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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1894

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Fire at Yass. a Narrow Escape

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

Mr. D. J. Lynch, of the Post Office Store, Yass, had a narrow escape from being burnt out on Sunday night. The fire must have been smouldering since Saturday night for…

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Disastrous Bush Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 2

Sydney; Tuesday.—Disastrous bush fires have taken place at Daysdale, near Albury, the holdings of several selectors being devastated…

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Fire at Gundaroo

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

Early last week, Mr William Boswell's house was burnt. It appears that the family had retired to rest at the usual time; and that at about two a.m. Mr. Boswell was…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. (Before the P.M. AND Mr. J. J. Wright). Breach of Careless Use of Fire Act

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 2

H. C. Rimer pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on the 5th November instant lighted a fire in the open air on his promises in Monaro-street and left the…

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"Fire."

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 4

CHRISTMAS night, was a wild one. 'Black clouds betokening a tornado of rain, were swept onward over the Great Barrier toward the tall steeples and the lofty mansions…

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