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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1900

30 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 2

Terrible Fire Fatality at Ballarat

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 6

A FIRE occurred early on Sunday morning at the general store of Mr William Henry Jenkins, South-street. Ballarat. The building was of weatherboard, and…

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Brisk fire from the forts

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1900 · page 2

The forts answered the fire of the Europeans briskly from dawn to noon…

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Hanging Fire

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 5

A country yokel had for some time been paying attention to one of the village maidens, but could find no way to put his meaning into words…

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Fire at Peak Hill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 5 November 1900 · page 2

Eleven buildings were destroyed by fire at Peak Hill on Saturday…

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Hanging Fire

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 9

A country yokel had for some time been paying attention to one of the village maidens, but could find no way to put his meaning into words…

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Damaging bush fires

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1900 · page 2

Extensive bush fires have occured in Corowa, Waggs, Forbes, Moree, Warren, Wyalong and Ech[?]ca districts. Some settlers…

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Bush Fires at Wangeratta

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1900 · page 2

Bash fires broke out two miles out of the town of Wangaratta and when the winds lulled the fire was checked…

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Bush Fires. CROOKWELL

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 2

Disastrous bush tires are raging at Bigga. One woman and several children are reported missing. Tranter's Inn, at Blanket Flat, was burned to the ground…

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Fire at Circular Quay

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 2

Wilcox and Coy's hide and skin promises, Circular Quay, have been ga[?]ed by fire…

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Our Soldiers Under Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1900 · page 2

"Linesman," writing in the November "Blackwood," describes the [?] of the rank and file under fire in South Africa. He…

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