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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

1,490 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 75

Supposed Incendiarism. the Cleveland-street Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

A Coroners inquest was held yesterday at the Brittania Hotel, Cleveland-street, Redfern, into the origin of a fire which occurred on the evening of the 30th ult, at the house…

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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 · Thursday 6 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. Lynch at…

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The Kent-street Fire. Resumption of Inquest

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 4

In the Lunacy Court at the Central Police Office to-day Mr. W. T. Pinhey, Deputy City Coroner, resumed the hearing of the inquest into the fire at Messrs. Pyman…

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The Kent-street Fire. Resumption of the Inquest

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 6

After our first edition went to press yesterday, John Charles Fogo Harkness, a member of the firm, deposed that the other persons comprising it were Richard Hales Pyman and Walter Scott…

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The Cleyeland-street Fire. the Inquest. Suspicious Circumstances

Evening News · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

An inquiry was opened yesterday by Mr. Bowden and a jury, at the Britannia Hotel, Cleveland-street, into the circumstances attending the fire which occurred at the premises of No 94…

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Fire at a Warehouse. Coroner's Inquest. Third Day's Proceedings

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

The inquest into the cause of the fire which occurred at Messrs, Pyman, Harkness and Co.'s warehouse, 99 Clarence- street, on June 29 last, was resumed this…

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The Furniture Warehouse Fire. the Partners in the Witness Box

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the fire which occurred in the furniture warehouse of Messrs. Pyman, Harkness, and Co., Kent and Clarence streets, on the…

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Accidents with Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

YOUNG, Thursday. -- At Calabash, 15 miles from here, on Tuesday a little three-year-old daughter of Mr. M. O'Connor, farmer, was playing near a fire outside the house, when…

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Kent Street Fire

The Australian Star · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 6

The inquest into the fire in a Kent-street warehouse was to-day adjourned till Wednesday…

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Alleged Incendiarism. Furniture Warehouse Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 3

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, the Deputy City Coroner, yesterday continued the hearing of evidence in the inquest on the fire which occurred at the warehouse of Messrs…

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The Kent-street Fire. Coroner's Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 3

The inquest into the cause of the fire which broke ont on Thursday morning in a warehouse in Kentstreet, occupied by Messrs. Pyman, Harkness, and Co., was continued before Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P…

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The Cleveland-street Fire. Resumption Op the Inquest

Evening News · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 6

The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the fire, which occurred at No. 94 Cleveland-street, Redfern, on June 30, was regained on Thursday at the Britannia Hotel…

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The Kent-street Fire. Resumed Inquest. Mr. Pyman's Evidence

Evening News · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 6

After our first edition went to press yesterday, Witness Lang, continuing, said it would require a key to shoot the bolt of the large lock. No person could get in or out without a key for each…

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The Cleveland-steeet Fire. the Verdict of the Jury

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 3

The investigation into the origin of the fires which occurred at the premises, 94 Cleveland-street, on the evening of June 30, was continued and concluded…

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Cleveland-street Fire. the Coronial Inquiry. a Suspicious Outbreak. To-day's Testimony--The Tenant Examined--The Insurances

The Australian Star · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 6

The adjourned inquest into the suspicious outbreak of fire which occurred on Friday evening last at a second-hand furniture shop occupied by A. J. Lynch at 94…

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Tasmania. Fire on a Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 13

The R. M. S. Coptic, from London May 18, has arrived at Hobart. The captain states that on June 16 a fire broke out in the drying-room. The pumps were quickly got to work, and thanks to a…

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The Fire Fiend. a Drama in Three Acts. ACT I.

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 5

SCENE I: Interior Drawing-room at Jonas Chirckwheat Appleton' Esq., J.P., suburban villa, costly and elaborately-upholstered furniture, damask hangings,…

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The Aepean Times. Published Every Saturday Morning. (Registered for transmission through all Post Offices of New South. Wales, within a week of publication, free of charge.) Saturday, July 8Th, 1893. Fire Brigade for Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 4

A movement is now on foot for the establishment of a fire brigade in Penrith, and if the promoters are not careful it will suffer in the same way as previous attempts…

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Chicago City. Its Wonderful Development. a Sketch of Its History. The Great Fire--The Rebuilding of the City--The Business Centre--Immense Offices--The Streets and Parks--A City of Gardene--The Great Grain Trade

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 9

At the present time the eyes of the civilised world are more or less turned towards Chicago, the city of the World's Fair, and yet at the beginning of this…

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A Suburpa[?] Fire

The Australian Star · Monday 10 July 1893 · page 3

At a quarter to 9 last night fire broke out in the cottage occupied by John Frankfitz, wood and coal merchant of Mitchell-road, Alexandria. Despite the efforts of the…

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