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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1888

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Terrible Bush Fires. Enormous Damage. The Flames still Spreading

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 6

ALBURY, This Day.— Despite every effort made to cheek them the bush fires are still Spreading at a frightful rate. They have got right ahead of Calcaim, and are…

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Bush Fires in the Country. Enormous Losses in the Albury District. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Reports to hand from the scene of the fire show that the destruction is even larger than at first anticipated. Since yesterday afternoon the conflagration has…

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The Bush Fires in the Albury District. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 10

The town was to-day completely enveloped in smoke from the disastrous bush fires reported in yesterday's papers. Reports since received show that the destruction has been much greater than was at first supposed, and that the fire has…

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Fire at Stockton

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE. This Day.—A great fire occurred at Stockton last night, resulting in the destruction of two fine two- storey buildings. One was tenanted as a…

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The Fire at Stockton

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, This Day.—Nothing has yet been found out as to the origin of but night's fire at Stockton. The Phillips family are left entirely destitute, and a…

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Fire in Kent-street

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 4

The M. F. Brigade received a call from the Telephone Exchange about £20 p m. yesterday, notifying a fire at 335 Kent street on the premises of Paul…

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Big Fire Rumour. a False Alarm

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 4

SOME people who are not good judge distance created considerable alarm U[?] night by starting a rumour that the Orient Company's magnificent steamer Orizabab[?]…

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Destructive Fire at Stockton. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--At 25 minutes past 9 to-night a fire broke out on the premises of J. Phillips, storekeeper, situated at the corner of Mitchell and William streets, Stockton…

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Fire at Stockton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 10

A serious fire occurred at Stockton, at half-past 9 tonight, resulting in two shops, occupied by Messrs. Phillips and Thomas Jones, being burnt to the ground. Every effort was made by both the Stockton and Newcastle Fire…

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The Bush Fires. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 5

ALBURY, Wednesday. -- No farther news of importance is to hand regarding the bush fire, except that it is now making towards Gerogery…

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The Fire at Stockton

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Nothing has yet been found out as to the origin of last night's Ere at Stockton. The Phillips family are left entirely destitute, and a…

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The Fire Brigades Board. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 6

Sir, -- I observe in last Saturday's issue ol The Daily Telegraph a list is published showing the assessed value of ratable property in Sydney and suburban municipalities as…

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The Bush Fires. Great Destruction of Property. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday.--Bush fires have started in the hills about a mile west of the town. The wind is blowing in the direction of the town and the fire is coming this way…

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Fire with Dynamite Aboard

The Australian Star · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 3

Six hundred and eighty coses of dynamite were transferred one Monday last month to the steam schooner Leo, bound for Alaska. Early that morning, as the…

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Bush Fires

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 42

We regret to find that buch fires are becoming alarmingly provalent in [?] of the country districts. The south-west seems to have suffered most in this reapeat. A fire brake out on Suturday last at…

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South Australia. Bush Fires

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

NARRABRI,This Day.--Tremendous bush fires are raging all around to-day. Norfolk Station is burnt out, Banna Banna and Millie are in great danger, and…

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The Bush Fires. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

LOUTH, Friday. -- There is an extensive bush fire on Gundabooka station, the reflection being seen from here, a distance of 28 miles. GRENFELL, Friday. --The weather is very,…

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Extensive Bush Fires in the Country. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 152

On Saturday night a most destructive bush fire, causing the loss of miles of grass, wheat crops, stock, and, it is feared, human life, broke out on Riddle's Thornhill Park Station at Pincy Range, about 40 miles from here…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

At about 8 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mr. Richmond, Sydenham-road, Marrickville. Upon the alarm being given, the local and Parramatta-street…

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Fire at Parramatta

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 6

A FIRE broke out yesterday evening, about 9 o'clock, in the workshops of Mr. Artlett, cabinet-maker, Church- street, Paramatta. The two fire brigades were quickly…

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