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Fires & bushfires, 1892

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The Cholera. the Quarantine Arrangements at New York. Armed Resistance by the Residents of Fire Island. Passengers Not Allowed to Land. London, Sept. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 2

SERIOUS difficulty is being experienced by the authorities at New York with respect to the enforcement of the quarantine regulations upon the passengers by the…

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Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 9

BETWEEN 2 and 3 o'clock on Friday morning a fire broke out in the shop occupied by Messrs. Eagar and Son, tailors, Parker-st., flitch was attended with disastrous…

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A Disastrous Fire

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 2

Wo have again to chronicle a serious conflagration in the heart of Docudrama, by which a block of buildings, knurs as the old Council Chambers, and…

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Wanted, a Fire Brigade

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 2

Two or three attempts have been made in years gone by, to form a Fire Brigade For Barramunda, They hare failed, and for the…

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Isqest on the Fire

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 21 September 1892 · page 3

The inquest on the late fire was held at the Court House on Tuesday, before E. P. Barnes, Esq., District Coroner. Jurymen-- J. A. McKenzie,…

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The Cholera. Fresh Trouble at Fire Island. Instructions by the Local Board of Health. London, Sept. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1892 · page 2

Further trouble seems likely to arise in connection with the passengers who arrived at New York by cholera infected steamers from Hamburg and were quarantined at…

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Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 7

A PUBLIC meeting, convened for the purpose of establishing a fire brigade, was hold in the hall at the municipal buildings on Wednesday night. There was a splendid…

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Fire Brigade Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 3

THE musical entertainment given at the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening in aid of the funds of the Wagga Fire Brigade was even a geater success than had been…

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Fire Brigade Meeting

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 2

There was large [?] of ratepayers aud others at the Council Chamber. on Wednesday owning last, for the purpose of taking the necessary stop to form a Fire…

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Remarkable Suicide of an Adventuress. Opens Her Veins and Sets Fire to Herself

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 6

COLUMNS of the French press have been filled for the past month with accounts of the extraordinary swindles perpetrated by a Madame Apparuti, who in the course of…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 October 1892 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening last, when there were present—1st Lieut. Mumford, 2nd-Lieut, Edney Ex-Capt. Stoppelbein,…

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Mysterious Fire at St. Patrick's Cathedral

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 4

AN alarm was received at the central fire station about midnight (Thursday's Age says) announcing a fire at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Eastern Hill. The alarm was…

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Cootamundra Volunteer Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 October 1892 · page 7

A MEETING of the above was held in the council chambers on Monday, and was fairly attended (considering the inclemency of the weather)…

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Great Fire in Sydney. MESSRS. W. Gardiner and Co.'s Warehouse in Flames. Immense Damage Done. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1892 · page 2

A FIRE was discovered early this morning in the basement of Messrs. W. Gardiner and Company's warehouse, in Clarence-street. The firm is one of the largest softgoods…

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Terrible Fire in America. Great Part of Milwaukee Destroyed. Immense Destruction of Property. Damage Estimated at £1,500,000 London, Oct. 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 3

FEARFUL devastation has been caused in the city of Milwa[?]kee, State of Wiscou[?]sin, on the west shore of Lake Michigan, United States, by a fire which took place there…

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Terrible Fire in America

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 2 November 1892 · page 3

A tremendous flee has taken place at Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.A.), Six hundred houses, the gasworks, and many business blocks of the town…

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Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1892 · page 6

A COMMITTEE meeting of the Fire Brigade met in the Town Hall on Friday night. There were present—Messrs. E. V. Chilcott (chairman), R. Davis, G. S. Hay, C…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 November 1892 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening. Present Captain Connor, 1st-Lieut Mumford, 2nd Lieut Edney, Treas. Moin, Firemen Spies,…

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