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Fires & bushfires, 1883

530 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 27

Disastrous Fire

Evening News · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 2

LONDON, April 18.—St. Petersburg news is to hand from katawanoffski, a town on the River Ufa, of a disastrous fire that had taken place there, resulting in the total destruction of no…

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Disastrous Fire in Russia. St. Petersburg, April l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1883 · page 5

News is to hand from Katawanoffski, a town on the River Ufa, of a disastrous fire that had taken place there, resulting in the total destruction of no less than 600 houses,…

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Disastrous Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 16

LONDON, April 18.—St. Petersburg news is to hand from Katawanoffski, a town on the River…

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Fire at Quebec

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 4

QUEBEC, April 20.—A fire broke out last night in the building occupied by the Provincial Legislature of Quebec, in this city, and before the flames could be extinguished the edifice was…

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Great Fire in London

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 29

One of the factories of Messrs. Barratt and Co., wholesale confectioners, Shepherdess-walk, City-road, was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning (says the " Pall Mall Gazette," of…

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Fire Insurance for Mill Buildings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 21

As one largely interested in the subject of fire insurance, I would like to bring under your notice one phase of it, which seems to my mind to leave some cause for complaint. It is well known to many…

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Fire Insurance for Mill Buildings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 19

As one largely interested in the subject of fire insurance, I would like to bring under your notice one phase of it, which seems to my mind to leave some cause for complaint. It is well known to many…

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Fire at Quebec. Quebec, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 12

A fire broke out last night in the building occupied by the Provincial Legislature of Quebec, in this city, and before the flames could be extinguished the edifice was burned…

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Great Fire at Quebec. Quebec, April 20

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 5

A fire broke out last night in a building occupied by the Provincial Legislature of Quebec in this city, and before the flames could be extinguished the edifice was burnt to the…

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Scientific and Useful. How to Fire Steam Boilers. (Important to Engineers, Firemen, &C.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 25

YOUNG engineers, if not some more experienced men, will find some useful hints on a very important subject is the following article from the "Milling World":—…

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Fire near Cowra. COWRA

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1883 · page 2

The wool-shed of Mr. A. R. Watt, J.P., of Bundabry, near Cowra, was burned on Thursday evening. It contained a lot of farming implements and other station requisites, besides 10…

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Great Fire at Liverpool

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 2

LONDON, April 23.—An extensive fire is reported to have occurred at Liverpool, by which two blocks of warehouses were burned down. The damage is estimated at £250,000…

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Extensive Fire at Liverpool. London, April 23

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 3

An extensive fire is reported from Liverpool. Two blocks of warehouses were burned down, and the damage is estimated at a quarter of a million of pounds…

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Great Fire at Liverpool. London, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 7

An extensive fire is reported to have occurred at Liverpool, by which two blocks of warehouses were burned down. The damage is estimated at £250,000…

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Destruction of the Binalong Railway Station by Fire. [By Telegraph.] Goulburn

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1883 · page 3

News has been received that the Binalong Railway Station was destroyed by fire on Sunday evening. Nothing of consequence was saved…

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Fire at Quebec

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 9

QUEBEC, April 20.—A fire broke out last night in the building occupied by the Provincial Legislature of Quebec, in this city, and before the flames could be extinguished the edifi[?]e was…

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Great Fire at Liverpool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 8

LONDON, April 23.—An extensive fire is reported to have occurred at Liverpool, by which two blocks of warehouses were burned down. The damage is estimated at £250,000…

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Great Fire in Kingston

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 6

The following account of the great fire which almost entirely destroyed the town of Kingston, in Jamaica, is from the "Tri-weekly Glean[?]," a local newspaper, of which the office was burned,…

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Fire at Lane Cove

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1883 · page 2

Last sight, about half-part 8 o'clock, a fire broke out in a stable rented by a farmer named Nelson, at Gordon. Lane Cove, and owned by Captain Craig. Nelson was absent at the time, being on his way to…

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Fire at Alexandria

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1883 · page 3

About half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a private dwelling in Wyndham-street, Alexandria. The name of the tenant of the house was Thomas H. Cave, and it appears that one of the…

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