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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

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Fire at Pyrmont. £2000 Damages

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

SHORTLY after 6 o'clock yesterday evening a man named, Bond, employed at Messrs. Brown and Brown's City Ironworks, Abattoir-street, Pyrmont, noticed smoke…

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Fire at Pyrmont. Estimated Damage £2000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 4

An alarm of fire was received at the Metropolitan station at 8.60 last night for premises situated in Abattoir-street, Pyrmont, near the Pyrmont Bridge. The engines were at once…

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Fire at Pyrmont. a Shop Burned Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

Shortly before 7 o'olock last night a fire, which resulted in the destruction of a building used for a pattern loft, store, and office of Messrs. Brown and Brown, City Iron Foundry, Abattoir-road, Pyrmont,…

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The Regent Fire on the Steamer Pearl. an Inquest to Be Held

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

Further inquiries hare been made in connection with the recent fire on the steamer Pearl at Pyrmont, and the Coroner has decided to hold an inquest on the case. For some days…

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Late Eastern News. Arrival of the Guthrie. Hurricane in Torres Straits. Cession of Hong Hong to Britain. Jubilee Celebrations. Japanese Houses of Parliament Destroyed by Fire. General Chinese News. The Namoa Pirates. The Guthrie as an Excursion Steamer

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

THE E. and A. Co.'s steamship Guthrie, under the command of Captain Neil Shannon, arrived in port last evening, and after having been cleared by the health officer…

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Granville Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 2

LARGELY owing to the exertions of Mr. E. J. Love—President of Volunteer Fire Brigades Association and members of the Fire Brigades Board—the Granville Volunteer Fire Brigade…

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Fire on a Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 6

An inquest was commenced in the City Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday, respecting the origin of a fire that occurred on board the steam launch Pearl on Wednesday morning, when lying…

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Fatal Fire at Talladoon. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 498

A report from Talladoon, on the Upper Murray, stares that the house of Matthew Smith, jun., was burned down and two infants, 9 months old, twin boys, perished in the flames. Mr. Smith was away…

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The Fire on the Pearl. an Open Verdict

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 5

The recent fire on the ferry steamer Pearl, while lying at Grant's Wharf, Pyrmont, formed the subject of an inquest at the Coroner's Court yesterday. Numa Augustus Joubert said he…

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Inquests. the Recent Fire on the Steamer Pearl

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 12

The City Coroner held an inquiry at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday, into the cause of the fire which broke out on the ferry steamer Pearl on Wednesday morning last. Numa…

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Scotland. Fire in a Catholic Church. an Excited Congregation

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 7

A fire which, had it not been promptly attacked, threatened to have most disastrous results, occurred in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Broughton street, Edinburgh, on Dec. 27. While the Mass…

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A Suspicious Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

ALBURY, Sunday. -- A report received from the Upper Murray states that a fire of a very suspicious character took place at the farm of Mr. John Frederick, Towong. Mr. Frederick is…

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Fire on a Steamship

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 3

A fire was discovered on the steamship Bega, lying at the Illawarra Steamship Co.'s Wharf, Shelby-street, this morning. Notwithstanding that the blaze was discovered at 3 o'clock,…

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Fire on the Steamer Bega

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 6

Yesterday morning at about 8 o'clock a fire was discovered on the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's steamer Bega, then lying at the companie's wharf off Shelley-street. The…

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Victoria. the Palace Hotel Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Further actions are pending in connection with the mysterious Palace Hotel fires. This morning Minnie O'Neil was arrested on the information of J…

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Fifteen Girls in Flames. Fire at a Church Bazaar. Five Girls Succumb After Terrible Suffering

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 8

A TERRIBLE calamity occurred recently at a bazaar at Upper Wortley, Leeds, several children being frightfully injured, some so seriously that death has ensued. A…

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Fire in King-street

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

A FIRE broke our at the rear of a pastrycook's shop, 68 King-street, shortly after' 9 o'clock last night, and though the M.F.B. men, who had been telephoned for by Mr…

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A Wickham Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The frequent fires in the Wickham municipality have awakened the residents to a sense of their duty, and in response to a public appeal a very strong and…

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