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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

1,913 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 96

Easter Camps, at Richmond. a Wet Day Under Canvas. the Fires Put Out

Evening News · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 2

RICHMOND, Saturday Morning.-Rain fell in torrents from noon until 3 o'clock yesterday-over an inch being registered during camp luncheon…

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The Pope's Blunderbuss. Will It Miss Fire or Kick?

Watchman · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 5

"The prospect of the Pope, in these modern days, laying an interdict on a whole nation kindles, it must be said, a sensation of half-amused wonder in the secular mind…

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Religious Fanatic Fires at Bishop. Arrest of the Culprit. London, April 1

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 April 1904 · page 5

A Bulgarian Bishop named Gerassimos, at Strumnitza (Macedonia) wished to build a church on a vacant site in the centre of the Patriarchate quarter…

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Fires at Waterloo and Balmain

Evening News · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 4

At an early hour on Sunday morning a fire occurred at Messrs. Reckitt and Son's Blue Factory in Lachlan-street, Waterloo; Detachments of the M.F.B., from George-street West,…

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Fire in King-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 9

At about 1 a.m. yesterday a man who was passing F. Ash and Co.'s premises in King-street saw a glare in the back part of the building. He at once ran to the Central Fire Station, in the same street, and…

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Queensland. Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 7

A fire has occurred at Chariotte-street Brisbane, in a shop occupied by E. J. Rodgers, wool, hide, and tallow merchant. The brigade succeeded in preventing the…

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Fires. a Cottage Destroyed. Narrow Escape of the Inmates. Corowa, Saturday, [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 3

On Wednesday night a four-roomed weather[?] board house, the property of Miss Kennedys owner of a homestead selection at Lowesdale, was, togther with the whole of the contents,…

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Fire at Waterloo. Blue Factory Severely Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 5

What proved to be a destructive fire occurred yesterday morning at Reckitt and Sens', Ltd., blue factory, at. Lachlan-street, Waterloo. An employee at Shepherd and Sons'…

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Fire at Waterloo. Blue Factory Greatly Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 9

An outbreak of fire was discovered at Messrs. Reckitt and Son's blue factory, Lachlan-street, Waterloo, shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and before it was extinguished the greater part of the goods stored on the first…

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Fires. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 6

On Thursday night or early Friday morning a stack of hay containing 70 tons, the property of Mr. W. E. Tayler, was totally destroyed at Derringullen. The fire is supposed to be the…

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Fire at Ottawa

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

LONDON, April 4.-A fire broke out in the Government House at Ottawa yesterday. Before the flames were extinguished damage had been done to the extent of £10,000…

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Fire at Erskineville

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

Shortly before midnight on Monday a fire broke out in a boot factory Situated at the corner of George and Victoria (Streets, Erskineville, the proprietor being Mr. Judah Isaacs…

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Fire at Rockhampton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A fire occurred at Rockhampton this morning, which resulted in the destruction of a two-storeyed building in Campbell-slreet with all its contents. The house was the property of Mr…

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A Fire Escape-model

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 7

Mr. A. S. Gilder, of Glebe Point, is exhibiting a model of his patent fire-escape. The idea is a permanent structure affixed to exterior walls, and consists of a number of landing-cages placed…

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Fire in a Boot Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

Shortly before midnight a fire broke out in a boot factory at the corner of George and Victoria streets, Erskineville, owned by Jubal Isaacs. When the brigades arrived the flames…

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Tasmania. Fire at Wynyard. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

A fire at Boat Harbour, Wynyard, early this morning destroyed the dwelling and homestead buildings of Thomas Berrichree, farmer and racehorse owner. He was away with his…

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Fire at Erskineville. a Boot Factory Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

A fire broke out in a boot factory at the corner of George and Victoria streets, Erskineville, shortly before last midnight. The business is carried on by Mr. Judah Isaacs,…

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General Cable News. Fire in a Government House

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A fire which broke out on Saturday in the Government House. Ottawa, did damage to the estimated extent of about £10,000…

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Fire at Ottawa. Government House Damaged. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

A fire broke out in the Government House at Ottawa yesterday. Before the flames were extinguished damage had been done to the extent of £10,000…

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