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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1895

1,997 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 100

Fires

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1895 · page 5

At 9-10 last night a fire occurred in a house occupied by Mr. Cornelius Mabanan, butcher, Barwood-road, Burwood. The premises, constructed of wood with iron roof, were used as…

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Fires in London and Glasgow. Destruction of a Market and Theatre. LONDON, March 1

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1895 · page 5

A great fire has taken place in Bermondsey, (a suburb of London) which broke out in the leather market, and the destruction of property was very great…

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Fire at North Sydney

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

A fire occurred at the premises of Mr. W. J. Guise, Miller-street, North Sydney, on Saturday evening. One of the inmates on going upstairs, struck a match, but the…

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A Vessel on Fire at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 4

A startling incident occurred on the voyage of the Danish barque Embla, which arrived here on Saturday from Hamburg. The vessel was bowling along through the…

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Fire at a Theatre. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

A theatre in Glasgow has been destroyed by fire…

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A Ship on Fire. a Mid-ocean Incident

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 3

Captain Jepson of the Danish barque Embla, which arrived on Saturday from Hamburg, reports having passed a ship on fire on the voyage out. The Embla…

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Fire in Glasgow. a Theatre Destroyed. London, March 2

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

A serious fire, resulting in great damage to property, occurred yesterday afternoon in Glasgow. The principal building destroyed was one of…

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A Colliery Fire. Spontaneous Combustion. Outbreak at Back Creek Mine. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

A subterranean fire has been discovered at Brown's Back Creek colliery. Spontaneous combustion, greatly assisted by the filtering of grease from the engine…

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Sons of Fire. (Now First Published.) All Rights Reserved. Chapter VIII.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 2

"I hope the widow lady is not beguiling you into sharing her delusions, Allan." The son had seen a look in the father's face which spoke to him as plainly as any…

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A Serious Fire. Bermondsey Leather Market. Enveloped in Flames. London, March 1

The Australian Star · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 6

The Bermondsey Leather Market, London, is in flames, and though every effort is being made to subdue the outbreak there is no doubt that the…

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Tasmania. Destructive Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.--The hot weather continues, and numerous bush fires are reported from the ranges north and east of Launceston. That city is shrouded in…

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Fires in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

CROOKWELL, Monday.--A hayshed, the property of Mr. John Broderick, J.P., of Loughrea, near Crookwell, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday last. A loss of…

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Fire in a Mine. Many Bodies Recovered. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

One hundred and thirty bodies have been recovered from the Temaila mine, at Cerillos, in the State of New Mexico, U.S.A., in which a fire recently occurred…

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Sons of Fire. (Now First Published.) All Rights Reserved. Chapter VIII.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

Modest as the place was the two girls admired, or seemed to admire, all its details--the conifers of thirty years' growth, the smiling meadows, the fawn-colored…

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The Dubbo Fire. a Shopkeeper Committed

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 4

DUBBO, March 6.—At the local police court on Tuesday, John Knight was charged, on suspicion, of having set fire to his shop last week…

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Sons of Fire. (Now First Published.) All Rights Reserved

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 3

Suzette was at home. The after-math had been cut in the meadow in front of March House, a somewhat swampy piece of ground at some seasons, but tolerably dry…

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Sons of Fire. (Now First Published.) All Rights Reserved. Chapter X.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 3

Here General Vincent tried to reassure the anxious mother. "I have talked to your son," be raid, "and he is willing that, it shall be with him and…

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News by Cable. Great Fire in Trinidad. Port of Spain Destroyed. Damage, £500,000

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 6.—A terrible fire has occurred at Port of Spain, the chief town of the Island of Trinidad, in the British West Indies…

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Bush Fires. Grenfell

The Australian Star · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 6

While burning kangaroo grass at Eualdrie the fire got away, and burned out a selector named Clarke. A fire is burning all along the northern range and Weddin Mountains,…

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