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Fires & bushfires, 1867

3 stories in New England's papers

The Iron Plate in the Fire Grate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1867 · page 4

THE iron plate for the fire grate (remarks the 'Chelmsford Chronicle') we find is being very generally adopted in this neighbourhood, and is found to be a great success. A Mr…

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Exciting Scene at a Fire in Birmingham

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1867 · page 2

A FIRE broke out in the house of Mr. James Ede, draper, Newtown-row, Birmingham, on Saturday se'nnight. The fire originated in the shop, and smoke soon…

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Great Fire in Philadelphia and Loss of Life

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1867 · page 4

THE 'Philadelphia Inquirer' gives the following account of the destruction of the American Theatre in that city:—The fire broke out in the second story, or…

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