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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1880

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Fire at Wagga

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 3

WE take the following telegram from the Evening News:— "The fire at, the Pastoral Hotel, North Wagga, yesterday, was first observed…

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Great Fire at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

A most extensive and destructive fire occurred at Bungendore yesterday afternoon. We are indebted for the following…

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Disatrous Fire in New York

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 3

ABOUT half-past 6, Tuesday morning, as the crowds of early labourers were going to work, a cloud of smoke suddenly rolled out from the window of the bayloft of the…

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Inquest on the Late Fire at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 2

THE following evidence was taken on Tuesday before the Coroner, Dr. Morton, and a jury of twelve, at an inquest held at the Harp Inn Bungondore on the late fire, reported in our last…

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Destruction of a Town by Fire. Bradford, Pa., December 12, 1879

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 February 1880 · page 3

Bradford, Pa., December 12, 1879.—Red Rock, one of the most enterprising towns in the Bradford oil district, Pennysylvnia, was destroyed by fire this morning…

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Fire at Wagga Wagga

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 October 1880 · page 3

WE (Echo)are indebted to Mr C. Bown, superintendent of the Insurance Companies Fire Brigade, for the following telegram, which was sent to him on Saturday, regarding the…

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Great Fire at the Sydney Railway Station

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 3

SHORTLY after 12 o'clock on Tuesday morning an alarm of fire was given by one of the watchmen employed on the works of the Redfern Railway Station, and shortly afterwards smoke was discovered…

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Fire at Garryowen

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 2

ABOUT one o'clock on Thursday large volumes of flame and smoke were seen issuing from the premises of Mr Samuel Austin, Garryowen. At first it was supposed to be his…

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