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Fires & bushfires, 1891

1,201 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 61

Law. Supreme Court. Tuesday. May 19. IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Windeyer and Mr. Justice Foster.) ELLIS V. South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited (Part Heard)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1891 · page 3

Mr. Salomons, Q.C., Mr. Want, Q.C., and Mr. O'Connor for appellants (defendants), and Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Dr. Sly for the respondent company (plaintiff)…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, May 19. In Banco (before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr.Justice WINDEYER, and Mr. Justice Foster). Ellis V. South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Part Heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1891 · page 4

Mr. Salomons, Q. C., Mr. Want, Q. C., and Mr. O'Connor, instructed by Messrs. Creagh and Williams, appeared for appellauts (defendants); and Mr. Pilcher, Q. C., and Dr. Sly, instructed by Messrs. Slyand…

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Fire at Wollongong

Evening News · Thursday 21 May 1891 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—A large fire occurred at the rear of Hewlett Bros.' store this morning, at about 1 o'clock. The fire started apparently in the storeroom, and extended to a flour mill…

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Fire at Wollongong. Extensive Damage. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 May 1891 · page 6

About 1 o'clock this morning it was found that Messrs. Graham Bros.' mill, in Willington-street, just behind Crown-street, was on fire. The building was a wooden…

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Fire at Casino. a Hotel Destroyed. CASINO

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 May 1891 · page 5

A fire broke out about 1 o'clock this morning in Mr. D. Hurley's, jun., Casino Hotel, a wooden structure, and, despite every effort, it soon consumed…

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Fire at Casino

Evening News · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 6

Casino, Thursday.—Harley's Hotel at South Casino was burnt to the ground on Wednesday night. The building was insured. The origin of the fire is unknown…

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The Country. Destructive Fire at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--A destructive fire broke out in William-street at about 1 o'clock this morning. The fire originated in a two-storey wooden building used as a hay…

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A Fire Loan. No Security. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 6

The Fire Brigades Board want to borrow £30,000, and have no security to offer. They asked Mr. M'Lean to-day that the Government should guarantee the loan…

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Fire at Wollongong. Extensive Damage. Arrested on Suspicion. WOLLONOONG

The Australian Star · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 2

About 1 o'clock this morning it was found that Messrs. Graham Bros.' mill, in William-street just behind Crown-street, was on fire. The building was a wooden…

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Fire at Wollongong. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 6

About 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Graham's mill, a two-storied building, in Crownstreet. The fiamos threatened at one time to be most destructive. The fire brigade, under command of…

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The Wollongong Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The Coroner held an inquest to-day touching the origin of the fire by which Mr. A. Graham's flour mill and hay store were destroyed, and Lowett…

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The Silver Country. Broken Hill, Wednesday. Fires

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 17

On "May 20, about 2 o'clock the alarm of fire was given at the brigade. station by a cabman. The manual and half-a-dozen firemen turned out with great rapidity and procceded to the scene of the fire,…

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Disastrous Fire at Normanton. Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 1158

A disastrous are occurred at Normanton early this morning. The following business premises were burnt to the ground:—B. J. Magee, Simon said Co., R. M. Elwell, Bank of North Queensland,…

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Fire at a Carrier's Stables. Melbourne, May 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 1158

Early this morning a fire broke out in the stables of F. Skinner, carrier, South Melbourne. The fire quickly obtained the mastery, and the stables were destroyed. The conflagration furnished a fearful…

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The Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society. Nineteeth Annual Meeting

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 21

FROM the nineteeth annual report for the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, presented to the shareholders at a meeting on Friday last, we find that the total premiums had…

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Fire at Broken Hill. a Man Burnt to a Cinder

Evening News · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—Shortly before midnight a terrible fire occurred at the back of O'Donnell's Tattersall's Hotel. The building consisted of four wood and iron bedrooms,…

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The Silver Country. Broken Hill, Wednesday. Fires

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1891 · page 3

On May 20, about 2 o'clock, the alarm of fire was given at the brigade station by a cabman. The manual and half-a-dozen firemen turned out with great rapidity and proceeded to the scene of the fire,…

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Disastrous Fire at Port Fairy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A disastrous fire broke out about 4 p.m. on Saturday at Messrs. J. See and Co.'s wharf stores on the River Moyne, Port Fairy. How the fire…

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Destructive Fire at Belfast, Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1891 · page 5

About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in See and Co.'s large produce stores, Belfast. The fire was first noticed in a stack of pressed straw, and it quickly spread to the lower stores, in…

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Fire at Broken Hill. a Man Burned to Death. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1891 · page 6

Fires have been frequent in Broken Hill lately, but one of the most serious, so far as life is concerned, occurred late on Friday night. It broke out in four detached rooms built of iron and wood, and forming…

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