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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1886

3 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Fire at Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1886 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry touching the cause of the fire at the Woodstock Hotel was held at the residence of John Tate, Jamberoo, on Wednesday last, the 24th…

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On Dangerous Ground. LVI.—(Continued.) After the Fire

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1886 · page 4

The light flashed up in those deep, grey eyes—her name to his lips. "Gabriel! My preserver! My heart!" The next moment she was kneeling at his…

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Coal Oas Product As a Fire Extinguisher

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1886 · page 2

All English publication by a late mail says:d—"Yet another use has been found for the product of coal gas. During a recent fire which occurred at Lewes, Mr. Hammond, the manager of the…

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