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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1898

1,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 82

Fresh Fires in the Mine. Exploration Parties Withdrawn

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday, 11.30 p.m.--A sensational development took place about 10 o'clock to-night, resulting in the withdrawal from the mine of all the search parties, and the…

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The Mine Reported on Fire. Operations Abandoned. Friday morning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 5

The alarming news was received at an early hour this morning that at about 11 o'clock last night the fire in the Dudley Colliery was discovered to be rapidly spreading, and that it had been necessary…

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Dudley Disaster. the Pit on Fire. Suspension of Rescue Work

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 4

CHARLESTOWN (via Newcastle), Friday Morning.—During last night Dudley and the surrounding district was thrown into a state of terror owing to the rumors that further explosions had…

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The Colliery Disaster The Mine on Fire. Exploring Parties Withdrawn. CHARLESTOWN

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 5

Great consternation prevailed at Dudley and Charlestown last evening when a report was circulated that the exploring parties in the mine had been driven back by fire, and…

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Dudley Disaster. Fire Still Burning Mine to Be Flooded. Action by the Authorities. (Continued from page 4.)

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 5

CHARLESTOWN, Friday Afternoon.—Shortly after 10 a.m. the following experts were on the ground:—Mr. Robertson (Caledonian Company), T. Croudace (Scottish Australian), Humphreys…

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In Case of Fire

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 7

YOUR house takes fire. What burns first? The lightest and most inflammable stuff, of course— furniture, doors, shelves, floors, panelling, and other woodwork. If it is a stone or brick house…

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Victoria. Fatal Fire at Wangaratta. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 9

A disastrous fire occurred at Wangaratta tonight. Three business places were destroyed. A man named Charles S[?]hroeder, while watching the progress of the flames, was buried beneath a…

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Appalling Fire. Twelve People Burned to Death

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 9

A terrible and fatal fire occurred recently in Gloversville, New York, which is the centre of the glove industry in the State of New York. The fire broke out in the Alvord House,…

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Fire at Newtown. a Tough Job. Firemen Overcome by Smoke

Evening News · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

The firemen attached to the Newtown branch of the M.F.B. had a task of considerable difficulty before them adoring the early hours of this morning. Shertly before half-past 5 o'clock they were called…

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The Colliery Disaster. Fires Raging in the Mine. Another Explosion Feared. the Pit Being Sealed Down. Workings to Be Flooded. Five Bodies Still Entombed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--As stated in to-day's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," searching operations at the Dudley colliery for the five victims of Monday's explosion, whose bodies have not…

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The Dudley Colliery Disaster. a Serious Development. the Mine on Fire. Volumes of Smoke and Gas. All Operations Abandoned. the Pit to Be Sealed and Flooded. Five Bodies Undiscovered. Conference of Experts. Distribution of Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 9

The excitement which has prevailed throughout the district and colony since the disastrous explosion at the Dudl[?]y Colliery on Monday last has been intensified by the sensational developments reported…

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Fire at Hatte's

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 7

YESTERDAY morning, at 515, a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. C. G. Hatte, draper, &c., 304 to 308 King-street, Newtown, The alarm was given by a constable to the…

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Fire in Kent-street

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 7

THERE was an alarm of fire last night about 11 o'clock, and the engines were flying through the streets in anticipation of a big conflagration. The scene was the Dumbarton Hotel,…

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The Dudley Pit Disaster. the Fire Fiercely Blazing Flooding the Mine. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 7

MESSRS. W. TURNBULL, Jonathan Dixon and T. Croudace proceeded to the Dudley mine this morning for the purpose of taking charge of the sealing-down…

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Alarm of Fire

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 8

An alarm of fire was given on Saturday afternoon from the warehouse of Messrs. Laycock, Son and Nettleton, bedding and furniture manufacturers, corner of Harbour and…

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Fire at Newtown. Hatte's Drapery Establishment in Danger

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

Prompt action on the part of the fire brigade averted what might have been a disastrous fire this morning at Mr. C. G. Hatte's big drapery establishment in…

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Fire at Newtown. Narrow Escape of a Block

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 3

The block of buildings occupied by Mr. C. G. Hatte, draper, clothier, and universal provider on the main road, in Newtown, the finest establishment in the suburbs, had a narrow escapes…

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Fire in Melbourne. Extinguished by a Melting Pipe. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

Early on Saturday morning a large quantity of water was found issuing from beneath the front door of Prell's Buildings in Queen-street. Entrance being gained, it…

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Victoria. Fire in Prell's-buildings. Extinguished in a Remarkable Manner

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Prell's-buildings in Queen-street had a remarkable escape from destruction by fire during Friday night. At an early hour on Saturday morning large quantities…

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Fire Brigades Board

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 6

Mr. Z. C. Barry, secretary of the Fire Brigades Board, writes: "I have the honor, by direction of the Fire Brigades Board, to forward, hereunder a copy of a resolution of the board, which it is…

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