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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1899

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Outbreak of Fire. Burnt to the Ground. a Brave Rescue

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

Just about one o'clock this (Friday) morning, an outbreak of fire occurred near the railway station. The house was the properly of Mr John Fitzgibbon (sometimes…

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The Late Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 2

AT Fitzgibbons's[?]afforded another opportunity for the exercise of that charity and sympathy with sufferers, which has done credit to the hearts of the people of…

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New York Fires

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 4

The great mass of debris on the site of the Windsor Hotel has been carefully examined, and out of it have been taken the rem[?]ins of about thirty persons. It is impossible to…

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Thoughts While Under Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 1

A New York journalist recounting conversations he has had with members of the crew of the Naval Militi[?] ship Yankee, which took part in the bombardment of santiago, writes:…

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Fire-brigade Water-tanks

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

OUR readers -- these residing in the town and its vicinity, at least -- will have noticed an excavation in progress lately at the intersection of Lowe and Monaro sheets, in…

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Took a Severe Cold After the Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

Alter the bis fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more settled. Alter using three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy…

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Took a Severe Cold After the Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I look a very, severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more settled. After using three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy…

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A District Wiped Out by Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 4

The great fire on Coney Island, a New York seaside resort, wiped out a district. Nearly 200 hotels, salorns, bathing pavilions and other buildings were destroyed. The…

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Took a Severe Cold After the Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 2

After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help the cold only becoming more settled. After using three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy…

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Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 2

LAST Monday a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. William Ryan of Horse Park, Gininderra, which totally consumed a kitchen and its contents, including a valuable stove…

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Burial Under Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

HIGH on the ridge where the marines had pitched their tents on the shore of the Guantanamao Bay (says the Chicago Evening Post) the first Cuban soil taken by the…

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Took a Severe Cold After the Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 2

After the big five in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more [?]. After using three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy…

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A Steamer on Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 3

The steamer Pilharra arrived in port this morning on fire. The flames broke, out in the hold three hours before the steamer entered…

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Took a Severe Cold Afte[?]rthe Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

After the big fire in Cripple Greek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more settled. After usiug three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy…

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Alarm of Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 2

LAST night, shortly after six o'clock, the fire-bell clanged out its alarm, and roused numbers of persons from the comforts of the tea-table. A rush was made to the…

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Outbreak of Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 2

At a few minutes past six on Thursday night, just as everybody was sitting down to tea, the firebell rang out its wild alarm, and the streets were soon dotted with knots of…

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Took a Severe Cold After the Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 2

Alter the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more settled. After using three small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy…

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Selected Poetry. Pictures in the Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 4

WHAT is it you sen in the fire, my boy, With the curling looks of brown ? Are there realms of fame in the glowing flame…

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A Tremendous Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—Thompson'a tannary at St Mary's, the largest in Australia, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estima[?]ed at £500,000…

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Outbreak of Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

An outbreak of fire, which was for unat[?]ly checked in time, occurred at the AGE Office on Thursday, at about three o'clock. One of the employees had lit a tire for the purpose…

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