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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1875

7 stories in New England's papers

Disastrous Fire at Windsor

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1875 · page 6

THE 'Herald,' of 24th ult., gives the following, from its own reporter:—About a quarter to 2 o'clock yesterday a most disastrous fire broke out at…

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Loss of the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick by Fire. Four Hundred and Sixty Lives Lost. Singapore, December 29

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1875 · page 4

A MOST distressing calamity occurred to the emigrant ship Cospatrick, which left London on the 14th September, bound for Auckland, under the command of Captain Elmslie, and having on…

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Volunteer Fire Brigade. (To the Editor)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1875 · page 2

SIR--Apropos of the recent attempt at incendiarism at Mr. Cotton's, and in view of less criminal calamities of a similar kind, it is a pertinent question whether the occasion should not be improved…

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Total Destruction of the Jason Schooner by Fire at Maryborough

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1875 · page 3

A correspondent of the 4 'Gympie Times' of the 12th instant, writes as follows:—The Jason, as you are perhaps aware, arrived a short time back from the South…

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The Californian Mail. Destructive Fire in Dublin

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1875 · page 8

A FIRE broke out on June 18, at midnight, in the Excise Bonded Stores, which contained 1800 puncheons of whiskey. There were several…

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Fire at the Ben Lomond Inn

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1875 · page 6

AN inquest was held on Saturday, 21st inst., before the Coroner, Mr. J. M'Lean, J.P., and a Jury of five, as to the cause of a fire at Mr. Ross's, Ben Lomond Inn,…

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Hints in Case of Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1875 · page 8

BE well acquainted with the best means of escape from your house, both at the top and bottom. Do not get confused. Admit no one to your house except…

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