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Fires & bushfires, 1893

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Leichhardt Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

The annual meeting and social of the Leichhardt Volunteer Fire Brigade took place on Friday evening at the local Town-hall. in addition to the members…

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The Fire Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

The Fire Brigade authorities have prepared a return, showing the number and the nature of the fires in Sydney during the year 1892. The total number of…

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Fire at Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6
Also in Evening News

A fire occurred yesterday morning, at about 2.30 o'clock, in a shop occupied by Annie Wise, a fruiterer, in Regent-street, Redfern. A passer-by discovered the fire,…

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A Strathfield Fire

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

About 9.30 on Saturday night a fire was discovered in a weatherboard cottage on the Homebush-road, Strathfield, occupied by a laborer named George Lewis. The bedroom in which the…

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Fire Brigades' Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 8

There was a good attendance of people at the Newlands Estate, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon, when the Parramatta No. 1 Fire Brigade held a fire brigades' competition. The events were…

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Fire at Strathfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

At 9.38 on Saturday evening a fire occurred in the house of George Lewis, a laborer, Homebush-road, Strathfield. A candle came into contact with the bed curtains, and the…

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Fires in the Suburbs. a Man Suffocated at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

At 2.30 o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in a weatherboard shop and private dwelling situate at 14 Ennis-lane, off Reynolds-street, Balmain. The shop was…

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Fire at Balmain. a Youth Suffocated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 8

A fire, which was attended with fatal results, occurred at No. 14 Ennis-lane, off Reynolds-street, Balmain, yesterday morning. The building was a weatherboard cottage of six rooms, and a shop. T…

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Fire at Liverpool. Firemen Killed and Warehouses Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--Three cotton warehouses at Liverpool have been destroyed by fire. The damage done is estimated at £200,000…

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Great Fire at Liverpool. Cotton Warehouses Destroyed. Firemen Killed

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 6.-A destructive fire occurred at Liverpool to-day. It broke out in a cotton warehouse, and before it was subdued the building in which it broke…

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Fatal Fire at Balmain. a Young Man Suffocated. Sad Case

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

A fatal fire occurred at 12 Ennis-lane, Balmain, on Sunday morning, when a young man named Benjamin James Dunks, aged 19 years, lost his life. The fire was discovered shortly after 2…

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Fatal Fire at Balmain. Death of a Gallant Lad. Suffocated and Roasted

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

A FIRE, which resulted in the death of a young man named Benjamin James Dunks, occurred yesterday morning in Ennis-lane, in the West End,…

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Fire in Liverpool. Two Firemen Killed. Damage, £200,000. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 7

A great fire has occurred in Liverpool, where it was discovered that some cotton in one of the stores was in flames. Before the conflagration was stayed,…

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Fire in Liverpool. Two Firemen Killed. Damage Estimated at £200,000. LONDON, January 6

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

Three cotton warehouses in Liverpool have been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at. £200,000. Two firemen were killed by falling debris…

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Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--It is feared that further extensive bush fires have occurred in the fanning districts. This evening largo clouds of smoke were seen rising from the…

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The Fatal Fire at Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

At the Balmain Cottage Hospital yesterday afternoon the Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, held an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of a young man named Benjamin James…

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The Fatal Accident at a Balmain Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Bulmain Cottage Hospital, before the Deputy City Coroner (Mr. W.T. Pinhey) and a jury, on the body of Benjamin James…

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Fire at Sea. An Unknown Vessel. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

The steamer Fifeshire reached the bay this morning after a stormy passage from London. She has a general cargo for Melbourne and Sydney. When passing the…

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