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Fires & bushfires, 1883

530 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 27

The Fire near Lithgow. LITHGOW

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1883 · page 2

The damage caused by the late fire at Vale of Clwydd is intimated at between £3000 and £4000. The property was insured. Work will probably be resumed in a few days…

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Cable Messages The Catania (s.) on Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 26 December 1883 · page 2

LONDON, December 22.—The Catania, B.R., from Sydney to Antwerp, via Valparaiso, has arrived at Antwerp with her cargo on fire…

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Large Fire inn Launceston. HOBART

Evening News · Thursday 27 December 1883 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred in Launceston yesterday. The soap and candle factory of Mr. Alexander Evans, on the Esk Esplanade, was destroyed. The factory, which employed a large…

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Destructive Fire at Launceston. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 December 1883 · page 5

A large and destructive fire occurred in Launceston yesterday, by which the soap and candle factory of Mr. Alexander Evans, situate on the Esk Esplanade, was totally destroyed. It broke out at 5.30 p.m., and…

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Destructive Fires

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 December 1883 · page 39

Says the London correspondent of the '"Argus":— One of the most destructive fires that has perhaps ever occurred in Glasgow, commenced on Saturday evening, November 3, in the immense upholstery…

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Destructive Fire at Launceston. Hobart

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1883 · page 1230

A large and destructive fire occurred in Launceston yesterday, by which the soap and candle factory of Mr. Alexander Evans, situate on the Esk Esplanade, was totally destroyed. It broke out at 5.30 p.m., and…

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Serious Bush Fire

Evening News · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 2

Yesterday a bosh fixe, which appears to liars originated on Saturday, assumed very serious proportions, and caused considerable damage to property in the neighbourhood of Canley Vale and Cabramatta…

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Fires

Evening News · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 3

On Saturday evening, about five minutes to 9. lock, a quantity of staves in the rear of the yard Johnson's cooperage; Phillip-street, and near Cir[?] Quay, by some means got ignited, and resulted the destruction of a part thereof. The fire was…

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Destructive Fires in Victoria. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Cleghorn and Gibson's tannery at Footscray, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. An adjoining cottage was also burned. The damage is estimated at £4500. At Elmore…

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Fire in Pitt-street

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 5

On Saturday evening, shortly before 9 o'clock, a fire broke out in the back yard attached to Johnson's cooperage in Pitt-street, near the Circular Quay, by which a quantity of staves there…

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Fire in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A destructive fire broke out this morning in the premises occupied by if Messrs Inglis and Co., printers, in Flinders-lane, a Before the flames were subdued, the two upper…

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Destructive Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Siehbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 5

During the recent hot weather a number of serious fires have occurred, during the last two days especially. A destructive conflagration has been raging at Footscray, totally destroying a large tannery, valued at…

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Destruction of a Tannery by Fire. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday,--The Footscray Tannery, belonging to Messrs Cleghorn and Gibson, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, together with a four-r[?]omed cottage adjoining…

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