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Fires & bushfires, 1893

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Fire at Albury

Evening News · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 6

ALBURY, Friday.—A fire occurred at St. Matthew's Church of England parsonage last night about midnight. Canon and Mrs. Kingsmill were retiring, and while moving in the bedroom with…

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Fire at Albury. Canon and Mrs. Kings Mill Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday. -- A painful case of burning, the sufferers being Canon Kingsmill, Anglican clergyman of Albury, and Mrs. Kingsmill, occurred late last night at St…

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Fires

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 3

A destructive fire took place last night in a cottage occupied by Mr. James Tedd, adjoining the St. Mary's Convent, on the Pittwater-road, Manly, and about a quarter of a mile from the…

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Fires in the Mallee Country

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Tremendous fires have occurred in the malice country, and between 200 and 300 miles square of country has been swept. The fires are still burning,…

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Fires at Broken-hill. Two Boarding Houses Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--Two boardinghouses were destroyed by fire on Saturday. The first one burned was occupied by Joseph Slots., 2nd was situated in Crystal-street. In…

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Fire at Broken HilL

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—A large boarding house in the heart of the town was burnt to the ground at 10 o'clock this morning. The fire started in the kitchen while the women were in…

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Great Fire in Boston. Many Lives Lost

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 12.— A disastrous fire has taken place at Boston, Massachusetts, resulting in the total destruction of a large block of buildings…

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Fires in the Silver City. a Free Laborer Burned Out. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

On Saturday evening two boarding-houses, occupied respectively by Joseph Slosa and Mrs. Blyght, were burned down. Slosa's place, on Crystal-street, was totally…

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Fire in Boston. a Business Block Destroyed. People Jump from the Windows. Many Seriously Injured. LONDON, March 12

The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5

Telegrams to hand give particulars of a disastrous fire which has occurred in Boston, U.S.A., resulting in the destruction of an entire block in the centre of the city. The…

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Great Fire in Boston a Square of Warehouses Destroyed. a Number of Persons Killed. Estimated Damage, £1,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.--Telegrams from New York report that a disastrous and fatal fire has occurred in the city of Boston…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Great Fire in Boston. Destruction of a Block of Buildings. Many Lives Lost. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 7

A disastrous fire has taken place in Boston, in the United States, resulting in the total destruction of a large block of buildings…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 2

Tremendous fires have occurred in the malice country. Reports from Donald state that thousands of acres of grass have been destroyed. There is a terrible scarcity…

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Fires

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred on Sunday night at about 10.45 at the residence of Mr. James Todd, Pittwater-road, Manly. The Manly Volunteer Fire Brigade turned…

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Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 2

No. 2 Station of the M.F.B. received a call at 6.49 last evening to a fire in the produce store of Mr. E. P. Dunn, 161 Elizabeth-street, Redfern. The outbreak was confined to a back room on the…

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Destructive Fire at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 3

Shortly after the arrival at Manly on Sunday night of the 10 o'clock boat from Sydney, Senior-sergeant Macintosh, in charge of the Manly force, was standing near the…

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Fire Near Coolamon. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 5

The local police received a telegram yesterday from the constable stationed at Coolamon stating that the residence of James Keogh, sen., situated two miles from…

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The Fire on the Ruahine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1893 · page 6

The Rushine, N.Z.S.S. line, from London to Auckland, which put into St. Helena on the 28th February, having been on fire, proceeded to Capetown, where all necessary repairs have been completed, and she has resumed her…

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Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 March 1893 · page 6

About 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the York Hotel, Oxide and Blende streets. The occupants were warned in time, many of them having to be forcibly…

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Fire at Broken Hill

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—The biggest fire of the year here occurred shortly after midnight, the York Hotel, consisting of 30 rooms, being totally destroyed. The building was of iron, lined…

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Fires at Broken-hill. a Large Hotel Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--At an early hour this morning the York Hotel, situated at the corner of Oxide and Blende streets, was burnt to the ground. Some men going…

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