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Fires & bushfires, 1892

1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 73

Fire at Kogarah

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 5

Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon a bakers's shop, owned and occupied by J. S. South, at Rocky Point-road, kogarah, was burnt down. The Rockdale Volunteer…

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The Suspicions Fire at Newtown. the Trial

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, the two young men, William Cowpe and David Richardson, were placed upon their trial on an indictment…

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Suspicious Fire at Newtown. Found Guilty and Sentenced

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 4

The jury after being locked up all night returned into court this morning with a verdict of guilty a ainst the two young men, Wm. Cowpe and David Richardson, charged at the Central…

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The Newtown Fire. Cowpe and Richardson on Trial

The Australian Star · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 7

AT the Central Criminal Court yesterday William Cowpe and David Richardson pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on August 3 at Newtown, maliciously…

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The Newtown Fire. Cowpe and Richardson Sentenced. Five Years Each

The Australian Star · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 5

AFTER being locked up all night, the jury in the case of the young fallows, Cowpe and Richardson, charged at the Central Criminal Court with the crime of arson,…

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The Newtown Fire. Cowpe and Richardson Sentenced. Five Years Each

The Australian Star · Friday 21 October 1892 · page 6

AFTER being locked up all night, the jury in the case of the young fellows, Cowpe and Richardson, charged at the Central Criminal Court with the crime of arson…

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New Fire Brigade Station Opened at Adelaide

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 27

The new station of the Adelaide Fire Brigade, in Wakefield-street, was opened recently by Mr. F. W. Bullock, the Mayor of Adelaide. The new building, an illustration of which appears in this…

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. the Late Fire

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 18

THE Rev. R. P. Collins, secretary of the building committee of the Cathedral, has just returned tb Melbourne (says the ADVOCATE), having been absent for some time past in the country, where he…

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Fire at a Convent. the Flames Speedily Extinguished

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 18

THE efficiency and prompt workmanship of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade on Saturday prevented a serious fire at the Good Samaritan Convent School and Refuge, Pitt-street, where a fire broke…

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The Cholera Scare. New York Quarantine. Purchase of Fire Island. Resistance by the Residents. Lottie Collins on the Ship-Passengers Prevented from Landing-A Scene of Intense Excitement-Terrible Cruelty to Old Women and Suffering Children A Peaceful Settlement

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 10

WHEN it became evident that there was every possibility of cholera being extensively introduced into the United States by European vessels, the New York Government…

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Fatal Fire

The Australian Star · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 8

AT about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening a fire broke out in the bedroom, of a confectioner's shop, 300 Harris street, occupied by a mail named Abrahams. The…

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Supposed Incendiary Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday Night.--Early this morning the two-roomed house of an engine driver named Halliday, working on the Proprietary mine, was partly burned down,…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration

The Australian Star · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 8

A FIRE brigades demonstration was held at Granville on Saturday, most of the suburban brigades being represented. A four-man competition Was won by Firemen Hudson,…

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Fire at Summer Hill

Evening News · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 3

A fire broke out at the residence of Mr. J. Corcoran, Spencer-street, Summer Hill, at 10 a.m. yesterday. It originated in a bed, presumably through a lighted match dropping among the…

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Fatal Fire at Pyrmont

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 5

Shortly after 7 o'clock ou Saturday evening a fire broke out in a bedroom in a house at 300 Harris-street, Pyrmount, occupied by Ezra Abrahams, a confectioner, caused…

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Fatal Fire at Pyrmont. a Child Burnt to Death

Evening News · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 3

On Saturday evening shortly after 7 o'clock a fire, unfortunately attended with loss of life, occurred in a bedroom of 300 Harris-street, Pyrmont,…

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The Fatal Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was held at the Prince Alfred Hospital on Monday by the deputy city coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., relative to the death of the infant Sarah Abrahams, aged 20…

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Fire in a City Warehouse. Serious Damage Done

Evening News · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 4

As the watchman of Feldheim, Gotthelf, and Co. was passing along Clarence-street School after 5 this morning his attention was attracted by the cracking of glass in the basement of the…

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Fire in York-street. Gardiner and Co.'s Warehouse. a Disastrous Conflagration Averted. Excellent Fireproof Arrangements. The Damage- The Fire Brigade Very Effective

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 5

WHAT might have been a conflagration as disastrous as the great Pitt-street fire was, by excellent fireproof arrangements and the promptitude of the Fire Brigade, averted in…

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Fire in a York-street Warehouse. a Serious Outbreak Prevented. the Promptitude of the Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 5

At 5.22 a.m. yesterday the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were called to a fire at Messrs. Gardiner and Co.'s warehouse, York and Clarence streets, by the night…

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