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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

3 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Destructive Fire At Botany

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 2

AT about a quarter past 10 o'clock on Thursday night a fire broke out in one of the out-buildings of the works of the Sydney Tanning and Bootmaking Co.,…

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Fatal Fire at Hay

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 8

HAY, Tuesday.—A shocking burning fatality occurred here between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. A small tenement caught fire at that…

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Large Fire in Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—One of the most considerable fires which has taken place in Melbourne for some time past broke out shortly before 4 o'clock this…

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