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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1875

6 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Local News. Dreadful Accident by Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1875 · page 2

IN our issue of the 31st December last, we interested a short paragraph, stating that Mrs. J. J. Howell had met with severe injuries: it is only recently that…

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Loss of This Euxine by Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1875 · page 4

THE singapore Daily Times of November 16 gives full particulars of the loss of the Euxine. bound from Shields to Aden. The following is the evidence of the second officer. Mr. J. Archer, as placed before the British…

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Poet's Corner. the Beacon Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 4

IN olden times, on mountain peaks, the beacon fires were built. There the breadth of Merrie England, and where Scotsmen were the kill:…

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Disastrous Fire at Young

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1875 · page 3

Sunday, 2.45 p.m.—A. terrific conflagration is now raging here. The Albion Hotel, Schmidt's, Hopkins and Gates's, Armstrong's, Oriental Bank, Benjamin's,…

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Great Fire at Sandridge, Hobson's Bay

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1875 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Sugar Company's works at Sundridge were burned to the ground at an early hour this morning. The fire commenced in the…

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Great Fire at Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1875 · page 4

A FIRE occured on Monday s[?]ennight which destroyed the store in King-street of Thus, Luke and Co., tea merchants, and the adjoining stores of Francis and…

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