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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

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A Suspicious Fire. the Coroner's Inquest. Evidence of the Police

The Australian Star · Monday 3 July 1893 · page 6

The inquest was continued this afternoon in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Erskine-street, before Mr. Pinhey, Deputy-Coroner, concerning a suspicious fire which occurred on…

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The Kent-street Fire. Opening of the Inquest. Illness of Superintendent Bear

Evening News · Monday 3 July 1893 · page 4

At the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Clarence and Erskine streets, to-day an inquest was opened before Mr. Deputy-Coroner Pinhey and a jury of 12 into the fire that occurred on the premises of…

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A Suspicious Fire. the Coroner's Inquest. Superintendent Bear Taken 111. The Jury Inspect the Premises-- What They Saw--The Evidence of Constable Herbert

The Australian Star · Monday 3 July 1893 · page 5

An Inquest was commenced this morning in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Erskine-street, before Mr. Pinhey, Deputy-Coroner, concerning a suspicious fire which occurred on…

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The Kent-street Fire. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 6

After our first edition went to press yesterday, Constable Herbert, continuing, identified the roll of matting in the photograph marked C. To a juror: He saw nobody leave the premises…

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The Kent-street Fire. Coroner's Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3

The Deputy City Coroner (Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J. P.) began an inquest yesterday at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Erskine-street, into the cause of the fire which broke out on Thursday morning in a…

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Fire at Balmain. Injuries to an Inmate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3

About ten minutes to 8 last night the alarm of fire was raised from Balmain, and on arrival of a contingent of men of the M.F.B. the outbreak was located at a…

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The Furniture Warehouse Fire. Opening of the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3

At the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Erskine and Clarence streets, a Coroner's inquest was commenced yesterday, before Mr. W. T. Pinhey, the Deputy-Coroner, and a jury of…

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A Suspicious Fire. the Coroner's Inquest. Evidence of the Police

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 6

The inquest was continued this afternoon in this Cosmopolitan Hotel, Erskine- street, before Mr. Pinhey, Deputy-Coroner, concerning a suspicious fire which occurred on…

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Fire at Balmain. a Woman Rescues a Child. Boy Badly Burnt

Evening News · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 4

A fire occurred at Balmain last night, when a house situate at 17 Datchett-street was burnt to the ground. The house was a four-roomed weatherboard one with beat iron roof, and was…

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Fire in Clarence-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Australian Star

A few minutes after 3 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the fourth and fifth floors of premises in Clarence-street occupied by Mesers. Lever Bros., soap manufacturers…

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The Cleveland-street Fire. Opening of the Inquest. Important Evidence. Evidence of the Man Who Gave the Alarm-- Four Fires in Different Parts of the House

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 6

The Coroner's inquest into the facts connected with the outbreak of fire, which occurred on Friday last, at a second-hand furniture shop, occupied by A. J. Lunch at…

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The Cleveland-street Fire. Opening of the Inquest

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 5

The coroner's inquest into the facts connected with the outbreak of fire, which occurred on Friday last, at a second-hand furniture shop, occupied by A. J. Lynch at…

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The Kent-street Fire. Resumption of the Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 5

The inquest into the fire on the premises of Messrs. Pyman,Harkness, and Company, furniture warehousemen, Kent and Clarence streets, on the morning of the 29th ultimo, was resumed before…

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Fire at a Warehouse. the Coroner's Inquest. Second Day's Proceedings. Evidence of the Insurance Manager- Details of the Insurances-- A Former Fire-- The counts and the Stook

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., Deputy City Coroner, this morning, in one of the rooms at the Central Police Court, resumed the inquest into the cause of the fire which…

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Fire at a Warehouse. the Coroner's Inquest. Second Day's Proceedings. Arrears of Rent-- Evidence of a Member of the Firm

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 6

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., Deputy City Coroner, to-day, one of the rooms at the Central Police Court, continued the inquest into the cause of the fire which…

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Setting Fire to a Wife

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

Frederick M'Kay, accused of having inflicted grievous bodily injuries on his wife by throwing kerosene over her clothing and igniting it, was, at the Water Police Court this morning, again…

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Fire on an Australian Trader

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 4

News was received in Sydney of a disastrous fire on the ship Rucaina, which voyaged to this port a short time ago. The vessel, it seems, loaded 3000 tons of jute,…

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The Kent—street Fire. Adjourned Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

The inquest which was commenced on Monday before the Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W.T.Pinhey, J.P., into the cause of the fire which broke out last Thursday morning in a warchouse in Kent-street,…

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