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Fires & bushfires, 1893

1,490 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 75

Fires

The Australian Star · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 3
Also in Evening News

A small fire occurred on Saturday at the Standard Paint Co.'s works, Cowper Wharf, through the overheating of a boiler, but no damage was done…

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Fire at Annandale

The Australian Star · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was raised from 134 Annandale -street, Leichhardt, a private dwelling occupied by J. Winning, dealer, and…

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Fire at Forbes

Evening News · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 6

FORBES, Saturday.—A cottage and its contents, situated at Newtown, Forbes, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. Nothing was eared, as Mr. Dan Mylecharane and his wife, the…

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Fire on the Eurimbla

Evening News · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 6

ROCKHAMPTON, Saturday.—At 4 o'clock. this morning a fire broke out on board the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Eurimbla. Happily no serious damage was done, and the boat sailed at…

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Fire on the Eurimbla. No Serious Damage

The Australian Star · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 6

A fire broke out in the waste-room of the steamer Eurimbla at Rockhampton early this morning, but it was extinguished by the Rockhampton Brigade without serious…

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Disastrous Fire at Lithgow

Evening News · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 6

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—A disastrous fire took place last night in Main-street, when the resi­dence of Dr. Leeper and Mr. E. Burns's auction rooms were burnt to the ground,…

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Fire at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 8

A fire, which broke cut early yesterday morning in the main street, resulted in the destruction of Burns' auction room and Dr. Leepen's house, next door. The premises…

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A Steamer Destroyed by Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.-The steamer Indignant, trading between Launceston and Georgetown, was burnt to the water's edge at Georgetown before daylight yesterday. No lives were lost…

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The Country. Destructive Fire at Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 5

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--Shortly after midnight last night, a destructive fire broke out at Burns' auction room in the main street, and very soon the room and Dr. Leeper's…

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Serious Fire at Lithgow. (From Our Correspondent.) Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 5

Early this morning a fire broke out in the main street in the auction-room owned by Mr. Edward Buurns, J.P. The material was of a very inflammable nature, and in a few minutes the flames spread to…

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Tasmania. a Steamer Destroyed by Fire. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lounceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 5

The steamer Indignant, which was owned by Mrs. Patterson, of Launceston, and trnded between Launceston and Georgetown, was burned to the water's edge at Georgetown before daylight…

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Fire at the Glebe

Evening News · Thursday 12 October 1893 · page 2

Shortly after 7 o'clock this morning an unoccupied house in St. John's Terrace, St. John's-road Glebe, was found to be on fire. An alarm was given and the M.F.B. and Glebe volunteer…

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The Maintenance of Country Fire Brigades

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 5

WAGGA, Thursday.--The Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade has been asked by the Goulburn brigade to co-operate with the object of getting a bill through the…

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Fire at a Botany Woolscouring Works. a Disastrous Blaze Averted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 10

A fire broke out yesterday a few minutes after noon in the drying-shed at the wool-scouring works of Mr. John Walsh, situate at Bunnerong, Botany. The works comprise…

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Fire at Botany. Woolwash on Fire

Evening News · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 6

At 12.15 yesterday the lookout man ab the M.F.B. noticed a large quantity of smoke out in the vicinity of Botany. Shortly after a telephone message came to the station from the G.P.O…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 14

It is the intention of the Napier Fire Brigade to hold a fire demonstration at Napier, under the auspices and in connection with the United Fire Brigades' Association, about the end of February,…

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Disastrous Fire at Lithgow

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 46

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—A dieastrous fire took place last night in Main-street, when the residence of Dr. Leeper and Mz. E. Burne's auction rooms were burnt to the ground,…

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The Botany Fire. Official Report

Evening News · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 4

The official report of the M..F.B. on the fire that took place at Walsh's wool-washing establishment, Botany, yesterday, is as follows: "When discovered, 12.5 p.m.; call received from…

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Serious Fire at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 826

Early this morning a fire broke out in the main street in the auction-room owned by Mr. Edward Burns, J.P. The material was of a very inflammable nature, and in a few minutes the flames spread to…

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