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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 73

The New York Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night. -- Further telegrams with respect to the terrible fire at the Royal Hotel, New York, state that five bodies have been recovered, and that…

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News by Cable. Terrible Railway Accident. a Sleeping Car on Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, February 9.—A terrible accident is reported from Bucharest. The sleeping carriage attached to the express train caught fire between Bucharest and Braila,…

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Fire at Charleville. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 6

Messrs. O Brien Bros.' store and Messrs. Neilson's store at Charleville were destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £5000, and the loss is only partly…

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Disaster in Roumania. an Express Train on Fire. Eighteen Persons Killed. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

A shocking affair has taken place in Roumania. An express train, travelling between Bucharest, the capital, and Brailow, an important town in the…

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Shocking Fire in a New York Hotel

The Weekly Advance · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

A CAEL[?]GRAN from New fork reports the destruction by fire of the Hotel Royal in that city. The fire originated in the Calling of the hotel, sad spread rapidly, enveloping [?] whole…

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The Fire at Potts’ Hill. The Inquest

The Weekly Advance · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 4

An inquest on the fire which caused the destruction of Hood’s Royal Hotel on the 3rd inst., was held on Thursday before Mr. J. E. Bowden, Coroner for the district…

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The Potts Hill Fire. Coronial Inquiry. An Open Verdict. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

Mr. J. E. Bowden, coroner for the Parramatta district, held an inquiry at Curtis' Hotel, Potts Hill, yesterday afternoon, into the origin of the fire which destroyed…

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Big Bush Fires. Damage to Property

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 14

Fires have been raging in the ranges around the town of Tumberumba, and at night time the scene was impressively grand. ALBURY, Saturday— Throughout the past few…

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Bush Fire at Walgett

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

WALGETT, Friday.--A tremendous bush fire is raging on the Euroka run. About 30,000a. of grass has been burnt and the fire is still burning…

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Bush Fires in the Tumbarumba District. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Tumbarumba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 10

Bush fires are raging furiously here. Mr. Mate's woolshed, the homestead yards, fences, and grass have been burnt completely by a bushfire on his land south of the town. Two dogs tied up on…

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Fires

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 13

A fire broke out at Toowoomba on Monday in an unoccupied four-roomed cottage, situated in Taylor-street. The origin of the fire ia a mystery, and the house, which belonged to Gilbert…

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The Potts's Hill Fire

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 2

Mr. J. E. Bowden conducted an inquest on Thursday touching the destruction of Thomas Hood's Royal Hotel, Fotts's Hill, by fire, on February S. The evidence was to the effect that…

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Shocking Fire in a New York Hotel

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

A CABLEGRAM from New York reports the destruction by fire of the Hotel Royal in that city. The fire originated in the cellar of the hotel, and spread rapidly, enveloping the whole…

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Another Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 386

During the busiest part of Saturday night when Argent-street was thronged with people the fire bell again rang out an alarm, and immediately after a great volume of smoke and flames was seen to shoot…

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Accidents. a Hotel on Fire. Terrible Disaster. a Burning Train

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 11

LONDON, February 5— Thirty barges lying in the River Oder at Breslau, Prussia, were torn from their moorings yesterday by great floes of drift ice floating down the…

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The Potts Hill Fire. Coronial Inquiry. An Open Verdict. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

Mr. J. E. Bowdon, coroner for the Parramatta district, held an inquiry at Curtis' Hotel, Potts Hill, yesterday afternoon, into the origin of the fire which destroyed…

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The Fire at the Konigsberg Palace. the Work of Anarchists. London. Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 9

It has been discovered that the late incendiary fire at the Royal Palace at Konigsberg, in Prussia, was the work of Anarchists…

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Death and the Pantomime. Fire Panic in an English Theatre. Ten Persons Killed and Many Injured

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 7

THE London papers of January 1 contain the details of the tragic occurrence at Gateshead on the evening of Boxing Night The Royal Theatre, the only public place…

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Bush Fires Great Destruction of Grass--a Homestead Destroyed. Albury, Sunday.--A report from the

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1892 · page 5

Upper Murray to hand last night states that a very destructive bush fire has occurred on the ranges surrounding the town of Tumberumba. A large area of grass country,…

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A Newspaper Office Burnt Out. The Wagga Wagga Express. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1892 · page 4

The Wagga Wagga Express office was burnt out early yesterday morning. It appears that the flames started in the printing office, but before they were noticed…

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