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Fires & bushfires, 1897

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THE [?] Fire [All Rights Reserved.] [?] the Pr[?] No. 8. (Continued.)

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

[?] me I we must be nearly that's One-tree Hill surely,—at there's Jone's large vineyard. I think I remembers the places so…

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Parson Johnson's Troubles. a South Sea Apostle. A Good Life. Social Discourtesies-- Governor Phillip's Neglect-- Infidel Officers-- The Hatred of Grose -- The Irish Church — Governor Hunter Interposes-- Fire I-- Virtue Rewarded

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 7

That the Rev. Richard Johnson was a worthy man and a faithful minister no one who delves in the old stories about the earliest days of New South…

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Fire at Junee

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 5

JUNEE, Monday.—Mr. C. Blatch's, jun., private residence was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The family were absent at the time. With a high wind, and no water, the fire brigade were…

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The Alexandria Fire Station

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 4

The secretary of the Fire Brigades' Board hay written to the Alexandria Council notifying the resignation of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade, and the occupation by permanent men of the…

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Fires. Sad Fatality at Waverley. a Man and Two Valuable Horses Burned to Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out in a large stable at the rear of the Oxford Hotel, Carrington-road, Waverley, resulting in a single young man named George Edward Eagleton, aged 19…

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Fire at Waverley. a Young Man Burned to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 6

Shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday a fire occurred in a stable attached to the premises of Mrs. Mary Flannery, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Cowper-street, Waverley, and resulted in the death of a…

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Fatal Fire. a Man Loses His Life. Two Horses Destroyed

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 3

At about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning Constable M'Bride, of Waverley, noticed that the stables attached to the Oxford Hotel, Cowper- street, Waverley, were on…

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The Fatal Fire. a Dreadful Death. The Coroner's Inquest. Evidence of a Witness of the Fire-- Valuable Horses Also Lost in the Flames

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 5

The shocking death by burning of a youth named George Edward Eagleton, aged 19, at Waverley, yesterday, was the subject of an inquest under the presidency…

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Fatal Fire at Waverley. a Man Burnt to Death. Two Horses Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1897 · page 6

A groom named George Edward Eagleton, 19, was burnt to death by a fire which occurred yesterday morning in a stable at the rear of the Oxford Hotel, Charing Cross, Waverley. In the…

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A Bush Blaze. At Middle Harbour. Fighting the Flames

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

Word was received at the North Sydney Fire Station during the day that a bush fire of considerable dimensions had broken out at Folly Point, Middle…

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Inquests. the Fatal Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 3

The City Coroner (Mr, J. C. Woore) held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, respecting the death of George Edward Eagleton, the young man who was burned to death in a stable attached to the…

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A Shop on Fire

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 3

A Are broke out in Paddington last night at 207 12 Oxford-street, but was fortunately extinguished by the Paddington Fire Brigade before it had time…

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Fire Brigade Board Contributions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

Considerable irritation exists among of the suburban municipal councils at the action of the Fire Brigades Board is raising the amounts of the annual contributions, and it is intended to make a united protest…

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Fire in a Mill

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

INVERELL, Monday.—A fire broke out in Taylor's mill at 10 p.m. on Sunday. A passer-by noticed smoke issuing from the old engine-room and used as a bran store. He gave the alarm, and…

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Fire in Oxford-street

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

A fire occurred last night at 207½ Oxford-street, occupied by Henry Field, soapmaker. The alarm was given to the Paddington Brewery Brigade, and they, with detachments from No. 4…

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The Country. Fire at Interell

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

INVERELL, Monday.--A fire broke out last night at Taylor's Inverell Flour Mills, in the old engine-house, which contained about 1000 bags of bran. The flames rapidly spread to the roof,…

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West Australia. Fire at Kalgoorlie

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--A fire broke out on Sunday morning at the rear of the Club Hotel, in a bedroom occupied by the barmaids. The fire originated in a box of papers, and spread to…

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The Waverley Fatal Fire. Inquest on Eagleton

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

The Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday on the body of the young man George Edward Eagleton, whose charred remains were found yesterday in a stable at the rear of the…

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The Burwood Council and the Fire Brigades Board

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 4

A notification from the headquarters Metropolitan Fire Brigade, that the first quarter's contribution due by the council, amounting to £27 1s 7d, was due, formed the subject of a…

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The Fatal Fire. The Coroner's Inquest. An Open Verdict. The Death of George E. Eagleton-- Conclusion of the Inquiry

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

The inquest touching the death of George Edward Eagleton was concluded at the South Sydney Morgue this afternoon…

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