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Fires & bushfires, 1895

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A Great Fire. Warby's Hotel Gutted. A Terrible Blaze. Narrow Escape of the Inmates

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 6

Warby's Hotel, King and Pitt streets, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire at an early hour this morning. At 3 o'clock Constable…

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The Height of the Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

By 3 o'clock the fire was at ite height. The flames, which broke out on the first floor, had extended to the fifth, and every few moments the intervening floors could be…

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Disastrous Fire. the Capital of Trinidad Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A disastrous fire has occurred at Port of Spain, the capital of the island of Trinidad, and one of the finest cities…

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Fire in a Mine. Thirty-one Men Burnt to Death

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 7.—Thirty-one miners have been burnt to death by a fire in a mine in Spain in which they were working…

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Great Fire in Trinidad. the Chief Town Destroyed. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

A great fire has occurred at Port of Spain, the principal town in the Island of Trinidad, West Indies. The town was nearly destroyed. The…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

"And blighted his life!" exclaimed Allan, "My mother is the best of women, and the best and kindest of wives; but I have always known that my father's…

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Fire in the City. Warby's Hotel in Flames. the Inmates in Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

At a few minutes to 3 o'clock this morning names and smoke were noticed issuing from the first and second floors of Warby's Hotel, at the corzer of King and Pitt streets, city. Within the…

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The Fire Fiend. Conflagration in the City. Wabby's Hotel in Flames. An Early Morning Sensation. Narrow Escape of the Inmates. Heroic Conduct of the Firemen. Interviews With the Rescued -- A Girl's Awful Experience-- Eleven Persons Rescued-- Six Saved From Pitt-street Side-- And Five From King-street-- The Work of the Brigades. The Damage and Insurance

The Australian Star · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 5

One of the biggest fires in Sydney for a long time part resulted this morning in extensive damage to the well-known Warby's Hotel, a five-storey structure on the corner of King…

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Fire

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 4

A four-roomed weather-board cottage on the property of Mr. C. Gibbs, of Kenthurst, took fire on Thursday night and was totally destroyed. The building was insured in the…

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Fire at Galong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

MURRUMBURRAH, Friday.--A disastrous fire occurred at Mrs. Street's farm, near Galong, yesterday evening, by which a large shed containing a quantity of chaff…

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Parramatta Fire Brigade

Evening News · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Brunker, has promised a grant of £100 to the No. 1 Parramatta Fire Brigade for the purpose of erecting a fire station. This has been…

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Fire at Crookwell

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5
Also in Evening News

CROOKWELL, Friday.--A weatherboard four-roomed cottage, situated at Brooklands, Crookwell, was burnt, to the ground at. 4 o'clock this morning. A slab stable…

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The Metropolitan Fire Station

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A deputation from the Fire Brigades' Board waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday to urge [?] necessity of purchasing a piece of ground that adjoins the…

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Fire in a Mine. London, March 4

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 482

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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Fire at Tocumwal. An Alleged Confession. TOCUMWAL

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

The courthouse was crowded all day listening to the case against Harry Boyd and Robert Warby, charged with setting fire to Tattersall's Hotel on February 25…

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Granville Fire Brigade. Farewell to Captain Braine. a Popular Officer

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 6

On Tuesday the Granville firemen assembled in the Granville School of Arts to bid farewell to Captain [?] who is shortly to leave the town, and who had previously resigned his…

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Fire in the City. Warby's Hotel Gutted. Some Startling Incidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 7

At two minutes past 3 o'clock yesterday morning Constable Lipscombe when on duty in King-street discovered that the large hotel at the corner of Pitt and King streets, styled Packer's Hotel, but more…

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Sons of Fire. [?] First Published.) All Rights Reserved. Chapter XI.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 12

The lovers stayed in the summer-house, feeling that mother and son would like to be alone, and mother and son strolled on side by side, looking like brother and…

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