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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

2,403 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 121

Goulburn Fire Brigade. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

Mr. E. R. Laws, superintendent, of the Fire Brigade, has resigned that position through continued ill-health. He has been connected with the brigade for 20 years, having been…

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A Prediction That Hissed Fire

The Arrow · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 5

AX AMERICAN VIEW OF THE PROBABLE RESULT OF THE LATE PEACE CONFERENCE…

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Fire and a Coupon Crowd. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 7

A sensation was created at the Co-operative Coupon Company's store, Flinders-street, yesterday morning by an alarm of fire. The place at the time was crowded with ladies…

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River Boat Disaster. Some Eighty Perish Through Fire on Steamer

The World's News · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

Between 70 and 80 perished by the burning of the packet steamer City of Pittsburg one Sunday recently. The fire was discovered early in the morning,…

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(Published by Special Arrangement.) The Fire and the Fool. (COPYRIGHT.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 34

"Well, old fellow, as we haven't had our usuel week at the seaside this year, what do you say to a run to Paris?" The speaker was a tall, spare man, pale and…

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Fire on a Ship. at Parbury's Wharf. Sulphur Cargo Burning

Evening News · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 4

A fire was discovered this morning on board the ship Mount Stewart, lying at Parbury's Wharf. Miller's Point. Some bags of sulphur became ignited, and in a brief period of time the…

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Disastrous Fire in Boulder City. Two Large Buildings Burned. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 10

A disastrous fire, resulting in the destruction of about £13,000 worth of property, occurred at an early hour this evening in Burt-street. Boulder City. The flames started at the rear of a large brick…

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Fire Fighting. an Immense New Machine. Three Thousand Gallons a Minute

The World's News · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 23

Three thousand gallons per minute is the capacity of the new water tower of the San Francisco Fire Department. The apparatus was tested recently at Bay and Francisco streets, in the…

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Two London Blazes. Seven Deaths, and a Million Pounds Lost. Previous Big Fires. (Special to "The World's News.')

The World's News · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 18

LONDON, April 25.—The fire record of the Metropolis for the current year will, it is to be hoped, contain nothing equal to the two conflagrations which have received press prominence…

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Fire on a Ship. Sulphur in the Cargo. Outbreak in the Hold

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 7

The M.F. Brigade-headquarters received a call at 10.40 this morning to a fire on the ship Mount Stewart, lying at Parbury's wharf, Miller's Point. The headquarters firemen at…

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Sweating. the Electrical Engineers. Dangers of Incompetency. the Fire at the Power House

Truth · Sunday 8 June 1902 · page 4

"Truth" has received a complaint from a well-known electrical worker to the effect that considerable sweating is taking place in the Electrical Department, and, what is of still…

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Fire at Maclean. Maclean

The Australian Star · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 5

A fire broke out at 3 o'clock this morning in a building in River-street, occupied by Mr. II. Brereton and family, as a fancy goods and fruit shop and dwelling. Upon the fire being noticed the neighbourhood was…

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Suspected Attempt to Fire a Barque

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 8

The police have been informed that a number of burned matches have been found in a spot near the cargo of the barque Jessie Osborne. They were so placed as to lead to the belief that an attempt had…

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Outbreak of Fire on a Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 5

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call at 10.40 a.m. on Saturday for a fire on shipboard at Parbury's Wharf, Millers Point. A strong force of brigades responded to the call, but, fortunately, the…

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A Cargo on Fire. Sulphur Fumes and Firemen

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 6

"As reported on Saturday, a fire was discovered on board the ship Mount Stewart, now discharging a London cargo at Parbury's Wharf, Miller's Point. The cause of the…

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Fire at Chatham Dockyard. Drawings and Moulds Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, June 8, 2 p.m.—A serious fire has occurred in the mould loft at Chatham Dockyard. The drawings and moulds of all current work were destroyed…

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The Mount Stewart on Fire. Combating Sulphur Fumes

The Australian Star · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 6

The Are on the ship Mount Stewart on Saturday was confined to portion of 150 tons of loose sulphur on the port side of the ship, and which, together with a like quantity of…

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Fire on a Ship. a Sulphur Cargo Ablaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 9

At 10.40 a.m. on Saturday the Metropolitan fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak on the ship Mount Stewart, lying at Parbury's Wharf, Miller's Point. The vessel had on board about…

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Fire at a Dockyard. London, June 8. 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 5

A very serious disaster has occurred at the Chatham Dockyard, where a fire that broke out in the mould-loft resulted in the destruction af the drawings and moulds of all work…

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Our Fire Danger. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 7

Sir,—The statements of Superintendent Webb, and your sub-leader thereon, in your issue of May 20 last, are of the greatest importance to the citizens of Sydney. When one reflects upon the…

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