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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

1,201 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 61

An Invention for Preventing the Spread of Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon a number of business men and others assembled at Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin's wool warehouse, Macquarie-place, for the purpose of…

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The Rival Suitors. Chapter Xv.--in the Trap. Chapter Xvi.--tried, and Found Wanting. Chapter Xvii.--miss Coningsby. Chapter Xviii.--a Fiery Challenge. Chapter Xix.--a Terrible Experience. Chapter Xx.--a Sudden Reverse. Chapter Xxi.--the Narr's Make. a Discovery. Chapter Xxii.--a Momentous. Question. Chapter Xxiii.--the Lady Barbara Is Repulsed. Chapter Xxiv.--light in Darkness. Chapter Xxv.--put to Proof. Chapter Xxvi.--a Change of Quarters. Chapter Xxvii.--coming to an Understanding. Chapter Xxviii.--sir Graham Gallagher. Chapter Xxix.--aunt Tiny. Chapter Xxx.--the Old Fire Flames Anew. Chapter Xxxi.--unsealing the Grave. Chapter Xxxii.--warner Exultant. Chapter Xxxiii.--joy with Bitterness. Chapter Xxxiv.--conclusion. Chapter Xii.--continued

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 2

It was furnished in the true lodging house style, with the inevitable chiffonier, ricketty chairs, ambitious easychair, and pretentious sofa, and with a…

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The Rival Suitors. Chapter Xvi.--tried, and Found Wanting. Chapter Xvii.--miss Coningsby. Chapter Xviii.--a Fiery [?] Challenge. Chapter Xix.--a Terrible Experience. Chapter Xx.--a Sudden Reverse. Chapter Xxi.--the Narr's Make a Discovery. Chapter Xxii.-- a Momentous Question. Chapter Xxiii.--the Lady Barbara Is Repulsed. Chapter Xxiv.--light in Darkness. Chapter Xxv.--put to Proof. Chapter Xxvi:-- a Change of Quarters. Chapter Xxvii.--coming to an Understanding. Chapter Xxviii.--sir Graham Gallagher. Chapter Xxix.--aunt Tiny. Chapter Xxx.-- the Old Fire Flames Anew. Chapter Xxxi.--unsealing the Grave. Chapter Xxxii.--warner Exultant. Chapter Xxxiii--joy with Bitterness. Chapter Xxxiv.--conclusion. Chapter Xiv. Colonel Effingham

The Australian Star · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 2

The boathouse at Saltair Manor, to which repeated allusion has been made, demands at this juncture a fuller description…

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The Queemsland Bush-fire

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 14

THE collapse of the Queensland Shearers' strike is complete. We wish we could say the same of its consequences, but these are only beginning and must continue to be felt with increasing…

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Disastrous Fire in George-street

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 1437

We briefly announced in our last issue that at about 6 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, the 18th instant, a destructive fire occurred in the heart of the city, the establishment of Messrs. M'Lean Brothers…

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Lofty Buildings and the Spread of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

Whilst some people have been talking about the necessity for enacting, logislation which should have the effect of preventing the erection of very lofty buildings other persons of scientific attainments—…

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A Serious Fire. at Leith Docks. London, June 26

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 5

A serious fire has broken out at Leith docks, in Scotland, and the conflagration is still raging…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Considerable Destruction of Property. a Fusilade of Cartridges

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 45

A considerable amount of excitement prevailed in the city early on the morning of July 18, owing to a large fire which broke out ia George-street about 6 a.m…

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The Riyal Suitors. Chapter Xvii.--miss Coningsby. Chapter Xviii.--a Fiery Challenge. Chapter Xix.--a Terrible Experience. Chapter Xx.--a Sudden Reverse. Chapter Xxi.--the Narr's Make a Discovery. Chapter Xxii.-- a Momentous Question. Chapter Xxiii.--the Lady Barbara Is Repulsed. Chapter Xxiv.--light in Darkness. Chapter Xxv.--put to Proof. Chapter Xxvi.--a Change of Quarters Chapter Xxvii--coming to an Understanding. Chapter Xxviii.--sir Graham Gallagher. Chapter Xxix.--aunt Tiny. Chapter Xxx.-- the Old Fire Flames Anew. Chapter Xxxi.--unsealing the Grave. Chapter Xxxii.--warner Exultant. Chapter Xxxiii--joy with Bitterness. Chapter Xxxiv.--conclusion. Chapter Xv.--continued

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 2

"I'll be even with you, my lady!' he muttered, in a voice of suppressed fury. "You'll pay dearly for this humiliation of me! There'll be no…

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Fire at the Leith Docks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Friday Night.--A serious fire is raging in the docks at Leith, tho port of Edinburgh, situated on the southern bank of tho Firth of Forth in Scotland…

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Tee Hawkesbury. Fire at Wilberforce. Viewing the Flood. WINDSOR

The Australian Star · Monday 29 June 1891 · page 6

A fire occurred at Mr. L. Simpson's residence, Wilberforce, on Saturday night through the bed curtains becoming ignited in a child's bedroom. Before the flames…

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The Rival Suitors. Chapter Xix.--a Terrible Experience. Chapter Xx--a Sudden Reverse. Chapter Xxi --The Narr's Make a Discovery. Chapter Xxii. -- a Momentous Question. Chapter Xxiii. -- the Lady Barbara Is Repulsed. Chapter Xxiv--light in Darkness. Chapter Xxv -- Put to Proof. Chapter Xxvi. -A Change of Quarters. Chapter Xxvii-- Coming to an Understanding. Chapter Xxviii-- Sir Graham Gallagher. Chapter Xxix-- Aunt Tiny. Chapter Xxx.-- the Old Fire Flames Anew. Chapter Xxxi-- Unsealing the Grave. Chapter Xxxii--warner Exultant. Chapter Xxxiii-- Joy with Bitterness. Chapter Xxxiv-- Conclusion. Chapter Xvi-- Continued

The Australian Star · Monday 29 June 1891 · page 2

"Do" you mean, Felix Warner," she demanded, "that you have been deliberately insulting me ?" " What a little spitfire ! Why, no,…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 6

A fire occurred at the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, Botany-road, shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Soon after the alarm was given the Metropolitan Fire Brigade…

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Fire in New York. Immense Destruction of Property

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--A disastrous fire occurred in Broadway, New York, yesterday, resulting in the destruction of the Armoury, belonging to the National…

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Fire in New York. Damages, 1,000,000 Dollars. London, June 29

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 6

A despatch from New York states that a great fire has broken out in Broadway, New York city, The armory belonging to the National Guards and the Salvation Army…

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A Steamer's Cargo on Fire. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 5

The steamer Culgoa, which arrived early on Saturday morning, reports that when within 250 miles of Capetown a fire broke out in No. 1 hold. The vessel being divided into watertight…

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The Rival Suitors. Chapter Xx.--a Sudden Reverse. Chapter Xxi.--the Narr's Make a Discovery. Chapter Xxii.--a Momentous Question. Chapter Xxiii.--the Lady Barbara Is Repulsed. Chapter Xxiv.--light in Darkness. Chapter Xxv.--put to Proof. Chapter Xxvi.--a Change of Quarters. Chapter Xxvii.--coming to an Understanding. Chapter Xxviii.--sir Graham Gallagher. Chapter Xxix.--aunt Tiny. Chapter Xxx.--the Old Fire Flames Anew. Chapter Xxxi.--unsealing the Grave. Chapter Xxxii.--warner Exultant. Chapter Xxxiii.--joy with Bitterness. Chapter Xxxiv.--conclusion. Chapter Xviii.--continued

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

"Why," said he to himself, with a bitter scorn, his eyes flaming, "there have been times since I came back to Saltair that I have doubted that…

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Prairie Fires in America a Mass of Flame. Fourteen Persons Roasted to Death

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3

ON the night of May 11 the little towns of Austin, Costello, Galeton and Moore's Run in Potter county, U.S.A., were on the verge of panic, two especially being…

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The Rival Suitors. Chapter Xxi.--the Narr's Make a Discovery. Chapter Xxii.-- a Momentous Question. Chapter Xxiii. --The Lady Barbara Is Repulsed. Chapter Xxiv.--light in Darkness. Chapter Xxv.--put to Proof. Chapter Xxvi.--a Change of Quarters. Chapter Xxvii.--coming to an Understanding. Chapter Xxviii.--sir Graham Gallagher. Chapter Xxix.--aunt Tiny. Chapter Xxx.-- the Old Fire Flames Anew. Chapter Xxxi.--unsealing the Grave. Chapter Xxxii.--warner Exultant. Chapter Xxxiii.--joy with Bitterness. Chapter Xxxiv.--conclusion. Chapter Xviii.--continued

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

His manner was so excited and violent that nothing remained to the wife but obedience. She summoned the butler, and went to her own room…

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Destructive Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- A fire at Cunnamulla last night destroyed the premises of Messrs. Warner and Co., storekeepers, and of Mr. Grisel, jeweller. The insurances on the…

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