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Fires & bushfires, 1893

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Suspicions Fire at Albury

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 6

ALBURY, Friday.—In connection with the sensational fire in Olive-street recently, which destroyed the shops of Joseph Moses, proceedings have been instituted against Moses for arson. At…

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Disastrous Busk Fires. Immense Damage. a Railway Bridge Destroyed

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 4

YASS, Saturday.-Bush fires are raRing in the district. The town is enveloped in smoke. GUNDAGAI, Saturday.-Extensive bush fires are now raging in various parts of the district. A…

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Fire in a Lunatic Asylum. Fifty Inmates Burned to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, Noon.--A horrible catastrophe is reported to have occurred in a lunatic asylum at Dover, in New Hampshire, America…

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Fire at a Lunatic Asylum. Forty-four Burnt to Death

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 4

LONDON, February 10.-A terrible fire has occurred at a lunatic asylum at Dover, New Hampshire (U.S.A.). Forty-four lunatics were burnt to death…

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A New Fire Station at Circular Quay, Sydney. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 30

At the invitation of Messrs. Banks and Whitehurst, the contractors of the fire station which has just been completed at the Circular Quay, Sydney, between 40 and 50 gentlemen…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Fire at a Lunatic Asylum. Forty-four Lunatics Burned to Death. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 9

A fire occurred at a lunatic asylum at Dover, New Hampshire (U.S.A.). Forty-four lunatics were burned to death…

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Bush Fires

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 6

BALRANALD, Saturday.-The whole township is surrounded by smoke to-day, owing to some large fires somewhere in the district. The exact vicinity of the fires is not generally known…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 6

Bush fires of a Very disastrous kind have occurred in different parts of the colony, the damage in many instances being immense, A very destructive fire raged at Longwarry,…

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Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Immense Bush Fires. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 6

Immense bush fires have been raging in the bush round Port Esperance, south of Hobart, during the past three days. The Roman Catholic Church caught fire on Saturday, but the flames…

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New Fire Station for Balmain

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

Superintendent Bear, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, visited Baling on Friday night and put the members of the local volunteer fire brigade through drill, which he considered very…

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Fire in a Lunatic Asylum. Fifty Inmates Burned to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, Noon.--A horrible catastrophe is reported to have occurred in a lunatic asylum at Dover, in New Hampshire, America…

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The Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

TEMBERUM[?]A, Monday.--Bush fires have been raging on the surrounding hills for the past fortnight…

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The Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 7

TUMBERUMBA, Monday.--Bush fires have been raging on the surrounding hills for the past fortnight…

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Fire at Junee

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

JUNEE, Monday.-A serious fire occurred here early this morning. The premises occupied by Mr. Kelly, fruiterer, and Miss Kelly, dressmaker, and the large stables and bedrooms belonging to…

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The Fire at Tumberumba

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4

TUMBERUMBA, Tuesday.-In consequence of the fire at Mr. Fritz Wanle's water power floor mill all the wheat in the district will have to be taken to Germanton, over 50 miles, for gristing, thereby…

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The Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--Later accounts regarding the bush fires show that considerable damage has resulted about the Green-hills, Ellerslie, and Mount Adriah. J. Nicholls,…

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Destructive Bush Fires

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

ALBURY, Wednesday.—For some days extensive bush fires have been raging on Dora Dora and Woomargama Runs. A report received from the district this morning states that several farmers…

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Serious Bush Fires. Germanton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 8

We are experiencing an unusually long period of dry weather, with no appearance of a change. Fires are very prevalent. Four distinct fires are visible to-day in various directions, all being upwards of…

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Destructive Fire Near Echuca. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 7

The Wharparilla Hotel and post-office, near Echuca, were destroyed by fire this morning. The furniture and effects were insured in the Commercial Union for £350; the hotel building was…

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Fire at Junee. Narrow Escape of Racehorses. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 8

A fire took place in the centre of Junee very early on Thursday morning, by which a row of bedrooms of the Loftus Hotel, also the stables, and Kelly's fruiterer's shop, were destroyed. There were three…

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