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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

1,490 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 75

News by Cable. Terrible Fire at New York. Great Loss of Life. 300 Workers in Danger

Evening News · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 4

LONDON, June IS.—A sad catastrophe, attended with terrible loss of life, is reported from New York. A fire broke out suddenly in a tailor's…

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Fire in a Factory. Panic-stricken Workers Men and Women Fight to Escape. Five Persons Crushed to Death. LONDON, June 13

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 6

Telegrams from New York report that a disastrous fire has occurred in that city. A fire was discovered in a tailoring establishment. and a panic occurred amongst the…

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Setting Fire to a Wife

Evening News · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

As the prosecutrix, Agnes M'Kay was stated at the Water Police Court this morning to be still suffering from bodily injuries in the Sydney Hospital, Frederick M'Kay, her husband, who stands…

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Retrenchment in the Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

The metropolitan firemen recently decided to ask the Fire Brigades Board to reconsider their decision to reduce all wages in the service by 10 per cent. Accordingly, they…

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The Fire on the Port Jackson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 4

The Survey of the ship Port Jackson will be finished with to-day. The damage is very extensive to the ship, and it was reported yesterday that the cost if undertaken in the colonies would, it was feared, be so great, that it had been…

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Fire in a Factory. London, June 14

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

Further particulars have been received regarding the panic in a New York clothing factory, which resulted from the discovery of an outbreak of fire in the building…

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Fire in New York. Panic Among Female Employes. Loss of Eight Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A terrible disaster has occurred in a tailoring establishment in New York. A fire broke out while about 300 employes were on the…

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Shocking Disaster. a Clothing Factory on Fire. Many Persons Killed. London, June 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 5

A fire took place to-day in a tailor's workshop in New York, there being on the premises at the time of the fire some 300 employees and others. Many of these…

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Fire Brigades' Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 6

At a meeting of the board on Wednesday a petition was presented from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, by a deputation consisting of the officers of the force, praying for some modification of the reduction of…

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Fire Brigades' Board

Evening News · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

At the meeting of the board on Wednesday, a petition was presented from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, by a deputation consisting of the officers of the force, praying for some modification…

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Fire at Toongabbie

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 6

AT 5.30 on Sunday morning, Chief Warder Brown, of the Parramatta gaol, noticed a blaze suddenly spring up at an orchard at Toongabbie, and…

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Great Fires in America. London, June 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 1222

A great fire has broken out at Fargo, in North Dakota (U.S.A.). The damage caused amounts to 20,000,000dol. Two thousand persons have been rendered…

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Fire Bri[?]ades Board

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 3

At the meeting of the board on Wednesday a petition was presented from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade by a deputation consisting of the officers of the force…

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Fire in a Theatee

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 14

During the progress of a performance at the Wellington Opera House on Saturday night a part of the scenery caught fire at the close of one of the acts. While assisting to…

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Fire at Parramatta North

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 3

ON Sunday morning a little after 5 o’clock a fire broke out on a premises, the tenancy of which is held by this [?]tarist Brother?, but which has of late been occupied by several foreigners…

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Electricity and Fire Insurance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 4

The introduction of electric lighting has necessitated the adoption by fire insurance companies of rules to regulate tho manner in which the new illuminant should be installed…

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Great Fire in America. Thousands Homeless

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 39

A cablegram, dated London, June 8, stated that a great fire had broken out at Fargo, North Dakota (U.S.A.). Two thousand persons were rendered homeless. The damage is…

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Pacific Fire and Marine Insurance Company. London, June 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 9

Owing to liquidation the Pacific Fire and Marine Insurance Company is transferring its business to the British and Colonial Insurance Company…

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The Novelist. David Balfour. [All Rights Reserved.] Part I.—The Lord Advocate. Chapter Ix. The Heather on Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 32

When I left Prestongrange that afternoon I was for the first time angry. The Advocate had made a mock of me. He had pretended my testimony was to be…

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Fires

Evening News · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 4

A fire broke out in the residence of Mr. P. Kierney, Willoughby, on Saturday night. The house was burnt to the ground, and everything in it destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown…

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