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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1883

6 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Great Fire at Bourke

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 4

BOURKE, Saturday.—At about 11.30 last night smoke and flames were discovered to be issuing from the cellar of Messrs. A. Kirkpatrick and Co.'s retail store. Upon…

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Miscellaneous. Soldiers Under Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 2

FEW men, very few men, go into action for the first time without thinking a great deal of the bullets and the danger, and wishing it was all over and they were safe; the second…

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Fire at Bobvan

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1883 · page 3

INFORMATION was received in Cooma last Tuesday of a disastrous fire having occurred at Mr. Wm. Brayshaw's, Bobyan, about 22 miles from Adaminaby, on the previous…

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Fire at Newcastle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday. At about 9.30 p.m. on Saturday the greatest fire which has occurred in Newcastle for 30 areas broke out in Messrs. John Ash and Sons' steam…

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Fire at Lambton

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1883 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—A big fire is now raging at Lambton. The flames have already destroyed Mr. Thomas drapery store and Mr. [?]aughes's wine shop…

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Great Fire in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 November 1883 · page 4

SHORTLY after 10 o'clock the fire bells rang out with great violence, and a lurid glare was at once seen covering on the lower and of George and P[?], and app[?]…

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