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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

28 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Destructive City Fire. ABOUT £2,000 Damage. Sydney

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred early this morning at the premises of Messrs. Mason Brothers, shipping and general agents, at No. 42 Pitt-street, damage…

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School destroyed by fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 January 1902 · page 2

The Boula school in the Cowra district has been destroyed by fire…

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First Taste of Fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

"Linseman," in his recently published book, "Words by an Eyewitness," writes as follows:—"Old time fighting with its…

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Some at a Mountain Fire

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 6

[?] little story (says the "Nepean Time.") that could well find place in [?] of our [?] novels—net an [?] one, either. During the recent…

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Fire at Capetown. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

A huge fire has occured at Capetown, attended by enormous damage…

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Snowballing a Fire

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 9

Ne[?]ty is the mother of invention. In the early morning recently a policeman passing Messrs. Jermyn and Peony's shop in Lyannotical a beam on fire. He blew…

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Inter colonial News. By Telegram from our Correspondent.] SYDNEY, Saturday. Fire at General Post Office

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 2

A firs broke put in the luncheon room at the top of the General Post Office near the telephone switch board at three o'clock this morning but…

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Fire at a Woollahra store

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 2

A fire occurred early this morning at the premises of H. McDonald, who carries on store at Queen Street, Woollahra. There were three shops…

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Great Fire. Her Majesty's Theatre Burned Out

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1902 · page 2

One of the most sensational fires in the history of Sydney's greatest conflagrations occurred on Sunday morning, when the finest theatre in the…

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Fire on Shipboard

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 4

[?] is not always used in [?] from a [?] hold is [?] says [?] and water." While it…

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Fire at Brisbane

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1902 · page 2

Roffung's bulk store of five stories, at Brisbane, has been destroyed by fire…

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Large fire at Pyrmont

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1902 · page 2

A large fire occurred at Pyrmont on Saturday evening, by which a block of buildings bounded by Crown Road, Jones, Miller and…

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Setting fire to a wife

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

George Bottell has been sentenced to [?] servitude for life for having at fire to his wife Both were [?] d…

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Great Fire at Inverell. Two Lives Lost. Inverell, Tuesday Morning

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

The most disastrous fire yet recorded in the history of Inverell occurred at an early hour this morning, the saddest feature af the affair being that…

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Fire

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 3

At half-past six on Tuesday evening the town was thrown into a state of wild excitement by the cries of "Fire!" and a lurid glare showing in the sky from the…

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Tidal ware and fire cyclone

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

A tidal wave broke the vessels from their mornings The people fled to the hills The sea partly destroyed Le Carbet Simultaneously a cyclone of fire fell on the…

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General Cables. LONDON, Tuesday. Fire in London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

A fire, accompanied by [?] fatalities, broke out in the fire storied warehouse of the General Electric Company, Limited, Queen Victoria…

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Another great fire fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 2

A. fire occurred at a leather goods factory in Philadelphia. The girls employed on the premises [?]ashed the escapes, and in the confusion which…

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Fire In a Roumanian prison

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1902 · page 2

The prison at Bathurst Roumania, was destroyed by fire. Six hundred prisoners threw themselves against the iron doors, and the screeches for mercy…

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Large fire at Capetown

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 2

A fire destroyed a block of buildings in the centre of Capetown. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million. The origin…

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