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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1881

14 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

More Fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 3

WHILST the inquest was [?] at D. Ryan's, touching the accidental fire at the Umaralla River, a fire broke out in Stephen Harppr's…

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Inquest on Umaralla Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 3

ON Wednesday last Mr. H. Dawson, Coroner, held an inquest at the dwelling-house of Mr. Daniel Ryan, at Umaralla River, touching the field…

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Fire in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1881 · page 4

A FIRE occurred on the premises of Mr. Solomon Cooper, hairdresser, 709 [?], aboult 1 O'clock on Monday morning. The fire was…

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Bobundarah Bush Fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 2

IT is feared that the heavy losses sustained by Mr. Joseph Rolfe, of Ironmongle Minor, are to be ascribed to the carelessness of bushmen when…

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The Barrack-street Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1881 · page 3

THE inquest which was [?] on January 14 on the fire that occurred in the warehouse of Mr. A.Bechat, Barrack-street, Sydney, was resumed…

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Telegrams. Fire in Queanbeyan

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1881 · page 2

QUEANBEYAN. Tuesday, 9.35 A.M. ONE of the Queanbevan Flour Mills, rented by a man named Brown, was burnt down last night. ThO mill…

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Fire in Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1881 · page 3

ABOUT a quarter-past 7 on Sunday night, flames were discovered by Mr.David Mahoney, jun., outside a cottage occupied by Warder Connors…

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Fire near Micalago. MICALAGO

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1881 · page 3

A man named Baptiste Zulini has nearly been ruined by a mysterious fire. His barn containing 500 bushels of wheat in close proximity…

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Inquest—Colinton Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1881 · page 1

ON Wednesday, Mr. Henry Dawson, Coroner for the district of Cooma, held an inquest at Mr. Peter Connelly's Traveller's Rest Hotel,…

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The Bunyan Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1881 · page 3

WHAT is regarded as an act of in[?] occured at Bunyan shortly after midnight on Saturday, or about 1 o'clock on Sunday…

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The Bunyan Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1881 · page 3

AN inquire touching the learning down of the premises of Samuel Woodcroft at Bunyan was [?] by Mr. H. Dawson, the coroner, on…

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Sheep on Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 2

A RECENT "Hallarat Courier" has the following:—An extrodinary discovery was made by the grand in charge of the half past [?] train to Melbourne on…

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Fire Inquiry in Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 21 December 1881 · page 3

AN inquest was held before Mr. H. Dawarn coroner, on Monday last, at the Prince of [?] of Mr. [?] Jury: [?] William Peter [?] Edward…

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Terrible Fire on Board a Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 3

A TELEGRAM from Dublin to the San Francisco Chronicle, dated 17th November, gives the following particulars regarding the explosion on the…

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