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Fires & bushfires, 1882

12 stories in South Coast's papers

Fire at Kangaroo Valley

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1882 · page 2

AN inquest was held before Mr. Coroner T. M. Richards, at the Pioneer Hotel, Kangaroo Valley, on Friday last, to inquire as to the origin of a fire which had destroyed on the…

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Fire at Dunedin.—four Children Burnt to Death

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1882 · page 2

THE New Zealand papers report that a terrible fire occurred in Dunedin, by which four children were burnt to death. The house burnt was occupied by Julius…

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Caught in a Bush Fire

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1882 · page 2

THE Daylesford Advocate of March 27 relates that an occurrence took place in the forest on Saturday, which nearly resulted in the loss of several lives,…

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Destructive Fire at Rocky Hall. to the Editor of the "Bega Gazette."

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1882 · page 2

SIR,—It is with intenso regret that I report a calamitous fire, which occurred at Rocky Hall on last Tuesday night. A splendid barn, containing wheat, hay, potatoes,…

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The Torchlight Procession of the Fire Brigades

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 3

SHORTLY after 6 o'clock every point of vantage in the locality of the post-office was thronged long before the various brigades had found their way to the place of muster. Some of the latter were…

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Destruction of the Garden Palance by Fire. Friday Afternoon

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 2

The Fire broke out about 6 a. m. the flames issued simultaneously from several parts of the building, and the whole structure was levelled…

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The Garden Palace Destroyed by Fire. (Abridged from the S. D. Telegraph.)

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 2

THE beautiful building in which New South Wales held her first International Exhibition has been burned to the ground in less than an hour. Though put up…

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The Garden Palace Destroyed by Fire. the Losses by the Fire

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1882 · page 2

First among these came the census returns, on which it would of course, be impossible to put a money value, but the destruction of which was complete, and is…

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Fire Brigade

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 2

THE meeting held under the chairmanship of Mr. H. Walker last night, for the establishment of a Fire Brigade in the town, although not large, nor very enthusiastic,…

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Miscellaneous. a Sea of Fire. Visit to the Crater of Mauna Loa

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 30 November 1882 · page 2

KILAUEA CRATER is on the side of the mountain Mauna Loa, four thousand feet above the sea, where the ascent is so slight thst the crater appears to be a plain. The crater is a…

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Out of the Fire

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 1

HE was young when he entered that sphere, Where the pleasures of sin are attained; And a devil came close to his ear, And whispered, and tempted, and gained…

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All's Well That Ends Well Scene I. Fire !

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 1

A DISMANTLED ship, mizzen-mast gone clean by the board, main-top-gallant-mast and spars cut away, together with the fore-topmast and upper-yards and timber. A veritable wreck…

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