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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1886

185 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 10

Cablegrams. London, Friday. Great Fire in London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1886 · page 5

AN extensive fire broke out early this morning in Knight Rider-street, E. C. and in spite of the efforts to subdue the flames an entire block of buildings…

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Great Fire in West Maitland. a Child Burned to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 December 1886 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon the startling news came to Newcastle that a block of five houses had been burned down in West Maitland and one life lost. As far as we…

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Great Fire in Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1886 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Monday Morning.—One of the most terrible conflagrations which has taken place in the town of West Maitland for over twenty years happened…

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Cablegrams. London, Friday. Great Fire in Liverpool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 December 1886 · page 5

A destructive fire took place at Liverpool last night at the bon marche establishment of Lewis and Co., which was completely destroyed. A…

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Great Fire in Adelaide. Supposed Loss of Life. (S.M. Herald) ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 December 1886 · page 6

AN extensive fire occurred early last evening in Randle-street. It started at Castle's drapery establishment, next the Academy of Music. The…

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The Recent Fire in Adelaide. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1886 · page 5

THE fire in Rundle street on Friday night started from Castle's drapery shop window through an ember from a taper igniting some lace. The flames spread with…

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