Fire at a Racecourse
The grandstand on the Braidwood racecourse was burnt down on Thursday night at 11 o'clock. There is not, the slightest clue as to the origin of the fire. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
61 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
A Disastrous Fire. January 10
A fire occurred at Barnum's Menagerie, which is at present at Connecticut, in the United States, and the place was destroyed,…
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The greatest natural wonder in Ja[?], if not in the entire world. Is the justly celebrated "Gheko K[?]mdka Guinko," or "Home of the Hot Devils," known…
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IT is very unfortunate that Federation is hanging fire. This is due in a large measure to the…
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The Sydney Jam Factory at Newtown was partly, destroyed by fire yesternight…
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A great fire is raging in Clarence-street, Sydney, this morning. The Eagle Tobacco Factory is in flames…
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Sydney, Tuesday ,y - The E[?]e Tobacco factory, Clarence-street, was totally destroyed by fire this morning S,.ver.+l other buildings are in flames, which appears to have…
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SHORTLY before 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the Eagle Tobacco Company's Factory, Clarence Street, and notwithstanding the…
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Those whose duty called them into to in about 8 o'clock on Monday morning were attracted by the sight of [?] great globe of dark smoke, which rose up from amongst the…
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The residence of the Dowager Countess of Delawarr, has been destroyed by fire. The Countess of Delawarr, who was on a visit…
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The captain and members of the Alexandria Fire Brigade, which body has been subjected to much comment since the fire at Botany-road, Waterloo, on Monday morning…
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A disastrous fire has occurred at the Clyde works of the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (formerly John…
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In a line regiment stationed at Colchester at one time there was an officer remarkable for his extreme height and woful thinness. It was a standing…
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Mr. Bear, Superintendent of Fire Brigades, arrived in Braidwood on Thursday, under instructions from the Government to report upon the formation of a Fire Brigade, for which a sum of…
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London, Thursday—A resuce party under the I alian naval commander succeeding in releasing 1930 Muslems, including women and children, besieged at Candanos by the…
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AT about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon a fire broke [?] residence of Mr. W. Morton, Round Hill, Canberra, and owing to the stiff wind which was blowing at the…
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On Sunday last a serious fire occurred at Canberra, by which the residence of Mr Morton, senior, was totally destroyed. We have not been able to obtain any particulars…
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Warburton and Son's fuel establishment at Pyrmunt was destroyed by this morning…
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The great dry-goods store of Messrs. Ely and Walker, at St. Louis, Missouri, has been destroyed by fire…
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Mr. W. D. Bear, Superintendent of Fire Brigades, Sydney, who recently visited Braidwood with the object of recommending the most practicable scheme for establishing a fire Brigade for the…
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