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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1885

2 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Coffee Palace Fire. (From the Daily Telegraph.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 2

On Monday afternoon, at a quarter to 5, the remains of Mr. Edward Hill, late J.P., of Manille, were found among the debri. of the Coffee Palace Hotel fire. Through overwhelming evidence…

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Fire in Crown Street

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 2

A serious fire occurred early on Thursday morning at Mr. T. H. Robertson's boot shop in Crown-street. It appears from what we could gl[?]an of the facts of the case that the family…

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