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Fires & bushfires, 1893

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Fire Brigades Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 6

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, on the 1st instant, there were present— Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P., chairman: William C. Goddard, J.P., Charles Hell[?]ch, J.P, Edward…

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General Cable News. the Fire on the Steamer Ruahine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 1.30 p.m.--Later particulars which have been received show that the fire on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruahine,…

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The Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 5

CONDOBOLIN, Friday.--Bush fires are still burning in various places throughout the district, but they are not doing much damage…

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Bush Fires. Wagga, Feb. 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 474

A bash fire broke out on the eastern boundary of Mount Airey Estate at Humula, and spread over a considerable area. A number of persons succeeded in the evening in extinguishing the grass fire, but…

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Bush Fires in Riverina. (From Our Correspondent.) Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 9

Bush fires have been raging round this district during the week. A fire broke out on Lake Midgeon Estate, burning 5000 acres of grass, and also destroying 300 sheep, besides doing other damage. The fire…

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Fire Brigades Board

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star, Evening News

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board on Wednesday, the superintendent forwarded a communication from the Principal Under-Secretary, announcing…

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Under Fire. How a Soldier Feels. The Baptism of Fire

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 9

"How does a man feel under fire ? " is a question of interest to men who have had the experience as well as to those who have not had it (says an American writer)…

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The Steamer Ruahine. a Fire on Board

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 12

A cablegram was received from London, February 28, stating that the steamer Ruahine, on her way from London to Hobart, had put into St. Helena on fire, and with lower decks flooded…

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Fatal Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 474

A fire took place this evening in Brazil-street, whereby a six-roomed wood and iron house belonging to a widow named Mrs. Arnold was destroyed. A fireman, in overhauling the debris, found the…

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Fires

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—At a quarter to 2 o'clock this morning an unoccupied wooden building in West Maitland, the property of Mr. John Dalton, was partially destroyed by fire…

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Fire Brigades Congress

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 4.—The International Fire Brigades Congress will meet on June 12…

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Fires in the Newcastle District. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 7

This morning at 2 o'clock the report of three guns announced that a fire had broken out. It was discovered to be in a one-storied unoccupied wooden building in Watt-street, the property of Mr. John…

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International Fire Brigades Congress. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 7

The International Fire Brigades Congress will meet on the 12th June…

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Fire Insurance Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 4

A case of particular interest to insurance companies; as well as to those who take out fire policies, was before the Full Court yesterday. Jacob Carnofsy had had a drapery…

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Fire at Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon afire broke out in a tobacconist [?] in Hunter-street west, occupied by Frank Str[?] The Honeysuckle Fire Brigade succeeded in…

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Sporting Notes From Victoria. the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting Opening the Campaign. Newmarket Handicap Day. The Easy Victory of Fortunatus. the Nordenfeldt's to the Fire. Melbourne

Referee · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 5

The V.R.C. Autumn meeting was duly inagurated on Sydney, and Fortunatus's Newmarket now sounds as if we had beard the expression for a considerable length of time…

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Bush Fires in Riverina. Narrandera, March 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 526

Bush fires have been raging round this district during the week. A fixe broke out on Lake Midgeon Estate, burning 5000 acres of grass, and also destroying 300 sheep, besides doing other damage. The fire…

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The Mysterious Fires at Albury

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday. -- The District Coroner held an inquest to-day as to the cause of the series of mysterious fires which occurred here earlier in the year. Afire occurred on…

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