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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1898

1,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 82

Fetal Fire

Evening News · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 5

The Chinaman Ah Kin who was so terribly burnt at the are here yesterday, succumbed to his injuries at the Bowful Hospital this morning. The R.M.S. Cruba, from London, at present in…

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"Fire Low and Lay 'Em Out."

The Arrow · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 4

Mr. J. A. Andrews asserts that the order quoted above was given by Lieut.-Col. Price in Victoria on a notable occasion. The question as to whether the Colonel did…

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Fire at Mittagong. a Man Severely Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 11

MITTAGONG, Friday.--The Chinese garden at Mittagong was the scene of a big fire this morning, when a galvanised iron residence was completely gutted. The fire occurred between 4 and…

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Fatal Fire

Evening News · Monday 13 June 1898 · page 5

MITTAGONG, Saturday.—The Chinaman .Ah Kin, who was so terribly burnt at the fire here, yesterday, succumbed to his injuries at the Bowral Hospital this morning…

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Terrible Tragedy. Woman Shot Dead. And Set on Fire

The Australian Star · Monday 13 June 1898 · page 3

A shocking murder was recently, perpetrated at Woolwich (England). Mr. Steward, a resident of that place, went for an Easter trip to Southminster, leaving his wife at…

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Leichhardt Council. the Fire Brigade Trouble

Evening News · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 8

The recent trouble between the Leichhardt Council and the Fire Brigades Board seems likely to be settled amicably, judging from a statement made by the Mayor at last night's meeting of the…

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Fire at Rookwood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 5

The Rookwood Fire Brigade received a call shortly before 12 o'clock last night to a fire in a ten-roomed house, belonging to Mr. Decent. A considerable time elapsed before the outbreak…

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Fire at Bankstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 5
Also in The Australian Star

A fire was discovered early this morning at a weatherboard house in Bonkstow[?] occupied by Mr. Decent. The Rookwood Volunteer Brigade, which was warned immediately, sent out an engine, but it…

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Fire at Wollongong

Evening News · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—An outbreak of fire occurred last night at the residence of a man named Patk. O'Brien, in Barrella-street, Wollongong. The fire brigade was in attendance…

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A Church Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Warraeknabeal was destroyed by fire yesterday. Only the front and side walls wore left standing. The whole interior, the altar,…

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Fire at Wollongong. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred here last night, about 9 o'clock, by which the residence of Mr. P. O'Brien, of Barrella-street, was burned to the ground, and a large…

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Fire at Forbes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 40

FORBES, — June 10.— The residence of Mr, J. F Congdon, situated about a mile from Forbes, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire originated in a detached building at the rear of…

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Fire at Mittagong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 15

MITTAGONG, June 10.— A house occupied by a number of Chinese gardeners here was totally, destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock this morning. Six: Chinamen were asleep in the building at the;…

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Fire Station at Mayfield. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 27

We published in our issue of June 4 an illustration of the Waratah and Mayfield No. 1 Fire Station, and stated that it had been recently opened. It appears, however, that Waratah and…

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Rapid-fire Guns. a Naval Revolution. Lessons of Recent Fighting

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 14

Admiral Ito's squadron in the recent Chinese-Japanese war was well equipped with rapid-fire guns while the Chinese had none, says a writer in the New York "Sun." In…

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Cleansing Fires

Truth · Sunday 19 June 1898 · page 2

MANY of the so-called patriotic Americans are making enormous fortunes by the 'corner' which has been established in wheat, They have sent up the price of corn…

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A Spanish Gunboat Under Fire. London, June 18

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 June 1898 · page 7

A Spanish torpedo destroyer at Santiago came within range of the American guns in the darkness, and retreated under heavy fire…

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A Mysterious Fire. Blaze on a Ferry Boat

Evening News · Monday 20 June 1898 · page 6

The Benelon, one of the horse ferry boats belonging to the North Shore Ferry Company, ws severely damaged by fire yesterday morning. The vessel's registered tonnage is 129 tons, and at the…

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Fire on a Ferry Boat

The Australian Star · Monday 20 June 1898 · page 3

About £500 worth of damage was done yesterday morning by a fire which broke out of, board the North Shore horse ferry punt Benelon. The craft was at the time moored,…

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