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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1900

1,641 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 83

Fire at Cudal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 7

CUDAL,Monday.--Shields and Sons drapery establishment was burned to the ground on Sunday morning at 3o'clock. The stock was valued at £700, and was insured in the Imperial…

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A Bushman at Mafeking. With the Canadian Battery. Meeting with Baden-powell. Sensations Under Fire

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 5

Trooper J. W. Jackson, of the First Bushmen's Contingent, in the course of a letter from Mafeking, dated May 25, to his parents, who reside at Terry street, St. Peters, says:…

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Pressmen Under Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent with General [?] writing from Thabainchu, about the attack on De Wet's Dorp, says: "The Boers stormed the high plateau intervening between the…

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A New Fire Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 11

The efforts of those who have been moving for years to procure the establishment of a fire brigade station at Mosman have at length met with success, for the Metropolitan Fire Brigades…

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Fire on the Indraghiri

Evening News · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, July 17.-The Tyser line steamer Indraghiri, while loading for Sydney at Woolwich, was badly damaged by a fire…

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Fire on the Indraghiri. London, July 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 7

The steamer Indraghiri, while loading for Sydney at "Woolwich, was badly damaged by a fire. The Indraghiri it a steamer of 4927 tonz, and…

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A Steamer on Fire. the Indraghiri Badly Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The steamer Indraghiri, which was loading at Woolwich for Sydney, has been badly damaged by fire. The Indraghiri is a fine specimen of the…

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Fire on the Indraghiri. London, July 17, 6.40 a.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 5

The steamer Indraghiri, while loading for Sydney at Woolwich, was badly damaged by a fire. The Indraghiri is a steamer of 4927 tons, and…

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Without Breakage. an Important Invention. No More Coal Ships on Fire at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 5

The accompanying illustration represents an invention recently patented throughout the British dominions, which promises fair to revolutionise the methods of loading coal into ships…

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The Fighting at Tientsin. The Governors of Shansi and Honan have joined the anti-foreign movement. Chinese Fire "Deadly Accurate." Losses of the Allies. Japanese Dash

Evening News · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, July 16, 1.30 p.m.-Further particulars of the fighting at Tientsin state that on the 9th instant the allied troops, chiefly Japanese and Americans…

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Proposed Fire Brigades Amended Act. Suggested Clauses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 2

At a meeting of the Redfern Council last evening a com munication was received from Alderman W. Taylor, and urban municipal representative on the Fire Brigades Board intimating that the following gentlemen were appointed [?]…

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The Fire at Ashoroft's Farm. To the Editor

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 5

SIR,—I would respectfully draw the attention of the Liverpool public to the remarkable faot that, although the late serious fire at Ashcrofts Farm was witnessed from the town by a number of…

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Prevention of Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 6

The Forest Commission issued their report today, in which they make some important recommendations with a view to the prevention of bush fires. They ask that the police be created fire…

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Alarm of Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

There was an alarm of fire at Parramatta north on Saturday night, when a chimney at Mr. Weaver's greengrocery, adjoining Mr. Asher Hart's, caught fire. The brigade was…

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A New Fire Brigades Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 4

At the meeting of the St. Peters Council on Monday, a communication was read from Alderman Taylor (municipal representative on the Fire Brigades Board), stating that, in conjunction with Messrs. Griffith, Moodie, and…

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Fire Brigades Board

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 5

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoou the 16th annual report of the Fire Brigades Board, Sydney. It was stated that the number of…

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Rookwood Fire Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 3

At a meeting of the Rookwood Municipal Council on Tuesday evening a letter was received from the secretary ot the Rookwood Volunteer Fire Brigade to the effect that the brigade had been disbanded, on…

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The Fire Brigades Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 8

The proposed Fire Brigades Bill, as drafted by the Municipal Conference, is not viewed with favor in some quarters, and the Auburn Council on Tuesday night subjected it to very severe criticism. All the speakers…

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Fire at the Tivoli Hotel

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 5

Late last night a fire broke out in a pantry at the Tivoli Hotel. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade were summoned, but before they arrived the inmates of the hotel had extinguished…

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Fire Brigades' Board. the Annual Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 10

The annual report of the Fire Brigades' Board was laid on the table in the Legislative Assembly last night. It showed that during the 12 months the fire service had maintained a very high state of…

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