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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1889

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A Serious Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 6

Upon application at the M.F.B. Station at 1 o'clock yesterday, it was found that the official report of the fatal fire at Redfern on Sunday was incorrect in one or two particulars. Mrs. Noble was…

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Great Fire in Lubeck

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 8

LONDON, May 27.-A large fire has occurred at Lubeck, in Mecklenberg. Stores containing large quantities of cotton and flax were burnt. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000 marks…

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A Fire Brigade Scene

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 8

LONDON, May 26.-During a disturbance at a fire brigade parade H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-chief of the British Army, who accompanied the Prince of Wales…

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Large Fire in Lubeck. London, May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 5

A large fire has occurred at Lubeck, in Mecklenberg. Stores containing large quantities of cotton and flax were burnt. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000…

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Fatal Fire at Redfern. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 7

Sir,—If it be true that the Redfern Volunteer Fire Brigade rang their bell but would not attend the fire, nor give the alarm to the M.F.B., then I think they should be gravely censured. How is Superintendent Bear to…

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The Late Fire in Regent-street. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 7

Sir,--In connection with the above I ask your excuse for trespassing on your valuable columns. Living in the immediate neighborhood of the fire, I went with all…

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Fire in Wilcannia

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 3

WILCANNIA, Tuesday.-The Black Horse Brewery, a large galvanised iron building which has been unoccupied for a considerable tune, was on Sunday morning discovered to be on fire. At…

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That Fatal Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the South Sydney Morgue on Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the sad death of the woman Annie Nelson, who was suffocated during the fire in…

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The Fire Brigade Scene

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 8

LONDON, May 27.-The gentleman who was assaulted by the Duke of Cambridge on the occasion of the Fire Brigade inspection on the Horse Guards Parade, St. James's Park, on…

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Inquests. the Regent-street Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 11

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., initiated an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday relative to the death of Mrs. Annie Nelson, who was suffocated at the fire which occurred on Sunday…

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Inquests. the Fatal Fire at Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 7

An inquest was held before the City Coroner, at the South Sydney morgue yesterday, concerning the death of Annie Nelson, who lost her life at the fire which occurred at the premises…

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Redfern Fire. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 8

Sir,—In reforence to the letter in your issue to-day the fire in Redfern and los[?] of life on Sunday night less, I must certainly say the writer must be a friend of the superintendent of tire brigades. Perhaps he is not [?]…

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The Fatal Fire at Redfern. the Coroner's Inquiry

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 6

AT the South Sydney Morgue this morning an inquest was commenced before the City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J. P.) and a jury of 12 into the cause and origin of…

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News by Telegraph. a Brewery Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 5

WILCANNIA, Tuesday.--The Black Horse Brewery, a galvanised-iron structure, belonging to E. Resch, of this town, and formerly the property of Whyte, Counsell and Co., merchants, of…

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That Fatal Fire

Evening News · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 6

The inquiry into the cause of the death of the woman Annie Nelson, who was suffocated at a fire at 127, Regent-street, on Sunday night last, was resumed before the City Coroner and a jury…

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Coroners' Inquests. the Regent-street Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 3

At the South Sydney Morgue yesterday morning the City Coronor, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., continued the inquest upon the body of Annie Nelson, who met with her death at the Regent-street fire on Sunday night…

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The Fatal Fire at Redfern. the Coroner's Inquiry

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 6

THE further hearing of the inquiry into the origin of the fire at No 127 Regent-street, Redfern, through which a young woman, named Annie Nelson, lost her life,…

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The Redfern Fire. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 5

Sir,—In reference to the late fire in Redfern and the sad results therefrom, I would with your pormission make known a few facts concerning the action of the Redfern Volunteer Fire Brigade in not turning out to…

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The Fatal Fire in Regent Street. Verdict of the Jury

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 6

The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the death of the woman Annie Nelson, who was suffocated at the fire which occurred at Regent-street on Sunday night, was concluded before…

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The Fire at Rowan and Co.'s. Death of James M'gaw

Evening News · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 4

At about twenty-five minutes past 6 o'clock this morning, a turncock named James M'Gaw, expired in the Sydney Hospital. The deceased was admitted to the hospital on the 18th instant…

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