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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 73

A Suburban Blaze

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 3

INFORMATION was received about 7 o'clock last evening at the No. 4. quarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade of an outbreak of fire at Warren-road, Marrickville. The…

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Fire at Marrickville

Evening News · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 3

A fire occurred a little after 7 last night on the Warren-road, Marrickville, which resulted in the total destruction, of a four-roomed weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by James Howarth, a…

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Fire at Howlong. Albury

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 5

The drapery department of the general store of Mr. E. Landsberg, adjoining the Courthouse Hotel, at Howlong, was discovered to be on fire at about…

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Fire in Canada. Fatal Jumps From Hotel Windows

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--Telegrams from Canada give particulars of a fire which occurred yesterday in an hotel at Montreal A panic occurred among the…

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American Affairs. the Fire Island Purchase. Determined Resistance of the Residents. Fatal Fire at Montreal. Panic Amongst the Inmates--Three Persons Killed. LONDON, September 13

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 5

The residents of Fire Island, near New York, are most determined in their opposition to the proposal to convert the island into a quarantine station. They have been…

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The Ring. The Barron-Ives Fight. Ives Easily Beaten in Fire Rounds

Evening News · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 5

The fight to a finish between Jim lyes took place in the Darlinghurst Skating Risk last night, and was won by Barron in the fifth round. The men were fighting for a side wager and the whole…

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American News. Crime and Disaster. Fires and Railway Accidents

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 6

ALBERT STRITTMATTER, late bookkeeper and cashier of a life insurance company in Newark[?] N.J., has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. The shortage is set down…

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Another Mysterious Fire. the European Hotel Again

Evening News · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 5

Shortly after 11 o'clock last night another fire, surrounded by peculiar circumstances, was discovered in the European Hotel, 68 Castlereagh-street. The outbreak was found in a bedroom…

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Another Fire at the European Hotel. a Mysterious Occurrence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 6

At about 11 o'clock last night it was discovered that another fire had taken place at the European Hotel, in Castlereagh-street. A lodger, who was on the first floor, stated…

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Another Mysterious Fire. At the European Hotel. The Official Report

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 3

THE European Hotel, in Castlereagh- street, was the scene of another fire last night. The outbreak occurred identically under the same circumstances as the two previous ones…

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The Fire Island Affair. Soldiers and Gatling Guns. London, September 14

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 5

The United States authorities have despatched a force of 500 soldiers, with several Gatling guns, to Fire Island to enforce a landing, so that cholera patients may be…

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Claim Against an Insurance Company. Hanley v. the Pacific Fire and Marine

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 2

AN action was commenced in No. 2 Jury Court yesterday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four, by William Hanley to recover £200 on an insurance…

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The Cholera. the Fire Island Difficulty. Dispatch of Military and Gatling Guns. Passengers Allowed to Land

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--From New York it is reported that serious trouble is likely to occur over the establishment of a quarantine station for cholera and other…

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Cholera at New York the Fire Island Eight. Appeal to the Islanders. Two Hundred Women and Children Refused a Landing-- The Islanders Determined to Resist-- Despatch of Troops. LONDON, September 13

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 6

Matters in connection with the Fire Island Quarantine Station, New York, are assuming a more serious aspect. A steamer conveying a large number of cholera patients…

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Fire Brigades' Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 3

The Fire Brigades' Board met on Wednesday last. Correspondence :--From the Colonial Secretary, consenting to authorise the superintendent of fire brigades to delegate…

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Meetings. Fire Brigades' Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 6

The full board was present at the fortnightly meeting on the 14th instant Communication from the Colonial Secretary, cousenting to authorise the superintendent of fire brigades…

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Fire in King-street

Evening News · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 5

At 3.40 this morning a fire was discovered in [?] house, No. 12 King-street, city. The cone of the outbreak was in the basement where [?] old mattresses and straw were alight. The…

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The Country. a Steam Launch Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 6

MACLEAN, Thursday.--On Monday night the steam launch Maggie was burnt to the water's edge at the Mangrove Creek Sawmill Wharf. The launch was the property…

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Fire

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 11

THROUGH a gas jet coming into contact with a bed curtain an outbreak of fire occurred yesterday, evening at the Kentish Hotel, Broadway, Glebe. By the time the brigade…

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Fire Brigades' Board

Evening News · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 7

The fall board was present at the regular fort nightly meeting on the 14th instant. A communication from the Colonial Secretary, consenting to authorise the superintendent of fire…

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