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Fires & bushfires, 1887

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Fire at the Melbourne Theatre Royal. a Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 December 1887 · page 6

A fire, which but for its timely discovery must have proved very disastrous, occurred at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, on Tuesday afternoon about a quarter to 4 o'clock. Some…

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The Finger of Fate at the Opera Comique. "Strange True Story" of the Fire

Evening News · Friday 30 December 1887 · page 7

Many a pathetic incident has been recorded of the recent disaster in Paris, many a cruel circumstance, and many a heartrending scene. But none of them, we think, approaches in…

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Large Fire in Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1887 · page 44

At about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 22nd [?] a fire was discovered in Messrs. Anthony [?] and Sons', furniture and bedding factory, [?] of three detached four-storey buildings,…

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Water Supply for Fire Extinction. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 December 1887 · page 13

Sir,—The City Treasurer, Mr. Lines, in your issue of yesterday invites some of your numerous correspondents better informed than himself" to express an opinion as to whether or not the Sydney Corporation does not do more…

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