News 1870 to 1895
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8 January 1873 - Fire in Shop Window
8 January 1873 - Incendiarism in Sheffield
8 January 1873 - Workshop Fire
29 January 1873 - Fire at Messrs. Turner and Naylor and Messrs. Blades and Whitham, Bramall Lane
25 March 1873 - Great Fire At The Attercliffe Chemical Works
14 August 1873 - Serious Fire at Walker's Timber Yard - £5,000 Damages
26 August 1873 - Stack Fire at Manor Farm
22 November 1873 - No Water leads to loss of premises belonging to Messrs. Wilson and Davies
12 February 1874 - Great Fire in Sheffield This Morning - Damages £2,000
12 May 1874 - Incendiary Fire at Gleadless
18 May 1874 - Serious Fire at Cowley Bay, Brigade Summoned by Telegram
12 June 1874 - Telegraphic Communications
08 January 1890 - Fire in Bridge Street
8 January 1890 - Narrow Escape for Family
4 January 1891 - Mowbary Inn Fire
5 January 1891 - House Fire at Wadsley Bridge
10 January 1891 - Bromley Street Fire, Brigade at work for 12 hours
10 January 1891 - Slight Fires in Sheffield
20 January 1891 - Fire in Heeley
20 January 1891 - Fire at Windmill Farm, Bolsterstone

9 February 1891 - Fire at Fulwood Church

3 March 1891 - Fatal Farm Fire at Dore
27 April 1891 - Fires in Sheffield
14 May 1891 - Haystack Fire near Totley
16 May 1891 - Farm Fire at Owlerton
26 June 1891 - Workshop Fire in John Street
3 July 1891 - Fire at Alpha Works, Clough Road
7 July 1891 - House Fire, Granville Lane, Children Rescued
27 July 1891 - Fatal Fire, Matilda Road, Plucky Action of Sheffield Miner
27 August 1891 - House Fire in Neville Street
1 September 1891 - Fatal Fire at Bolsterstone
3 September 1891 - Serious Fire in Arundel Street
8 September 1891 - Slight Fire at Attercliffe
11 September 1891 - Fire in West Street
1 October 1891 - Fire in Harwood Street
26 December 1891 - Fire at Timber Yard Another Outbreak - More Serious than the First
16 January 1893 - Alarming Fire at Intake, Narrow Escape of Six Children, A Girl’s Heroism
01 February 1893 - Serious Fire in West Street
10 April 1893 - Fire at Three Merry Smiths Public House
28 April 1893 - Fire at Thorncliffe Colliery Damages £1,500
30 May 1893 - The Great Fire in Sheffield, Stacey’s Circus Demolished, Narrow Escape of Surrounding Property
7 December 1893 - Serious Fire in Eyre Street £500 Damage
8 December 1893 - Serious Fire in Sheffield Petroleum Store in Flames, Brightside Lane
8 December 1893 - Stable Fire at Killamarsh
12 December 1893 - Fire on the Duke of Norfolk’s Farm at Wardsend Two Soldiers Arrested
21 December 1893 - Hovey's Fire - Great Conflagration in Sheffield, Six Large Shops Gutted, Narrow Escapes
22 December 1893 - Hovey's Fire Latest News
23 December 1893 - Fire at Sheffield Brewery, Damage £11,000
23 December 1893 - Fire at Messrs. Hovey’s Sheffield, Progress of the Work
29 December 1893 - Fire at Crosspool
29 December 1893 - Fire Brigade Inquiry into Hovey's Fire
18 January 1894 - Another Alarming Fire in Sheffield
9 June 1894 - New Fire Station Planned at West Bar
25 June 1894 - Annual Lifeboat Parade
11 August 1894 - Haystack Fire at Dore
29 November 1894 - Alarming Fire in Sheffield, Board Schools in Flames
8 February 1895 - The Weather in Sheffield, Fires Caused by the Frost
21 February 1895 - Fatal Fire in Sheffield, The Park Club Destroyed
19 November 1895 - Royal Hospital Fire
31 December 1895 - Serious Fire at Crookes, House and Shop Gutted, Narrow Escape of Family