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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1856

4 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Total Destruction by Fire of Covent Garden Theatre

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 June 1856 · page 4

Little did the "Carnival" masquers who attended Mr. Anderson's benefit on Tuesday, the 4th of March, at Covent Garden Theatre, expect the terrible finale that…

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Destruction of the Queen's the Aire by Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 June 1856 · page 3

These who were present at the Theatre on Tuesday evening could little anticipate that the successful performances of that night would be the last they would have the pleasure of…

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Destructive Fire Is Brooklyn. Forty-seven Families Burnt Out—Naval Storehouse and Twelve "Dwellings Destroyed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 October 1856 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred in Farman-street under the Heights, on Saturday. morning, involving the destruction of a large quantity of naval stores and twelve…

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[?] Fire at Messrs Eroad[?] Manuf Actory

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 November 1856 · page 4

A [?] fire broke out in the [?] 12th August in the [?] of the Messrs.Broad[?]…

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