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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1889

9 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Large Fire at Narrabri

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 2

Narrabri West was the scene of a most disastrous fire on Thursday. [?] Railway Hotel, Gately's general store, [?], Wright's store, Parker's Carriers' Arms Hotel, Parkers' general…

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Destructive Fire at Armidale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 2

A great fire broke out at 4 o'clock on Monday morning, when the well-known Courthouse Hotel, corner of Beardy and Danger streets, occupied by Mrs. Leverett, was burnt to the ground, also…

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Another Fire in a Printing Office

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 2

Shortly after half-past 1 o'clock on Saturday the dreaded alarm of fire was heard all over the city, and from the sharp and persistent manner in which the bells pealed out, it was evident that danger of…

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Six Fires a Day

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

There was a general impression in the public mind that fires in London had increased during 1888, and (observes a London contemporary) it is satisfactory to find that…

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Original Poetry. the Fiend of the Forest Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 4

Straight down from the heavens of brass, In the glare and the gleam of its ray, The sun seemed to scorch up the grass And to wither the waters away;…

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Great Fire in Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 4

The Melbourne TELEGRAPH on Monday gives the following report of the destruction of the three-story warehouse of Messrs. Schrieber and Sch[?] importers, Flinders-lane…

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Fire at Majura

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 2

EARLY on Thursday morning the kitchen in close proximity to the dwelliing house or Mr. J. M. M'Intosh, of Majura, was totally destroyed by fire. At nine o'clock…

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Fatal Fire at Woolahra

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 3

A fire, costing the life a young man named William G. Holt, occurred shortly before 8.30 a.m. on Friday on the premises occupied by the deceased's father, Mr. Isaish…

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Fatal Fire at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 August 1889 · page 3

Goulburn, Wednesday,—A dreadful occurrence took place here this morning at 1 o'clock, when a small wooden building in Verner-street, built against a portion of the premises…

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