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Fires & bushfires, 1869

4 stories in South Coast's papers

Destruction of St. Mary’s Temporary Cathedral by Fire

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1869 · page 2

WE regret to have to report the total destruction of St. Mary’s Temporary Ca hedral, by fire, between the hours of 3 and 4, on Tuesday morning…

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The Great Fire at the Cape of Good Hope.—Loss of Life and Destruction of Property

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1869 · page 2

We are in receipt of the Grahamstown Journal to February 24, confirming the news received per R. M. S. Avoca of a destructive fire at the Cape. AT latest date the fire…

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The destruction of a Village by Fire

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1869 · page 4

A DESPATCH from Houghton, Michigan, dated the 12th, says at 1 o'clock the previous morning a fire broke out in a French saloon, in Hancock, Michigan, which resulted in the…

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Fires in the Nevada Gold Mines—Forty Lives Lost

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1869 · page 4

SAN Francisco, April 7.—A fire broke out this morning in the Yellow Jacket mine, at Gold Hill, Nevada, which soon communicated with the Kentuck and Crown Point…

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