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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

1,490 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 75

Incendiary Fire in the Punjaub. Commissariat Stores and Hospital Destroyed. London, Nov. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 November 1893 · page 5

The commissariat stores and the field hospital at Peshawur, in the Punjaub, have been burnod down. The fire was the work of an incondiary…

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Fire at Murrumburrah. Murrumburrah

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Ryan a residence in Bathurst-street was burned down hist night. It was insured. An inquest will be held…

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Disastrous Fire at Parkes. Three Houses Gutted

Evening News · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 6

PARKES, Tuesday .—A disastrous fire broke out at half-past 2 this morning at Mr. W. Metcalf's private residence, at the lower end of Clarinda-street, on the Molong-road, totally consuming the…

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Fire at Parkes. Five Houses Destroyed. PARKES

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 5

Another extensive fire occurred at Parkes early this morning, when five wooden cottages near the railway station were burnt to the ground. They were Messrs…

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A Station Fire

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 5

The Supremo Court was asked this morning to allow a new trial of the case Lintott v. the Bank of New South. Wales. The plaintiff obtained £630 damages for injury…

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A Costly Fire. Dagger of Clearing Bush

Evening News · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 4

Application was made to the Fall Court to-day in the case of Lintott v. the Bank of New South Wales for a rule nisi for a new trial, principally on the ground that the damages were…

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Fire at Parkes. (From Our Correspondent.) Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 7

A fire broke out between half-past 2 and 3 o'clock to-day at the lower and of Clarinda-street in a weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Mr. W. Metcalfe. In the absence of a water supply…

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Great Fire at Tamworth. a Music Warehouse Gutted

Evening News · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Wednesday—A great fire occured at 1 o'clock this morning in Upjohn's music ware house. The fire was first, discovered by Constable Hammond, who quickly raised an alarm,…

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Granville Volunteer Fire Brigade. Second Annual Competitions. Events Keenly Contested

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 1

LAST Saturday week the Granville Volunteer Fire Brigade held their second annual competitions, in Good-st., near the late premises A.J.S. Bank. The attendance, on the part of…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 November 1893 · page 5

PARKES, Wednesday.--A fire broke out at 2 o'clock yesterday morning in Robinson-street, destroying four wooden cottages with their contents. It originated at the…

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Fire in King-street

Evening News · Thursday 9 November 1893 · page 4

At 2.55 this morning a fire broke out on the premises occupied by T. W. Helmore, baker, 26 King-street. A spark from the bakehouse chimney set fire to the roof of the place, and for a time there…

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A Crop of Wheat Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 November 1893 · page 5

NYMAGEE, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon a crop of about 40a. of wheat, belonging to a selector named Simon Gantret, was destroyed by fire during his absence. It is…

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Fire at Carrington. Three Houses Partially Destroyed

Evening News · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Carrington, in a weatherboard building belonging to and occupied by Geo. Pierce, carrier, and situate at the end of…

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A Steamer on Fire. Twenty Persons Perished. London, Nov. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 5

A steamer on Lake Nipissing, Ontario, caught fire and was burned to the water's adge. Twenty persons on board perished…

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New Zealand News. Labor's Celebration. Wreck of a Ketch. The Alice Jane Aground at Port Chalmers -- A Passenger Train on Fire -- The Political Situation -- Approaching Elections -- Fe[?] [?]male Votes -- Sir George Grey Before the Elec[?] [?]tors -- Record of the Seddon Government

The Australian Star · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 5

The following items of news are taken from files to hand by yesterday's mail from New Zealand : -- A rather peculiar electio[?]ering story…

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Destructive Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Mr. A. G. Luya's fine residence at Highgate-hill was destroyed by fire early this morning. The house contained 15 rooms and a huge tower. It was…

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Fire on Circular Quay

Evening News · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 5

The head quarters' station of the M.F.B. received a call at 10.45 last night to a fire in the premises used as a Government boatshed, at Circular Quay. While going his rounds the…

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Fire at the Government Boatshed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 10

At 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the Government boalshed at Dawe's Point. The shed is a building of two floors, and parts of the first floor are used by the water…

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Fire at Tamworth. Tamworth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 1000

At 1 o'clock this morning Mr. O. R. Upjohn's music warehouse and jewellery shop was discovered to be on fire. The musicroom, which is at the back, was entirely gutted before the flames could be…

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Disastrous Fire at Parkes. Three Houses Gutted

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 45

PARKES, Tuesday.—A disastrous fire broke out at half-past 2 this morning at Mr. W. Metcalf's private residence, at the lower end of Clarindastreet, on the Molong-road, totally consuming the…

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