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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Another Fire at Broken-hill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--At 2 o'clock this morning three cottages owned by James Rerin, contractor, were burnt to the ground, and scarcely a stick of furniture was saved…

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Fire Brigade Debentures. Not Fully Subscribed. London, January 28

The Australian Star · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 5

The Issues of debentures placed on the London market by the Commercial Bank of Australia on behalf of the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board have not been…

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Fetters of Fire: a Novel of Stirring Incident. [Now First Published.] (All Rights Contents. Chapter

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 7

XXVII. FERROSHAM. XXVIII. CONSCIENCE. XXIX. VOICE AND ITS MEANING. XXX. A STORMY INTERVIEW…

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Tasmanian News. Bush Fires. Parliamentary Practice. General News. HOBART, January 27. a Town in Danger

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 13

Telegrams received from Dundas on January 23 stated that bush fires were ranging on all sides of the township, and that fears were entertained for the safety of the place. The fire…

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Country News. Fires and Farming

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 19

THE devastating fires of Central Riverina have caused a catastrophe nearly as direful as that of "Black Thursday." Some selectors have gone to reside with their friends, and others talk even of…

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A Palace on Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 17

A cablegram, dated January 23, states that a fire occurred at the famous palace of the Duke of Arenberg, Brussels, which destroyed the pavilion. The Egmont tapestry and pictures were burnt…

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City Mutual Fire Insurance Co

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 10

The fourteenth annual meeting of the city Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held on Monday, Mr. J. P. Garvan in the Chair. The report stated that the premiums for the year…

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Accidents. Disastrous Railway Collisions. Terrible Fires. a Church Collapses

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 11

LONDON, January 20— A train collided with a sleigh while crossing the line at St. Louis, Missouri (U.S.A.) Eight persons were killed and 14 injured…

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A Fire Brigade's Loan. Not Fully Subscribed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Commercial Bank of Australia has offered £100,000 worth of per cent. debentures on behalf of the Melbourne Metropolitan…

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The Melbourne Fire Brigades, Board. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 9

The debentures for £100,000 at 4½ per cent., issued at a minimum of 103, on behalf of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, Melbourne, have been subscribed…

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Fetters of Fire: a Novel of Stirring Incident. [Now First Published.] (All Rights Reserved.) Contents. Chapter

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 3

XXVIII. CONSCIENCE. XXIX. VOICE AND ITS MEANING. XXX. A STORMY INTERVIEW. XXXI. LOVE LIES BLEEDING…

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Bush Fires. Albury

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

The weather is again very hot, and there are two or three bush fires burning in the district. Owing, to the smoke tho surrounding hills cannot be observed this morning…

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Ship on Fire

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 6

The Sydney Underwriters' Association has received the following cablegram from Captain Ticehurst, marine surveyor at Lyttelton, N.Z.: "Ship Everest caught fire in dock. The after…

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Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 6

About 1,000,000fr. of Baltic flooring and lining timber, valued at £3000, stored at Spencer-street railway yards, was destroyed by fire to-day. The cause of the fire is…

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Fire in a Melbourne Timber Yard

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- This afternoon the timber yard of Mr. C. Ross, near the Metropolitan Gasworks, caught fire, and an enormous mass of timber was destroyed…

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A Fire Brigades' Loan. the Issue Covered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night. -- The issue of £100,000 worth of 4½ per cent, debentures by the Commercial Bank of Australia, on behalf of the Melbourne Metropolitan…

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Fire on the Everest. Submerged in Dock. AUCKLAND

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

The wooden ship Everest, from Sydney for Liverpool, laden with shale, which put into Lyttelton over a month ago leaking badly, caught fire in dock on Saturday. The fire…

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Fire on the Ship Everest. the Vessel Submerged in a New Zealand Dock

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Sunday. -- The ship Everest, bound to Liverpool from Sydney with a cargo of shale, put into Lyttelton with the object of having repairs effected. Whilst…

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The Ship Everest on Fire. the Vessel Scuttled. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 6

The ship Everest, bound for Liverpool from Sydney, which put into Lyttelton for repairs, was found to be on fire early yesterday morning. The vessel was in dock at the time, and the fire brigade,…

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Fetters of Fire: a Novel of Stirring Incident. [Now First Published.] (All Eights Reserved.) Contents. Chapter

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 7

XXIX. VOICE AND ITS MEANING. XXX. A STORMY INTERVIEW. XXXI. LOVE LIES BLEEDING. XXXII. REUNION…

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