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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 73

Fire at Glen Innes. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 November 1892 · page 5

About 3 o clock this morning G. Manthey s workshop was burnt to the ground and the contents partially destroyed. The property and materials ware uninsured…

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The Meat Works Fire

The Weekly Advance · Friday 25 November 1892 · page 2

The Rockwood Volunteer Fire Brigade express their gratitude to Alderman Gormley for the promptitude displayed by that gentleman in providing the Brigade with a horse. He…

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Ro[?]kwood Fire Brigade

The Weekly Advance · Friday 25 November 1892 · page 2

At the last regular meeting of the Rockwood Volunteer Fire Brigade, held on Thursday, the 17th inst., the minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. A communication from the…

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Fire at Glen Innes

Evening News · Friday 25 November 1892 · page 6

GLEN INNES, Thursday.—A wheelwright's shop, occupied by Mr. G. Manthey. with the contents, was burnt to the ground early this morning. The property was not insured…

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Disastrous Fire at the Meat Preserving Works, Rockwood. The Tallow Shed and Store Destroyed. Further Damage Done. Estimated Loss : £7,000. Fireman O'neill (Rockwood) Injured

The Weekly Advance · Friday 25 November 1892 · page 2

THE clanging of the firebells gave warning in Pa[?]matta, on Sunday evening, about a qu[?]-past sig o'clock, of a fire having broken out. It was soon [?]tained that…

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Fire

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 11

THE M.F.B. last night had a call to an outbreak of fire at the Post-office Coffee Palace, King-street, where the contents of a linen press were slightly damaged through…

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Disastrous Fire at Rookwood

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

On Sunday evening last a fire broke out which resulted, in the partial destruction of the Sydney Meat…

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Fire at the Meat Preserving: Company's Works

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 1205

On Sunday evening a disastrous fire broke out in the works of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company, at Book wood, when a large part of the works was utterly destroyed. The manager (Mr. Alban Gee)…

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Disasters. Dreadful Explosion. a Tornado. Fire at Cardiff

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 11

LONDON, November 18.—While a number of electors were celebrating Mr. Grover Cleveland's election in a schoolhouse at Fayetteville, Arkansas, an explosion took…

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Disastrous Fire at Rookwood. 300 Men Thrown Out of Work

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 18

A FIRE, the evil effects of which will be more than ordinarily far-reaching, occurred last Sunday evening at the works of; the Sydney Meat Pretserving Company, which are situate on the…

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Big Fire at Rookwood. a Tallow Store Gutted. Sheep Burned to Death

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 45

A disastrous fire occurred on November 20 at the premises of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company, Rookwood, by which upwards of £7000 worth of property was destroyed. The present is…

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A Mine on Fire. One Hundred Men Entombed. No Hope of Rescue Entertained. Agonising Scenes at the Pit's Month. LONDON, November 25

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 5

News of a terrible colliery disaster at Ravin, New Mexico, has been received. The colliery has been fired and 100 miners entombed. No hopes are entertained of…

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Destructive Fires

Evening News · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 4

LONDON, November 26.—A fire has occurred in No. 10 bonded warehouse in the London and India Docks. Some wool was destroyed before the flames were…

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The Fire Brigades Exhibition

Evening News · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 4

LONDON, November 25.—The International Fire Brigades Exhibition, to which representatives of the colonial brigades have been invited, which it was proposed…

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Destructive Fire. London, Nov. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 5

The summer residence of Mr. Vanderbilt, the American millionaire, at Newport, New York, has been burned down. The damage amounts to £60,000…

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Fire Brigades Exhibibition. London, Nov. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 5

The contemplated International Fire Brigades Exhibition has been postponed till August next…

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Fire in the London Docks. London, Nov. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 5

No. 10 bonded, warehouse in the London and India Docks has been burned down. Some wool was destroyed…

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Fire at a London Dock. Damages £30,000. Australian Wool Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--A warehouse at Shadwell Dock, in the east end of London, was destroyed by fire last night. The damage done is estimated at £30,000…

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Arrival of the Borough Belle. a Store Destroyed by Fire at the Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 4

The brigantine Borough Belle arrived in Port Jackson on Saturday from the Solomon Group with a full cargo of island produce, the result of a trading voyage extending over…

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European Events. the Panama Scandal. Revolt Amongst Russian Troops. The Monetary Conference. Fire In London-A Warehouse Destroyed-Mr. Rigby Knighted- Imperial Federation League-Imperial Institute. LONDON, November 26

The Australian Star · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 5

The Parliamentary committee appointed by the French Chamber of Deputies to inquire into the charges made against the administration of M. de Lesseps'…

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