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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1859

4 stories in Riverina's papers

Original Correspondence. Bush Fires. (To the Editor of the Wagga Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1859 · page 2

SIR—I hae seen mony a muckle fire in my time. I saw the burnin o' the Dublin Custom House—the docks I mean—or rather the cellars or the stores, in the muckle houses…

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Supposed Loss by Fire of the British Ship Meroo, From Calcutta

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1859 · page 4

This fine ship is supposed to have been entirely destroyed by fire on the night of the 29th November near Cape Verd Islands, while on her homeward…

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Incendiary Fire at Ballarat West

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 4 November 1859 · page 5

A dastardly act of incendiarism was committed at an early hour on Wednesday morning in the township of Ballarat West. The particulars are as follows:--…

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Great Fire at Constantinople

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 30 December 1859 · page 2

Constantinople journals of the 14th state that a dreadful fire bad destroyed upwards of 1000 houses in the Turkish capital. It broke out in the quarter of…

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