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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Fire at Pine View

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 December 1892 · page 2

“ A second fire was seen to start about noon on Monday on the sand hills on Pine View Station. It appears that a man was seen to pass a…

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Fires

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 21 December 1892 · page 2

ON Monday night about twenty minutes past eight an alarm fo fire was given, and the bell was rung vigorously for some time, and a rush was made in the direction of…

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The Fire at Whitton. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 December 1892 · page 2

The coroner, Mr J. E. Pearce, held an inquest at Whitton on Wednesday, in view of the debris of the fire, which destroyed the store of Messrs Schiller and Artis and…

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Bush Fires at Boomanoomana Tocumwal. Friday, December [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 2

Telegraph communication was [?] Tocumwal and [?] yesterday, [?] Dunne, the telegraph master, went out [?] that a bush tire had burnt four poles [?]…

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The Late Fire at Whitton

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 2

ON Wednesday last Mr Pearce, coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the fire at Whitton, on the 14th instant. William Artis deposed: I am one of the…

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Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 2

CHRISTMAS day 1892 will long be remembered in the district on account of the disastrous fires which devastated a large tract of country on Boomanooman,…

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Destructive Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 4

A destructive bush fire broke out on Christmas Day on the property of Mr. James Hogan, in the Cohuna district. A tract of 30 square miles of country was burned, including…

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Fire in Dean-street. the Inquest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 22

A fire which occurred at the general merchandise establishment of Messrs. W. Rapiport and Co., Dean-street, on Saturday evening (Christmas Eve) was the subject of an inquest…

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The Fire Fiend. Devastation Around Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 2

Again the devastating agent has visited the district, and the work of months has been swept by the remoreseless fiend, [?] our last issue we…

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The Fire at West Hay. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 2

An inquest into the fire which recently destroyed the house of Mr Robert Jackson, at West Hay, was conducted by the coroner was held at the Woolpack Hotel, before a…

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The Late Fire

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 2

ON Thursday Mr Pearce, the coroner, held an inquest on the late fire at Mr R. Jackson's house, near the Woolpack Hotel. Robert Jackson deposed: My house is…

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