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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1890

5 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Big Fire in Sydney Tremendous Loss of Property. Several Persons Injured. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1890 · page 5

A great fire occurred this morning, the City Bank, Henry Bulls, Gibb's Shallards, Lawsons, Athen[?]um Club, Feldhem Gothelfs and Scott's…

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The R[?]ot Act and the Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1890 · page 3

THE precise [?] of the [?] Act upon fire [?] derst[?]od in but few cases, and the question has during the last 24 hours been…

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The Recent Fire in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 8

The Coroner has decided not to hold an inquiry into the cause or origin of the fire which commenced in Gibbs, Shallards add Co.'s premses on…

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Disastrous Fire -Six Persons Killed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1890 · page 6

London, 'October 13. — The four-story building on Middle-street, ocupied by Rowley and Brocks, hats, caps, and helmet manfacturers, and Government contractors for…

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Disastrous Fire. a Bonded Store and 30,000 Cases of Kerosene Destroyed. Estimated Damage, £30,000

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 5

A FIRE which at first bade fair to equal if not exceed in extent the recent disastrous fire in the heart of the city broke out last evening at Gibbs, Bright and Co.'s wharf, Miller's Point. The first signs of fire…

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