at the Garden Palace. Latest Telegrams. SYDNEYm 4 p.m

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 3

THE conflagration at the Garden Palace broke out about a quarter to six. The flames issued simultaneously from several parts of the building…

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Another Fire

Evening News · Monday 25 September 1882 · page 2

An alarm of fire was given again last night about? o'clock, and the various brigades promptly turned out, and were exceedingly well represented, for they seemed to smell fire in the air, and were eager and…

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The Late Fire

Evening News · Monday 25 September 1882 · page 3

THE scene of the late fire at the Garden Palace was yesterday visited by thousands upon thousands of people, and regret was expressed on all sides at the great public loss to which the public had been…

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The Garden Palage Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 September 1882 · page 5

The strong wind early on Monday morning blew down a portion of the rains of the Garden Palace. At the northern end one of the remaining walls of the tower fell to the ground; and at the eastern tower large fragments fell, and…

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Christening of a Fire Engine

Evening News · Monday 25 September 1882 · page 3

At the invitation of Mr. Joseph Brignell and Mr. W. H. Walker, a considerable number of the residents of Woollahra and Waverley assembled on Saturday afternoon at the station of the former…

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Another Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 26 September 1882 · page 2

From day to day we have now fires to record, and until there has been a good thunderstorm to clear the atmosphere, we suppose we shall continue to do so. Last night, a few minutes before 5 o'clock, a telegram…

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The Garden Palace Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 26 September 1882 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

There is little or nothing to add to-day about the fire at the late lamented Garden Palace. Public feeling is exceedingly strong on the subject as to whether it was the work of an incendiary or whether…

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Destructive Bush Fires near Grafton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 10

Twelve acres sugar cane, growing on the farm of Mr. W. Guayles. South Arm, were burnt on Monday, having canght fire from a burning tree at the back of the farm. The flames from the cane caught the barn, which contained 40,…

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The Fire at Ultimo

Evening News · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 4

The inquiry respecting the cause of the fire at Messrs. Cook's premises, Ultimo, on the 31st ultimo, was resumed at 9 o'clock this morning before Mr. Coroner Sheill and a jury, at the coroner's office…

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Latest Telegrams. Three Fires at Toowoomba. BRISBANE

Evening News · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 4

Three fires occurred at Toowoomba last night. The first broke out at 12.30 a.m., in the Bowen Hotel, three rooms of which and their contents were destroyed. The fire was caused by a drunken…

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The Garden Palace Fire Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 8

AN inquiry inte the cause of the late fire at the Garden Palace commenced at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Coroner Shiell and a jury of 12 (of whom Mr. H. G. Rowe was foreman), at the…

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INQUEST on the Garden Palace Fire

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 4

At his offices, King-street, yesterday afternoon, the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, opened the inquiry into the cause of the fire whereby the Garden Palace was consumed on Friday morning last…

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Coroner's Inquiry Respecting the Garden Palace Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 5

The inquest on the fire at the Garden Palace was yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, initiated in the Coroner's Court, before the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., and a jury of 12…

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The Late Fire at Cook Bros., Ultimo

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 September 1882 · page 3

The City Coroner yesterday resumed the inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire at Messrs. Cook Bros. furniture warehouse, Harris- street, Ultimo, on Hist August. Sergeant Keating…

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