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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1899

25 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

Another Disastrous Fire. Six Shops Totally Destroyed. with Stocks and Furniture. Terralong Street in Ruins

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1899 · page 2

ANOTHER fire, awful to behold, and terrible in its consequences to Its luckless victims, occurred early yesterday morning, by which 'that handsome block of shops,…

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Disastrous Fire. in Terralong Street Five Shops and Six Dwelling Houses Destroyed. Narrow Escape of Tory's Hotel

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 16 December 1899 · page 2

THE ringing of the Kiama Post Office clock bell and the town fire bells early yesterday morning roused the neighbourhood who soon turned out in…

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The Terralong Street Fire

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1899 · page 2

THE scene of the fire of Friday morning last was on Saturday and Sunday visited by a number of Serious eight seers. It has, so to speak, eclipsed in notoriety the…

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The Terralong Street Fire. the Enquiry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1899 · page 3

As briefly stated in last issue, an inquiry was held at the Courthouse on Monday, before the District Coroner, C. Cameron. Esq., J.P, and a jury, into the cause of…

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Fire Brigade Dinner. Lancer Woods Honored

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 2

The members of the Wollongong Fire Brigade held their annual dinner at the fire station on Thursday night, the building being tastefully decorated with flags and…

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