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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1883

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

An Express Train on Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 January 1883 · page 3

The Midland Scotch express which runs between St. Pancras and Glasgow, met with a serious accidents on the night of October 28, by which a passenger was burnt to death and…

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Soldiers Under Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1883 · page 4

FEW men, very. few men, go into action the first time without thinking a great deal of the bullets and the danger, and wishing it were all…

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What to Do in Case of Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1883 · page 4

IN Case of either a chimney or a room catching fire the first thing to be thought of is to exclude all draughts, for it is certain that the slightest current of air will…

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The Late Fire at Lismore. Lismore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1883 · page 3

THE Coronor's inquiry into the cause of the fie Molesworth-street, before Mr. A. Gardner, Grafton, commenced its sittings on Monday, and concluded at 10 o'clock on Thursday night…

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Disastrous Fire in D'arcy-street, Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1883 · page 3

ABOUT half-past 7 o'clock on Friday evening the inhabitants of West Sydney were thrown into a state of excitement through the breaking out of a most disastrons fire in…

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Fatal Fire at South Yarra Five Children Burnt to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1883 · page 2

A FIRE which was attended with fatal results, and the news of which will be received throughout the community with feelings of deep sympathy, broke out in South Yarra shortly after…

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