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Blue Mountains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

6 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Railway Carriage on Fire

Katoomba Times · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Sunday.--A report has been received that on Saturday evening the roof of a railway carriage full of passengers attached to a train from Warnambool was discovered on…

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Fire

Katoomba Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

With great regret I have to send a paragraph announcing the total destruction by fire of Mr. Moss beautiful house recently built at the Katoomba end of this town. It appears the…

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Accidental Fires

Katoomba Times · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 4

IN calling attention to fires and pointing out some of the causes of these accidents, for most of them are accidental, one cannot help wandering at the carelessness exhibited in the…

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Nearly a Big Fire at Katoomba

Katoomba Times · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 2

LAST Saturday night, shortly after 9 o'clock, Mr. Hardwick closed his shop, leaving everything apparently safe. About an hour afterwards, Mr. James Armstrong, who occupies the shop and…

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Fire at Eaglehawk

Katoomba Times · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 4

MKLNOURNE, Saturday.-- A serious lire broke out at Eaglehawk 9 o'clock on Friday evening re alting in damage amounting to between £12,000 and £15,000. Flames were…

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Five Children Inured by Fire

Katoomba Times · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 4

GUNNEDAIL, Saturday. Five children narrowly escaped being barnt to death last night They were sleeping in a wagonette when a candle ignited the blankets, One child, eight…

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