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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1865

3 stories in Riverina's papers

Arrival of the Wonga Wonga with the English Mail. News to the 20th MARCH. Great Fires! Death of Cardinal Wiseman. Advance of the Russians. Fall of Charleston and Wilmington. Fall in the Price of Cotton. Failure of Peace Negotiations. Expected. War with America!!! Sydney, Wednesday, Noon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 20 April 1865 · page 2

THE "Wonga Wonga," branch Mail steamer, reached Adelaide last night, bringing the entire Australian mails. The P. and O. Company's steamer "Madras"…

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Frightful Petroleum Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 8 May 1865 · page 3

THE most terrible conflagration that has occurred in Philadelphia since the great fire of July, 1850, took place this morning. Before proceeding to narrate the horrors of the calamity, we will describe the…

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Destruction by Fire of St. Mary's Cathedral

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 6 July 1865 · page 3

BY far the largest and most disastrous conflagration which has ever occurred iu Sydney happened last Thursday night, and resulted in the total destruction of St. Mary's Cathedral. This…

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