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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1888

25 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Telegrams. Destruction of Property by Fire at Micalago. Micalago

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

ON Thursday night the stables in connection with the Hibernian Hotel were burnt to the ground. A valuable mare that was on the premises was destroyed and two…

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Destructive Bush Fires

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

DURING the past week several bush fires of more or less severity have been experienced throughout the district. At Yarralumla on Sunday a serious…

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Bungendore News. Destructive Bush Fires. a Settler Burnt Out.—miles of Fencing Destroyed.—sheep and Cattle Roasted Alive.—beating Back the Flames.—a Hopeless Task

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 2

THURSDAY last was a day which will be long remembered in the district. As briefly intimated last issue bush fires of terrible magnitude were raging in every…

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Local Intelligence. Destructive Bash Fires. a Settler Burnt Out. — Miles of Fencing Destroyed.—sheep and Cattle Roasted Alive. — Beating Back the Flames.—a Hopeless Task

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 2

THURSDAY last was a day which will be long remembered in the district. As briefly intimated last issue bush fires of terrible magnitude were raging in every…

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The Late Bush Fires.—alleged Carelessness

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

AT the Bungendore Police Court on Thursday last before J. M. Atkinson Esq. J. P., Richard Hyles was charged on summons with the careless use of fire,…

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Terrible Scenes at a Dublin Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 4
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

A fire broke out in an eight roomed tenement house, No. 43, Caffe Street, off Stephen's-green, Dublin, with fatal results. On the arrival of…

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Destructive Fire at Micalago

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

ABOUT 8 o'clock on Saturday evening last a tremendous blaze could be seen from the Micalago township, apparently about three miles away, and (writes our…

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Micalago. the Late Fire.— a Droughty Season. — Mining Notes.—some of the Good Things

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

Au inquiry as to the cause of the late fire which destroyed Mr. George Tompsitt’s hayshed, and about 75 tons of hay on the night of the 21st inst., was held…

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Micalago. the Late Fire.—a Droughty Season.—mining Notes.—some of the Good Things

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

AN inquiry as to the cause of the late fire which destroyed Mr. George Tompsitt's hayshed, and about 75 tons of hay on the night of the 21st inst., was held…

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The Late Fire at Woodside Farm

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

THE following additional particulars have been supplied to our representative in connection with the late fire at Mr. George Tompsitt’s Woodside Farm, Micalago :—…

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Bush Fires at Gundaroo

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

FOR some time past (writes our Bungendore correspondent) bush fires have been very prevalent at and around Gundaroo, and Mr. Charles Masters who appears to…

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A Fire Brigade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 1

A public meeting was held at the Literary Institute, on Monday evening last for the purpose of forming a Fire Brigade in Braidwood. There was a large attendance. Mr. John Wallance was voted…

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Fire at a Diamond Mine.—loss of 224 Lives

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 1

A Cape Town telegram says:—A telegram received here from Kimberley states that a fire occurred last night at the entrance to the shaft of the [?] Beer's Mine at that place. Eight hundred…

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