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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1882

10 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Great Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1882 · page 3

A VERY destructive fire occurred at the Government Printing Office, situated at the rear of the Treasury building, about 11 this morning. In consequence of the…

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Select Poetry. Fire Brigade Ode

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1882 · page 4

IN the dead of the night, With their frightful spell, Come the sounds from the horn, Or clanging of bell…

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Fire on Board H.m.s. Inconstant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1882 · page 3

We learn from the Cape Times that a fire broke out on board H.M.S. Inconstant on the night of,.Friday, the 5th May, in the after part of the ship, in the officers'…

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War Declared. Bombardment of Alexandria. Departure of the Consuls. Protest Against the Bombard Arabi Defiant. Two Fortresses Destroyed. a Third Fort Silenced. the Egyptian Fire Slackened. July 10

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1882 · page 2

Admiral Seymour has refused to compromise. The Foreign Consuls in Alexandria have repeated their protest against the…

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To-day's Telegrams Sydney, The Garden palace was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. 9.40 a.m

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 2

ANOTHER night was wasted in the Assembly last evening on the motion for adjournment by Mr Abbott, with reference to the collection of the census. The Criminal law…

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Destruction of the Garden Palace by Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 September 1882 · page 1

OUR Palace has fallen I The fair-like structure reared bu three short years ago on one of the fairest spots on earth, where-to we summoned representatives of all…

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The Garden Palace Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1882 · page 2

SEVERAD rumours as to the cause of the at Garden Palace were [?] yesterday, it being supposed by a section of the community that some persons—whose misdeeds were…

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Disastrous Fire in George Street. a Woman Burnt to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1882 · page 2

AHOUT 11 o'clock last night the bells rang out the fire alarm, and instantly a bright glare burst over the city from the direction of Brickfield Hill. A rush was made by…

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Extracted Telegrams. Destructive Fire at Hay. Hay

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 December 1882 · page 3

A FIRE broke out on Sunday morning at Mr. Silk's tailoring establishment, and his premises and stock were destroyed. The Singer's Sewing-machine Agency, Messrs Broughton and…

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A Hospital Fire Thirty Patients Burned to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 December 1882 · page 2

A HORRIBLE, eatastrople occurred at Halifax on the 6th November, which is thus described by a correspondent in a New York journal:—About 12 o'clock on the night of November…

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