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Blue Mountains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1900

5 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Fire at Mount Victoria. Come Old Mountain Buildings Burnt Down

The Mountaineer · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 3

That old block of weatherboard buildings on the Great Western Road opposite to the Imperial Hotel that has for many years past been divided…

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Fire at Katoomba a Cottage Hunted Down a Shot and Cottage Seriously Damaged

The Mountaineer · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 3

One of the largest fires [?] occurred at Katoomba took place on Wednesday night when Mr. [?] son's residence, at the corner of Bent…

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Bush Fires at Mt. Victoria

The Mountaineer · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

Bush fires have been attracting people's attention here considerably during the last five days. Last Saturday morning just before noon the…

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Fires at Katoomba Reserves

The Mountaineer · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 2

A fire of a very extensive character occurred at the Katoomba Falls reserve on Saturday night last, which swept from the fence near the…

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Hanging Fire

The Mountaineer · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 6

A country yokel had for some time been paying attention to one of the village maidens, but could find so way to put his meaning into words…

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