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Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Largest Fire Engine in the World

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 82

A NEW steam fire engine, built by Messrs. Shand and Mason, London, to the order of the Fire Brigades Board of New South Wales, arrived in Sydney on Saturday by the steamer Port Douglas…

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A Ship on Fire in Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 16

LAST Monday night destructive fire occurred on board the ship W H. Lincoln, lying at Cowper Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bey. Great damage was done to every part of the ship, and that part of…

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Fire at Mulgoa. DAMAGE £1100. Partly Insured

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 7

On Suuday afternoon last Mr. Jarrett, junr., who acts as manager for his father Mr. W. Jarrett, at Farrett, at Fairlight, Mulgoa, whilst strolling through the grounds at that…

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The Trouble In No. 1 Fire Brigade

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last the ordinary monthly meeting of No. 1 Fire Brigade, Parramatta, was held at the engine station, Church-street. Second Lieutenant Edwards…

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Fire at the Hay Convent. a Narrow Escape

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 15

THE Riverine Grazier gives the following particulars of the late fire at Hay:-About half-past ono o'clock those who, owing to the oppressiveness of the night, were sleeping…

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The Country. the East Orange Council and the Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 5

ORANGE, Friday. -- At the Orange Council meeting on Wednesday night there was a discussion on the question of the Orange Fire Brigade attending fires in East Orange…

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Fetters of Fire: a Novel of Stirring Incident. [Now First Published.] (All Bights Besebvkd.) Contents. Chapter Xii. "Mood and Tense." Xiii. Lothario, Xiv. at Last. Xv. Charley's Dog. Xvi. Matrimonial Incidents. Xvii. the Down Grade. Xviii. Entee a Scribe. Xix. the Clouds Begin to Collect. Xxi. the Ice Breaks. Xxi. Charley's Home. Xxii. the Crisis. Xxiii. the Robinsons. Xxiv. a Missive of Mercy. Xxv. Various Comforters. Xxvi. Play and Earnest. Xxvii. Fekrosham. Xxviii. Conscience. Xxix. Voice and Its Meaning. Xxx. a Stormy Interview. Xxxi. Love Lies Bleeding. Xxxii. Reunion. Xxxiii. the Wind Up. Chapter XII.—Continued.)

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 10

It sometimes happens in this world that the direct method of attack, though preeminently English and masculine, breaks down, while a judicious flank movement…

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Bush Fires

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 3
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Geafton, Monday.—News was brought into town on Saturday night that a selector named Baker, residing on the Young-road, has lost by fire 40 bags of wheat and 20 acres of standing…

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Bush Fires. Forbes

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 4

Bush fires have been raging in the district for some weeks past, a number of selectors and others being burnt out of grass…

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Fire

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 5

A fire occurred on Sunday evening in premises in Young-street, occupied by Messrs. Arthur Morris and Co., representing the Peakay Firelight Manufacturing Co. The premises, which…

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Fire at a Camp. Wellington

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 4

On Saturday a destructive fire broke out at the workmen's camp, situated near the Guerie Railway Station. The origin of the fire is unknown, as the men were away…

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The Fire on the W. H. Lincoln

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 6

THERE is just a possibility that an inquiry will be held into the cause of the late fire on board the ship W. H. Lincoln. The captain, while not exactly suspicious as to…

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Great Fire in Canada. a Town Desolated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night. -- Three-fourths of the town of Lachute, Canada, has been destroyed by fire. Five hundred people of the town have…

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News by Cable. Great Fire. a Town Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 9.—The town of Lachute, Canada, has been destroyed by fire. It is feared that many lives have been lost…

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Fire in Canada. a Town Almost Destroyed. London, January 8

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 5

A disastrous fire, resulting in the destruction of three-fourths of the town of Lachute, has occurred in Canada, Five hundred families have been rendered…

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Great Fire in Canada. a Town Destroyed. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 7

The town of Lachute, near Montreal, in Canada, has been destroyed by fire. It is feared that many lives have been lost…

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Buss Fire at Peak Hill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 7

The manager and employees of Genanagie station have just succeeded in extinguishing a bush fire on the Bulldog paddock, on their run. The fire was five miles long by two miles wide. Sixteen thousand…

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The Late Fire in Sydney Harbor. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 6

Sir, -- The remarks of your correspondent "John L. Gilmore" in your issue of to-day are about as absurd as his ignorance of the subject he attempts to treat shows…

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

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 7

XIII LOTHARIO XIV. AT LAST. XV. CHARLEY'S DOG. XVI. MATRIMONIAL INCIDENTS…

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