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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1888

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

Bush Fires at Braidwood

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 2

THE district in all directions in ablaze. Fire fire, fire everywhere. Not only in the vicinity in the town but of the remotest parts has the devouring element been at…

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St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 September 1888 · page 1

Shortly after 4 o'clock on Friday evening on explosion of gas, followed by an outbreak of fire, occurred at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Charlotte-place, and for some few minutes at least the handsome…

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Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 12. (Before James Aldcorn, Esq. P.M., and J. W. Bunn, Esq. J.P. Careless Use of Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 1

Robert and Joseph Oaks were charged with the careless use of fire at Little River. They pleaded guilty and were fined 1s, each and costs. SURETIES OF THE PEACE…

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Fire at Kiama

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 2

An EVENING NEWS telegram says:—A destructive fire occurred at Mr. D. Muir's general store, situated near the Steampacket Hotel, in Terralong-street, about 2 or 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, which…

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The Disastrous Fire at Broken Hill

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 2

The following additional particulars are to hand regarding the disastrous fire which occurred at Broken Hill on Monday night, and which was briefly alluded to in our telegraphic summary last…

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