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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 73

Great Fire in Japan. the Capital Devastated. Six Thousand Houses Burned. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 April 1892 · page 5

An extensive fire has taken place in Tokio, the capital of Japan. About 6000 houses were destroyed, rendering great numbers of people homeless…

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Careless Use of Fire. Albury

The Australian Star · Friday 15 April 1892 · page 6

Two young men, Steel and Waters, were charged at the Howlong Police Court yesterday with the careless use of fire, and were each fined £20, in default three months'…

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Recent Bush Fires

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 862

A MEMORIAL numerously signed by farmers and other residents in the South-Western districts of New South Wales has been presented to the Minister for Lands, by the Secretary for Public…

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Fires

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 15

A cottage on the Saltwater Creek-read, Maryborough, was destroyed by fire, with all its contents, on Monday last.—Mr. John Henry's store at Montalbion was recently completely…

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Great Fire in Japan. London, April 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 872

An extensive fire has taken place in Tokio, the capital of Japan. About 6000 houses wore destroyed, rendering great numbers of people homeless…

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Australian Economic Plants. No. Xlii.—the Fire Tree (Steno-carpus Sinuatus). Curator Technological Museum and Botanist Forest Department. [For Illustration, See Page 883.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 862

This beautiful plant was figured by the late Sir William Hooker in the Botanical Magazine in the year 1846, under the name of Stenocarpus cunninghamii, by which name it is usually sent out…

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Fire at Bega

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 5

BEGA, Saturday. -- The brick premises known as Connelly's store, Gipps-street, were burned down at 4 o'clock this afternoon. They were occupied as a general store by…

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Mandalay City. Scene of the Recent Fire

The Australian Star · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 7

MANDALAY, the scene of tho recent disastrous fire, is the capital of Independent Burmah and is situated about two miles from the left bank of the Irawadi River,…

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Destructive Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-A destructive fire broke out at 3 o'clock this morning in Queen-street, Warragul. The flames were first observed at the rear of M'Watt's grocery store…

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Destructive Fire at Warragul

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A destructive fire broke out at 3 this morning in Warragul, Gippsland, which destroyed three houses. It originated at the back of Watts' grocery…

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Fire at Geelong

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The building in the Market-square, Geelong, known as is the Exhibition Theatre, narrowly escaped being burnt to the ground last night during an…

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Fire in Oxford-street

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 5

AT about a quarter-past 3o'clock this morning an alarm was received at the headquarters of the M.F.B. giving intelligence of an outbreak of fire on…

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Fatal Fire. Nine Persons Cremated. Others Missing

Evening News · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, April 21.-Nine persons were burnt to death, in a fire at a tenement house in St. Petersburg. Fifteen others are missing…

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Fire in Kent-street

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star

Shortly after 7 o'clock last night an alarm of fire was received at the head station of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Steamers turned out from Nos. 1, 2, and 3 stations, together with…

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Fire in a Kent-street Warehouse

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 5

A fire, which but for the promptness of the brigades might have assumed large proportions, broke out last evening in the warehouse of Messrs. Clifford, Love and Co.,…

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Fatal Fire in St. Petersburg. London, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 9

By a fire in a large building in St. Petersburg nine persons were burned to death, while 15 other dwellers in the premises are at present missing…

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Victorian News. Destructive Fire. The New Agent-General Makes an Explanation. Baby Farming. A Centenarian. Accident to Artillerymen. MELBOURNE, April 18. Big Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 15

A serious fire causing much damage broke out at 3 o'clock this morning in Queen-street, Warragul. The flames were first observed at the rear of M'Watt's grocery store…

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Fire on a Steamer. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 6

A fire on the steamer Ranelagh this morning was extinguished after about £20 worth of damage was done…

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Fire on a Steamer. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

A fire on the steamer Ranelagh this morning was extinguished after about £20 worth of damage was done…

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