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

Fires & bushfires, 1889

66 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Two Great Fires

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 December 1889 · page 5

The great fire which devastated Chicago in October, 1871, was one of the most destructive ever known, and will form a memorable event in the history not only of America, but…

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A Serious Fire

National Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1889 · page 3

A tramp, lighting a fire to boil his billy, on a farm near Donald yesterday, set fire to the grass and destroyed the crops of three selections and two homesteads. A family of…

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Fire at Broken Hill

National Advocate · Monday 30 December 1889 · page 3

A fire occurred at Broken Hill at midnight on Saturday, in which a woman, name Kate fitzsimmons, was burnt to death…

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Destructive Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 3

The Donald correspondent of the Melbourne Argus telegraphs:—An extensive fire took place at Watchmen on December 26. It seems that a man named…

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Fire in a Theatre

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 2

During the progress of the play "Maid of Orloans at the Theatre Francais, in Paris, a Pile of faggots ignited on the stage and it was Enveloped in flames…

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Fire in the Theatre Francaise, Paris. Sara Bernhardt Rescued with Difficulty

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1889 · page 3

During the progress of the Maid of Orleans at the Theatre Francaise in Paris, a pile of faggots in the last scene was ignited, and the stage was enveloped in flame. Sara Bernhardt…

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