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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1897

4 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Large Fire at Forbes. Damage Estimatfd at £6000

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 2

A very destructive fire occured in Forbes early on Monday morning. The alarm was given about 3 a.m., when a fire was seen to be burning at the rear of Hutchinson and Seward's…

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Fatal Fire at Lucknow. Five People Burnt to Death

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 4

A FIRE occurred at Lucknow at 12 o'clock an I Sunday night, by which Mm. Joseph Roberta and her three children, and also Charles Cooper, who attempted to rescue the children, were…

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Disastrous Fire in Melbourne Damages Estimated Over £1,000,000

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 4

NEVER in the history of Melbourne has such a disaster happened as that which overlook it on Sunday morning when the block of buildings known as "The Lane" was completely…

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Great Fire in London. Damage Estimated at £2,000.000. 100 Warehouses and Offices Burned Notable Buildings Partially Destroyed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 4

A disastrous fire which broke out on Friday night, was the greatest known in London since the memorable conflagration in Tooley-street, in 1861, which continued burning for a month, and…

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