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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1898

8 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

A Destructive Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 9

ON Sunday morning last, between 3 and 4 o'clock, a disastrous fire occurred at Mr Harry Dunstan's residence. Kurrajong, when a large barn, with a considerable proportion of its…

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Fire at an Entertainment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 7

An accident of a rather serious nature occurred on Queen's Birthnight at the Church of England School-room, where a cinematograph and phonograph…

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Fire at an Entertainment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 9

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Sir,—In reference to the par which appeared in your issue of the 28th May last. I would indeed be obliged by your insertion of the following statement of facts relative to the…

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A Slight Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 11

AN outbreak of fire occurred on the premises of Mr Jackson, in George-street, about 12 o'clock on Thursday morning, but owing to the prompt action of Messrs C Marden,…

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The Fire Brigade

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir,—It is only when a fire such as that of Monday last breaks out that the necessity for having an organized brigade makes itself pinfully manifest. There were many willing…

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The Fire Fiend

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 7

ON Friday last the alarm was given that a fire had broken out at Newtown in an old building used as a smithy by Mr. Murray, and situate near Mr. B. Keenan's cottages…

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Fire in Macquarie Street

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 7

ON Monday morning, shortly after 10 o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises recently purchased by Mr. W. Mortley from the estate of the late Mrs. Dickson…

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McDonald River R.C. Church. Destroyed by Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 12

WHILST the bush fires were raging last week among the mountains at Central McDonald, some sparks fell on the roof of the stately old Roman Catholic Church, the result being that the dry…

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