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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1887

14 stories in Illawarra's papers

Fire at Robbinsville

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 2

The Inhabitants of Robbinsville were aroused this (Friday) morning by cries proceeding, in the first instance, from the residence of Mr. T. Davis. All seemed quiet until about two o'clock, when…

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The Fire at Robbinsville

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1887 · page 2

An inquiry concerning the fire that originated on the promises of Mr. Thomas Davis was held at Robbinsville on Friday last, before Mr. C. F. Smith, coroner for the district, and the following…

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The Fire at Robbinsville. Adjourned Inqu[?]ry

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1887 · page 2

The adjourned inquiry respecting the fire that occurred at Robbinsville, on the morning of the 7th inst., was held at the Denmark Hotel on Thursday last, before the Coroner…

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Terrible Fire in Dunedin. Auckland

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 2

A most disastrous fire, by which several lives were lost, has occurred at Dunedin. The Iron and Woodware Company's premises, conv[?] 2[?] have been destroyed. While the fire was…

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Disastrous Fire

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 2

ON Sunday morning last at about twenty minutes to six o'clock the town was seriously startled by a rapid and continuous ringing of the town clock which some…

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Destructive Fire in Terralong-street. Several Stores Consumed. Damage About £3000

Kiama Reporter · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 2

A Fran broke out at about 5.30 on Sunday morning ant in the drapery and general store occupied by Mr. W. J. Statham in Terralong-street, next the Steam Packet Hotel and…

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The Fire at Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry touching the cause of the fire which resulted in the total destruction of the premises recently occupied by Mr. W. J. Statham as general store in…

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Inquest on the Recent Fire in Terralong-street

Kiama Reporter · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 2

AN inquest on the fire which occurred in Terralong-street on Sunday morning last was hold on Wednesday by the District Coroner, H. Connell, Esq., P.M. and the following jury…

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Setting Fire to a Sick Room

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1887 · page 4

THE London Daily Telegraph of March 11 reports that Mr. Carttar, West Kent corner, held an inquest at Greenwich on the body of Sarah Arn Starr, aged 25…

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The Camp Fire. (Written by a Queensland Drover.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1887 · page 4

THE stockman's tea was over, the damper stowed away, And to stretch our weary limbs around the fire we lay;…

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Inquest on the Fire at Weston's

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1887 · page 2

The coroner for the district (Mr. C. F. Smith) on Monday initiated an inquest touching the cause and origin of the fire at Mr. E. H. Weston's premises early in the morning of that day. The…

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Inquest Touching the Fire at Weston's

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 2

The inquest touching the origin of the fire, which took place at Mr. E. H. Weston's early on the morning of the 3rd instant, was rusumed at that gentlemen's residence on Saturday last…

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Inquest Touching the Fire at Weston's

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 2

THE inquest touching the origin of the fire, which took place at Mr. E. H. Weston's early on the morning of the 3rd instant, was resumed at that gentleman's residence on Saturday last…

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The Fire at Shoolbred's

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 15 October 1887 · page 4

THE business of Messrs. Shoolbred & Co., at whose place an extensive fire was reported in our Saturday's issue, is the most extensive of the kind carried on in London…

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