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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

13 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Large Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Thursday.—A large fire occurred at Narrandera to-day. Several shops were destroyed…

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Bush Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—There is serious damage from bush fires in the Murray and other districts. More than previously chronicled. Selectors in different parts of…

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Ship on Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—At nine o'clock last night the ship Lincoln, lying at the wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay, caught fire. The vessel was ruined, being burnt to the water…

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Bush Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—Dubbo district is suffering greatly from bush fires…

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Fire Brigade Demonstration

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 2

The annual demonstration of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday night, and took the form of a torchlight parade round town. Owing to the…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XI.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 6

He did not say how often. The subject of Mrs. Mauleverer's will had grown to be rather an amusing one to him though it was a terrible source of anxiety to all those…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XI.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 October 1892 · page 4

The little episode of the meeting between Tessa and the young blacksmith, whose personal appearance had made an impression on the girls of Mrs. Mauleverer's party,…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XII.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 4

The broken incoherent sentences, choked by sobs, died away in piteous weeping. Tessa looked at Pamela in great dismay and pity; then she ran to her and kissed her…

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The Storgteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XIII.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 4

She glanced involuntarily at the stile. 'I thought I had better come into the copse,' he said, understanding her thought and smiling slightly. The stile was high,…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XIII.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 3

She noticed for the first time that he had been talking to her bare-headed all through the interview. It was difficult to say why he should have done so; but this little act…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XIV.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 October 1892 · page 6

'No; for there is an insurmountable barrier between us! She told me just enough to show me how hopeless my love was.'…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XV.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 4

Geof sprang forward to catch them up but his momentary indecision; caused by, his amazement which as yet overpowered all other feelings, lost hint an advantage. The…

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The Storyteller. As Through Fire. Chapter XV.—(Continued)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 4

Geof Martin watched the meeting with keen interest. Crofton returned the greeting civilly, but with none of the other's cordiality. Still there was nothing marked…

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