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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 73

Destructive Fire at Broken Hill. a Block of Buildings Demolished. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 5

The most destructive fire experienced here since 1888, occurred at 11 o'clock lost night, by which a block of buddings situated at the corner of Argent and Oxide streets was completely demolished. The…

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Mysterious Fire

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 6

Senior-constable Brennan, of the Woollahra I Police Station, sent in a report to the city coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore), Wednesday, stating that a musician named Frank Arthur Bellini,…

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Fire in Bathurst. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 5

Last evening, between 4 and 5 o'clock, the alarm, bell of the fire brigade was heard, and the captain, with some of his men, was soon seen hurrying towards the…

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The Fire at Double Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 7

The City Coroner opened an inquest yesterday at the Royal Oak Hotel, Double Bay, into the circumstances of the fire that occurred in the house of a professor of music named Frank Arthur Bellini, at Double Bay,…

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Suspicious Fire. At Double Bay

The Australian Star · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 7

THE City Coroner yesterday initiated an inquest at the Royal Oak Hotel, Double Bay, into the cause of an outbreak of fire Which occurred the other day at the…

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A Suspicious Fire in Double Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 3

An inquest was commenced yesterday at the Royal Oak Hotel, Double Bay, before the City Corner, relating to the circumstances connected with a fire which broke out on the…

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The Suspicious Fire. At Double Bay

The Australian Star · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 6

THE coroner's inquest into the cause of the fire which occurred about January 26 at Elsie House, the residence of Frank Bellini, in Cross-street, Double Bay, was resumed…

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Fire at Potts’ Hill. Destruction of the Royal Hotel

The Weekly Advance · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 7

THE Royal Hotel, Potts Hill, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. It appears that the licensee, Thomas Hood, and his wife retired to rest about 10.35 last night, after…

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

Evening News · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 7

XXXII. REUNION. XXXIH. THE WIND UP…

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Bush Fires. Tumberumba

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 4

Bush fires are now raging in every duration…

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Destructive Bush Fires. Great Damage to Property

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

TUMBERUMBA, Saturday.—Fires are raging in the ranges around the town, and at night time the scene is impressively grand. ALBURY, Saturday.—Throughout the past few…

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Bush Fires. Great Destruction in the Albury District

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.--During the past two days extensive bush fires have been raging in the Victorian ranges opposite Albury, and the whole surrounding country has been…

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The Mysterious Fire. INQUEST

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

The inquest into the origin of a fire that occurred on January 27, in a house in Cross-street, Double Bay, occupied by a musician named Frank Bellini, was resumed on Friday in the new…

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The Fire at Double Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

The City Coroner continued the inquest yesterday at the courthouse. Woollahra, into the circumstances of the fire that occurred in the house of a professor of music named Frank Arthru Bellini, at Double Bay,…

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Fatal Fire near Canowindra. Canowindra

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 327

A fire broke out in a two-roomed house at a place known as Gospel Oak, three miles from Canowindra, on the Woodstock-road. The house was occupied by a man named Thomas Welsh and his family. Welsh…

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The Suspicious Fire. At Double Bay

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

THE coroner's inquest into the cause of the fire which occurred about January 26 at Elsie House, the residence of Frank Bellini, in Cross-street, Double Bay, was resumed…

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The Suspicious Fire at Double Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 3

The adjourned inquest relating to the circumstances connected with the fire which broke out on January 27 in a house occupied by Frank Bellini, Cross-street, Double Bay'…

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The Ship Everest on Fire. Auckland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 292

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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Great Fire at Broken Hill. Fourteen Shops Destroyed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 10

ON Tuesday night a fire was noticed in one of the wooden buildings that form the corner of Argent and Oxide streets and in a few minutes the whole block of buildings was a mass of flames, so that…

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The Toongabbie Fire. a Youth's Confession. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

On the morning of May 11, 1890, the Crannas ropeworks, valued at £10,000, at Toongabbie, were totally destroyed by a fire, the origin of which, despite all efforts, remained…

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