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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1895

1,997 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 100

A Balloon on Fire. a Thrilling Experience. Miss Essie Viola at Gympie. A Mass of Fire in the Air--A Blazing Chariot

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 6

The Gympie TIMES of Wednesday contains the following account of Miss Viola's sensational balloon ride at Gympie on Monday afternoon:--Miss Essie Viola, who…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Fire at Warrigul. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 5

A fire broke out on Saturday night in Southstreet, Warrigul, Gippsland, in the centre of a block of wooden buildings extending from Cash and Co.'s drapers' shop to Anderson…

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Fatal Fires. The Coroner's Inquests. Two Lives Lost. How the Loss of Life Occurred--Evidence at the Inquiries

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 5

Two outbreaks of fire, each attended by loss of life, occurred at Willoughby late on Saturday night, in one instance a babe being the victim and in the secund case a widowor…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Monday. -- A fire occurred yesterday morning at Bowen's Freemasons' Hotel. Fortunately, willing hands and plenty of water mastered the flames, but a…

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Country Fires

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 4

GERMANTON, Tuesday.—A fire occurred here on Sunday night in William Ashford's billiard saloon and barber's shop, adjoining Donald M'Innes's…

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Fatal Fires. the Inquests

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., deputy city coroner, held an inquest at the Croydon Hotel yesterday touching the death of a carpenter, Thomas Fell, who was burnt…

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Fatalities and Accidents. the Fatal Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 6

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, Deputy City Coroner, held an inquest, yesterday touching the death of Thomas Fell, a carpenter, who was burnt to death when a shed in Archer-street…

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Fire at Gunnedah

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

GUNNEDAH Monday.—A fire out in the servants' room at the Freemason's Hotel. Gunnedah, between 9 And 10 o'clock on Sunday morning. The whole…

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Fire at Hungerford. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

A serious fire is reported from Hungerford. It broke out in a cart nnd timber shed belonging to M'Dule and Bevan, and, the timber being dry, the fire raged fiercely. The building, three…

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Fire at Carcoar. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

Two houses at Carcoar were totally destroyed by fire last night. One was occupied by Mr. J. W. Fox and theother by Mr. Tankey, storekeeper. The Courthouse Hotel, next to Fox's, had a very…

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Fire at Gerringong. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning the dwelling-house of Alderman John Moffitt, near Crooked River, Gerringong, and all its contents, were totally destroyed by fire. There is no clue as to…

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Fire in a Bank Kempsey

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 6

A fire broke out at daylights yesterday in a press in the manager's room at the Kempsey branch of the Commercial Bank. The explosion of some cartridges kept in the…

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The Toowoomba Fire. Three Deaths Reported. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 6

The recent fatal fire at King's cottage, Toowoomba, is proving more disastrous than was at first anticipated. King, the occupier of the premises, was burnt to death…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondent.) Fire at Germanton. Germanton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

A fire broke out at the Criterion Hotel about 9.30 p.m. on Sunday, and before it was discovered it had a complete hold of the billiard room and the Assembly hall, which were totally destroyed…

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Fire Insurance Companies

Evening News · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 2

A meeting of fire insurance companies was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Underwriters' Association, 19 Bridge-street, Sydney, to consider the…

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Fire Insurance Companies. And the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 8

A meeting of fire insurance companies was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Underwriters' Association, 19 Bridge--street, Sydney to consider the action taken by the…

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Fire at the Glebe

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph, Evening News

About five minutes past 12 this morning a fire broke out in a shed in a shed in Grove-street, Glebs, used by Grace Bros., drapers, as a storehouse. The No. 2 branch of…

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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 4

A meeting of fire insurance companies was bold yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Underwriters' Association, 19 Bridge street, Sydney, to consider the action taken…

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