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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

2,403 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 121

Fires. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 10

A fire occurred at F.Crago's National Flourmills at 10 o'clock this morning. An employee discovered the dustroom, on the top floor, in flames. He at once gave the alarm. Fortunately, a few weeks ago an…

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Fires in the Country

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

BERRIGAN, Tuesday.—A house, owned by Mr. James Searle, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The occupants, Mr. Walter Teale and his wife, were unable to save any of the…

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Fire at Bathurst

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

BATHURST, Tuesday.—This morning the fire brigade was called out to Crago's mill, and on arrival there it was found that a fire had broken out in the smut room. Before the arrival of the…

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A Fatal Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 8

A fire broke out late on Saturday night in a fourroomed wooden cottage in Nicholson-street, Carlton, occupied by a family named M'Namara. The fire is supposed to have started in a bedroom in which…

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The Fire Danger

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

The necessity for a branch fire brigade station at Pyrmont is becoming an urgent one. A few years ago, a large proportion of Pyrmont was practically waste land, but recently the greater…

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Leichhardt Fire Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 9

Alderman W. Taylor, suburban municipal representative on the Fire Brigades Board, recently informed the Leichhardt Council that it had been decided to erect a new fire station in the district upon…

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Fire at an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 5

An outbreak of fire occurred at the Jersey Hotel, Park-street, yesterday, caused by a match igniting some spirituous vapors given off from a quarter-cask of rum. The head-quarters…

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Fire at a Flourmill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 8

BATHURST, Tuesday.--The firebell rang out an alarm this morning, when it became known that an outbreak had occurred in F. Crago's mills. There was something approaching a scare, and a…

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A Factory on Fire. Disastrous Blaze at Leichhardt. Damage Estimated at £14,000. Hundreds of Hands Thrown Idle. Clothing an Boot Factory Borneo Down

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 5

A fire which throws some 350 hands out of employment and destroyed over £14,000 worth of stock and property, occurred in Marlonstreet, Leichhardt, this morning, when the…

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Fire at a City Hotel

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

The heardquarters, Circular Quay, and Darlinghurst branches of the M.F.B. responded yesterday to a call of fire at the. Jersey, Hotel, Park and Castlereagh streets, city. A…

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Sensational Fire at Lillimur. Locked in a Burning Room. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 8

The police at Horsham this morning received a report of a sensational fire at Lillimur in the early hours of Saturday morning, when the Albion Hotel was destroyed with practically all its contents…

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Fire at Leichhabdt. Another Early Morning Outbreak. Clothing and Boot Factory Destroyed

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

Marion-street, Leidhhardt, was the scene, at an early hour this morning, of a fire, which resulted in the total destruction of a factory owned by Messrs. Wallace and Company, clothing and boot…

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Sydney Harbor Trust. Works Projected and in Progress. the Commissioners' Policy. Extensive Re-modelling Not Contemplated. No Outside Expert to Be Engaged. a Harbor Fire-engine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 9

In addition to the alterations at Circular Quay, particulars of which were given in yesterday's tissue of "The Daily Telegraph," the Harbor Commissioners have in progress or in contemplation…

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Phosphorus and Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 4

Mr. Alex. Bruce, Chief Inspector of Stock, says that in view of the recent hot weather and terrible bush fires, which in some instances have arisen through imperfectly dissolving…

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To Guard Against Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

A league of landholders has been formed at Broadford for the prevention of bush fires. The committee recommend all landholders to keep a supply of fire-beaters, made of green hide or…

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Hemmed in by a Bush Fire

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

ALBURY, Wednesday Afternoon.—Rial Brothers, of Copabella Station, near Germanton, were heavy losers in a bush fire which occurred on that station. The fire broke out between 1 and 1.30…

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A Gallop for Life. Incident of a Bush Fire. a Thousand Sheep Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

ALBURY, Wednesday. -- A report from the Upper Murray states that Riall Brothers, of Coppabella station, were big losers in the bush fire which occurred there recently. The fire broke…

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Fires. Blayney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 8

A fire broke out last night at 8 o'clock in a weatherboard cottage occupied by Miss Cooper. The house and contents were all burnt. A brick building, occupied by Mr. F. Neal, also caught fire, and but…

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Fire at Blayney

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 3

BLAYNEY, Wednesday.—A fire occurred in a weatherboard cottage occupied by Miss Cooper, in Church-street, last night. The outbreak was discovered by a neighbor in the front portion of the…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 6

BLAYNEY, Wednesday. -- A fire broke out last night in a five-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Church-street, occupied by Misses Cooper. The building and contents were totally destroyed. One…

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