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Fires & bushfires, 1871

3 stories in New England's papers

The Fire and Loss of Life at Roma

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 4

THE Roma correspondent writes to the ' Dalby Herald:'—A very disastrous fire broke out at Cook's Hotel on Saturday morning, 14th Jan., about half-past one…

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Terrible Fire at Chicago. Nearly the Entire City in Flames. Fifty to One Hundred Lives Lost

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 2

Chicago, October, 8th, 12.30 a.m.—The most terrible conflagration which has ever occurred in this city broke out about an hour and a half ago, and, having already…

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The Chicago Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 6

THE great fire at Chicago began in a stable on Sunday night, October 8. A boy took a kerosene lamp into the stable in order to milk a cow. The animal kicked the lamp over, which set fire to the place. The…

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