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Fires & bushfires, 1895

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Fire at a Dairy. 35 Cows Burnt to Death. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 2

A FIRE that occurred at Belmont on Friday evening destroyed a shed with 35 cows and 30 tons of hay. The fire which occurred on the property of Messrs. Prout Brothers,…

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Fire at Cartwright's Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 2

AT about 8 o'clock on Sunday evening the residence of Mr. John M'Grath, who carries on business in Fitzmaurice-street as a tailor, was burnt to the ground. The residence…

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Fire at North Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 2

The residence of Mr. John M'Grath, tailor, on Cartwright's Hill, North Wagga, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night last. It appears that Mr. M'Grath and…

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A Fatal Hotel Fire. a Woman Burned to Death

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 2

A BAIRNSDALE telegram of Sunday says:—Shortly after 11 o'clock last night the Gordon Hotel, in the Lower Nicholson, owned and occupied by Christian Bosse, was seen to…

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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening, when there were present—Captain Edney, 1st-Lieut. Strusz, 2nd-Lieut. Williams, ex-Captain…

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Fire at the Council Chambers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 5

AT 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the blacksmith's shop, in the Town Hall yard, and adjoining the Fire Brigade station. The alarm was raised by the Spergin…

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Disastrous Fire at Mudgee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 3

A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Mudgee on Saturday night, when Messrs. Tait and M'Diarmid'slarge warehouse and the whole of its contents were completely destroyed. The…

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Fire at Wagga. Municipal Property Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 3

A fire occurred at about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning in an outbuilding on the Town Hall enclosure." The flames were noticed by Fireman Curran and a constable…

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A Terrible Catastrophe Fatal Fire at Parkes. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 4

A terrible catastrophe occurred at Parkes shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning. At that hour the town was alarmed by the ringing of the…

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Fatal Fire at Parkes. Seven Persons Burned to Death

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 2

A TERRIBLE catastrophe occurred at Parkes shortly after 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. At that hour the town was alarmed by the ringing of the firebell, and it was discovered…

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Disastrous Fire at Mudgee. Damage £10,000. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 April 1895 · page 4

A disastrous fire occured at Mudgee last night, when Messrs. Tait and M'Diarmid's large warehouse and the whole of its contents were completely…

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Two Fatal Fires

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 2

A remarkable but sad coincidence (says the S.M. Herald) occurred at Willoughby during Saturday night, when two outbreaks of fire were discovered, both in sheds within a short…

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Fire at Germanton

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—On Sunday night about 9.30 a fire broke out at a shop adjoining Mr. D. M'Innes' Hotel, Germanton. The fire was first observed by a child…

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Fire at Germanton. Damage Estimated at £1000

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 2

A Germanton correspondent writes that on Sunday night at about half-past nine o'clock a most destructive fire broke out at premises belonging to Mr. D. M'Innes, and…

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Fire at Yarragundry

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 2

On Saturday night a fire occurred in the barn premises at the farm of Mr. Phillip Carlon, Rocky Glen, Yarragandry, which resulted in the building and its contents being…

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Adelong Day by Day. a Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1895 · page 2

THE town was very much st[?]rtied on Saturday night last by on outbreak of fire. The fire occurred at about 11 o'clock at night after most people were in bed and proved to be in an…

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Fire at Benalla

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 2

SHORTLY after 4 o'clock on Friday morning a fire broke out in Mair-street, Benalla, in premises occupied by Mr. W. Abbott, coach painter, and extended to the adjoining…

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'The Spook' Under Fire

The Worker · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 3

When did spooks take rank as critics, I should dearly like to know, So my muse first whispers as "The Spook's" weird shriek is heard below…

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Fire Brigades' Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 2

THE Fire Brigades' Demonstration, which is being arranged by the Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade for the Queen's Birthday, is being pushed on with much vigor by…

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