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Fires & bushfires, 1890

1,240 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 62

Fire on a Honolulu-bound Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 8

A telegram from San Francisco, dated Norember 15, via London is published to the effect that a fire had occurred on the Hawaiian steamer Hawaii, which was lying at the Oceanic Dock ready to sail for Honolulu. The steamer had…

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Sparks From Railway Locomotives. Grass Fires on the Southern Line. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Pastoralists whose holding abut on the Great Southern line between here and W[?]gga are much concerned owing to the frequency with which the grass becomes…

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Playing with Fire. a Little Girl Terribly Burned

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 6

A LITTLE girl, 6 years at age, named Annie Whastlick met with a fearful accident this morning while playing with some companions at the rear of her father's residence,…

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Fire at Forestgate. The Victims Buried. LONDON, January 6

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

The victims of the fire at Forestgate Industrial School, numbering 20, were buried to-day…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 7

A fire broke out at Buxton's artistic stationery warehouse, a building six stories high, nearly opposite the Town Hall, shortly after 2 this morning. It originated on the ground floor, and…

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Great Fire in Melbourne. Considerable Destruction of Property. a Plucky Rescue

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Another disastrous fire this morning was discovered at a quarter-past 2 o'clock. At that hour a voice from the top storey of Mr. Briton's artistic stationery…

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General Cable News. (Our Special Messages.) the Victims of the Forestgate Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The funeral took place to-day of the 26 boys who were suffocated during the fire at the industrial School at Forestgate, Essex…

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A Theatre Destroyed by Fire. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 7

A large theatre in Brussels has been destroyed by fire…

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Another Fire in Melbourne. Narrow Escape of a Caretaker £10,000 Damage. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne, Tuesday.--Shortly after 2

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 4

o'clock this morning a fire broke out in some lofty premises in Swanston-street occupied by Buxton and Co., arti[?] stationers, and Grouzell and Co., photographers, and before the…

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Bush Fires in the Albury District. Spreading on All Sides. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 5

ALBURY, Wednesday.-- The unusual prevalence of bush fires in this district is causing some anxiety among tho farming community. On Sunday a fire occurred on the Sydney-road,…

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A Town in Flames. An American Blaze

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 8

A GREAT fire broke out at noon on November 26, at Lynn, Massachusetts, which raged furiously for nearly eight hours, it being half-past. 7 in the evening before it finally…

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The Fire at a Theatre

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 7,-Later intelligence from Brussels Shows that the theatre Which was destroyed by fire last night was only a small one, and, as previously telegraphed…

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Playing with Fire. a Little Girl Terribly Burned

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 6

A LITTLE girl, 6 years of ago, named Annie Whastlick, met with a fearful accident this morning while playing with some conspirations at the rear of her father's residence,…

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Big Blaze in Boston. Three Blocks in Ashes. Business Houses Wrecked

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

A DISPATCH from Boston, November 28, says : -- The most disastrous fire from which Boston has suffered since 1872, and one which in property loss is not much behind the…

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Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 12

Early yesterday morning the, inmates of a house, Situate at 529, Elizabeth-street, Strawberry Hills, and occupied by a Mr. John Graham, discovered that the stables were on fire. An alarm was sent to the Head…

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The Baptism of Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 8

But, Paul, have you not enough affliction to move you? Are you not an exile from your native land? With the most geuial and loving nature, have you not, in order to be…

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Destructive Fire in Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 74

About 9 o'clock on Sunday eyeing a fire broke out on the premises of Levy Bros, and Co., a 5-story building with a basement, the finest buildings in Lonsdale-street, and occupied, by Levy Pros…

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Fire at Thompson and Giles

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 6

SHORTLY after 9 o'clock lust night a small fire broke out on the premises of Messrs, Thompson and Giles, drapers, of George- street. The alarm was sent to the…

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The Fatal Fire near London. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 70

The 26 children who perished in the fire at the Forest Gate Industrial School were all boys, and they were suffocated in their sleep. Eighty children were rescued, many…

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Fire at a Palace. a Famous Art Collection Destroyed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 11

LONDON, January 1.—A destructive fire has broken out at the magnificent palace of the King of the Belgians at Laeken, one of the northern suburbs of Brussels,…

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