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Fires & bushfires, 1889

1,450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 73

Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 8

Constable Jacock, of Enfield, gave an alarm at the Burwood fire station, at five minutes to 12 o'clock last night, that a fire was raging on the Liverpool-road, Enfield. Captain Mullins, with a…

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Fire-extinguishing Apparatus. a New Invention

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 7

The method of extinguishing a fire by surrounding it with an atmosphere which will not support combustion is one which has often been employed with good effect. Usually it is steam…

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Destructive Fire in America. Forty Buildings Destroyed. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

A despatch from New York states that a destructive fire occurred in Buffalo City, New York State. The conflagration extended over seven acres, and…

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Fire

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 6

At 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday a fire was discovered by Constable Daisley and a young man named Edward Pyman, on the premises lately occupied by a laborer named Frost, situated in…

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Fire in Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE,Thursday.-Early this morning a fire broke out in Gunsler's Cafe, Collins street , doing considerable damage. The fire is supposed to hare originated through a stove from a boiler…

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Fire at Forbes

The Australian Star · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

FORBES, This Day. -- A little after 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a house occupied and owned by Mr. T. Lewis at North Hill, and the building was totally…

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Fire in a Melbourne Cafe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The Vienna Café in Collins-street, occupied by E[?]linger and Goetz, had a narrow escape from being burned down last night. The fire broke out in the third…

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Disastrous Fires in Melbourne. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A disastrous fire broke out at about midnight in the Albion Works, owned by Robinson Bros., Campbell and Ross, Limited, on the south bank of the…

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Fire in Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day. -- A fire was discovered last night m the shop of Abraham Loel, clothier, corner of Bourke and Elizabeth-streets, opposite the Post-offloe. It…

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Fire at Forbes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 5

FORBES, Friday.--A fire occurred on North Hill last night in a weather-board cottage occupied by "Tim" Lewis. The brigade arrived in an incredibly short time, but found…

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Fire at rorbes

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 6

FORBES, Friday. On Thursday night at about 10 o'clock a fire broke out in a cottage the property and residence of Mr. Timothy Lewis, in Johnson street, on the north hill, which resulted…

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Large Fire at Narrabri

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 305

Narrabri West has been the scene of a most disastrous fire. Griffiths's Railway Hotel, Gately's general store, Permewan, Wright's produce store, Parker's Carriers, Arms Hotel, Parker's general store, Norman Stirton's…

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The Fire-King's Song

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 279

Born of a spark, but a puny thing, I nestled among the grass; Nurs'd by the wind on airy wing, As over me it would pase…

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The Late Fire at Narrabri

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 5

NARRABRI, Friday.--At the inquiry held yesterday into the late fire at Narrabri West, where several business premises and stocks, valued at £8000, were destroyed, the jury…

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Fire at Lambeth. Wharf Stores Destroyed. London, February 8

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 4

A terribly destructive fire occurred last night at Ward's Wharf, Lambeth. A large number of corn and oil stores were destroyed by the flames…

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Destructive Fire in Melbourne. (By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 11

At about half-past 11 to-night a fire broke out at the engineering works of Robison Bros., Campbell, and Sons, Limited, on the south bank of the Yarra, eastward of the lower swing basin, where timber…

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An Extensive Fire

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 6

Melbourne, Saturday.-A fire occurred shortly before 7 o'clock on Friday evening in the Beehive Clothing Company's premises, at the corner of Bourke and. Elizabeth streets, wheat damages to…

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Fire at Forest Lodge

The Australian Star · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 4

AT 3 30 a.m. to-day a fire was reported to have broken out in an unoccupied dwelling house at No. 25 Junction-street, Forest Lodge. The cause is at present…

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Fire at the Albion Foundry

The Australian Star · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- The fire at the Albion Foundry, Yarra Bank, will throw 600 employees out of work. The whole of the workmen intend holding a meeting to…

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Disastrous Fire in Melbourne Damages Estimated at £40,000

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-Shortly after midnight a disastrous fire broke out in the workshops of Messrs. Robinson Bros., Campbell and. Sloss (limited), a large firm of ironfounders and…

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