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Fires & bushfires, 1895

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A Fatal Fire

Evening News · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 7

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—A fatal fire is reported from Wellington. On Friday night smoke was Been issuing from a two-roomed cottage and as the inmates…

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Fatal Fire at Wellington. Auckland

The Australian Star · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

A fatal fire occurred in Wellington, the infant son of William Bell Patrick, dying from burns, while the father and mother are hovering between…

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New Zealand. Fatal Fire at Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Saturday.--On Friday night smoke was seen issuing from a two-roomed cottage in Wellington, and as the inmates made no attempt to leave the place, a…

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Fire Brigades Board. Deputation From Municipal Councils

The Australian Star · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 3

The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board held its regular fortnightly meeting on Wednesday last. There ware present:-- Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P., chairman ;…

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New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Fatal Fire. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 5

Mrs. Patrick, who with her husband and child was recently found at her residence, Wellington, suffering from severe burns, and whose child died from the offect of its injuries, has succumbed…

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The Fire Risks of Sydney—a Suggestion. to the Editore of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 6

Sir,—At the deputation from the "Metropolitan Fire Brigade, which waited upon the Mayor of Sydney on Thursday last on the question of the fire risks of the city, his Worship is reported to have said…

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Fire at Pennant-hills

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 3

A weather board cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. C. Bailey, at Pennant-hills, near Parramatta, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The origin of the…

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Fire at Pennant Hills

Evening News · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 4

A weatherboard cottage, in the occupancy of Mr. C. Bailey, Pennant Hills, was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday. How the fire originated has not…

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Peculiar Conduct at a Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 7

ALBURY, Thursday.--At the Inquest today into the fire which destroyed, on 28th ult., an unoccupied cottage owned by Charles Bownds, evidence was given that…

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Great Fire in Hungary. a Town Destroyed

Evening News · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 4

LONDON, May 9.—Also-Kubin, a market town, capital of county Arva, on the River Arva, Hungary, has been destroyed by fire…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 6

SINGLETON, Tuesday.--A fire at Dunnolly, near this town, to-day burned 100a. of grass. With difficulty it was kept from a shed containing 50 tons of hay. The…

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Fires in Sydney During 1894

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 8

In the report of the Sydney Fire Brigades Board for 1894 (which was laid upon the table of the Legisative Assembly last evening), it is stated that thirty-two municipalities were included in the…

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Fire Brigades Boards

Evening News · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 2

The report of the Sydney Fire Brigades Board for 1894, laid before the Assembly last night, shows that thirty-two municipalities were included in the contributory…

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The Fire Brigades

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 6

The report for 1894 of the Sydney Fire Brigades Board, which was laid on the table of the Assembly yesterday, shows that 32 municipalities were included in the…

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Fire at Balmain. a Produce Store Gutted

Evening News · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 4

A fire resulting in considerable damage broke out shortly after 4 o'clock this morning at a produce store in Beattie-street, Balmain, occupied by…

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Fire at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 2

About 4 o'clock yesterday morning the Balmain Volunteer Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at 42 Beattie-street, a hay and corn store occupied by Miss J. Scott…

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Fire at Redfern

Evening News · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 4

A spark from a neighboring chimney caused some esses at the rear of 198 Regent-street, Redfern, to become ignited shortly before midnight last night. The…

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A Year's Fires. Report of the Brigade

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 8

The report of the chairman of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board for 1894 shows that 32 municipalities were included in the contributory list for the year, the total…

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Fire on the Steamer Warrigal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 5

Some excitement was occasioned on board the Lund liner Warrigal on her passage from London owing to an outbreak of fire amongst the deck cargo. The vessel was…

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The Fire at Dural

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 5

DURAL, Thursday.—It has been decided to hold an inquiry as to the cause of the recent fire here. The wheelwright's shop was insured in the Mercantile Fire…

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