Fearful Bush Fire
A TERRIBLE bush are broke out on Thursday, 6th instant (says the Melbourne Argus), about eight miles south of Colac, and swept down with great…
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Fires & bushfires, 1879
7 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers
Fire and Loss of Life at Newtown
SHORTLY after 7 o'clock on Monday night a very destructive fire, resulting in the [?]onth of a fine little boy, occurred on the promises of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sketcher. Fires in London
HONE of the great cities of the world have suffered more from frequent and disastrous fires then London. As early as 764 there was an extensive conflagration which laid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Dunedin
THE Melbourne Argus of September 9 gives the following further particulars of the five which occurred at Dunedin on September 7:—…
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WILLIAM WATERS, the proprietor of the Octagon Cafe Chantant, at Dunedin, was arrested by the police on the 14th September, charged with wilfully setting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Dry Plain
Mr. H. DAWSON, the Coroner for the district of Cooma, held an inquest at Frying Pan on the 6th instant, on view of the houses of Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow Escape from Fire
About a quarter to 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning the attention of one of the compositors in the MANARO MERCURY Printing Office was attracted by a crackling [?]…
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