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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1858

4 stories in Murray's papers

Great Fire at Christiana

The Border Post · Saturday 12 June 1858 · page 2

In the terrible conflagration at Christiana on the night between the 13th and 14th inst. three quarters of the city are reported to have fallen a prey to the flames: among other…

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Fire at Lake [?] — a Woman Ireland to Death

The Border Post · Wednesday 18 August 1858 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident happened on Friday night last, the 6th instant at Lake George, near Collector, by which a habitation, with [?] was completely destroyed by…

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Colonial Intelligence. Fire and Loss of Life at Little Bendigo

The Border Post · Wednesday 27 October 1858 · page 4

About midnight on Saturday night the [?] on the Main Road were alarmed by the uncustomed sound of the call bell the fire engine as it rattled up the road…

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Destructive Fire at Sandridge

The Border Post · Wednesday 3 November 1858 · page 4

About a quarter to eight o’clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. G. W. Robbins, master stevedore, in Stoke street, Sandridge. A strong notherly…

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