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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1895

38 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Fire at Cobar. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 2

By a fire at Cobar last night, several buildings were consumed…

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Terrible Fire near Bega. Mrs. Hart Almost Burned to Death

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 2

ON Saturday evening word was brought to town that the residence of Mr. Robert Hart, of Warragubra, about four miles from Bega, was burned to the ground, and…

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Fire at Bemboka. a Building Completely Destroyed. (By Telegraph.) Bemboka

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 2

On Thursday last, a fire broke out in a building, opposite Pitfield’s Hotel, owned by Mrs. Ball, which was completely destroyed. The building was…

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The Westerly Gales. Damage by Bush Fires. the Fires at Berry. the Township Endangered. Loss of Property

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 2

The strong westerly winds which continued on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last caused the bush fires to spread to an alarming extent in various…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. a Phenomenal Gale of Wind. an Anxious Time for Many Farmers. Considerable Damage to Buildings, Fences, Property, and Pastures

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 5

Never within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has there been so terrific and long continued a gale as the one that swept over the district during the past week, and…

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Bush Fires. Vessels Experience Difficulties. Mr. Russell on the Situation. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 2

Bush fires continue in many parts of the colony. Owing to the dense smoke along the coast yesterday, many vessels…

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Bush Fires. Homesteads Destroyed at Ulladulla. Terrible Experience in a Train. Sydney, Thursday

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1895 · page 2

There is no cessation in bush fires in the country, which continue to rage in the western and south coast districts. A number of homesteads at…

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Disastrous Fires

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1895 · page 3

FROM almost every part of the colony [?] of the terrible effects of the [?] during the past few day. Dwell[?] have been raised to the ground…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Extensive Damage at Yatteyattah. Several Families Burnt Out

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 4

The record of the damage done by bush fires in this district was not confined to what we published in last issue. On Friday the gale of wind that had prevailed,…

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Bush Fires in Ulladulla. Extensive Damage

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 4

Considerable damage to property has been occasioned in the Ulladulla district by bush fires. Last week Croobyar estate was almost completely swept. On…

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The Fire at Broken Hill

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1895 · page 2

THE first that has been [?] in Block 11 [?]July last has extended to the upper levels of Block 10 and causing [?] local anxiety. At about [?] o’clock on…

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La[?] Fire at Fremantle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 2

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Great Fire in America

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1895 · page 2

London, Wednesday.—A great fire has occurred in New York, which destroyed a large block of buildings. The damage is estimated at 3,000,000…

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Fire at Coolgardie

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1895 · page 2

Sydney. Monday.—A great fire has occurred ne Coolgardie. There quarters of an acre of business blocks were consumed, including the Union Bank…

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Destruction of a School by Fire

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1895 · page 2

London, Wednesday.— A school at Grenado, Mexico, has been burned. Thirty-one of the inmates perished. Two of the scholars have been arrested…

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Fire at Chicago

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 2

London, Sunday.—A fire at Chicago destroyed nineteen business premises. The damage is estimated at a million dollars…

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Extensive Fire in Essex

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 2

London, Sunday.—Crompton and Co.’s Electric Lighting Supply Works, Chelmsford, Essex, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at…

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Lighting Fires

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 2

NEIL M'DONALD,a small boy, pleaded guilty to witfully lighting a fire at Barangella, nour Burrier, on November the 3rd, to the danger of property. Senior-constable Crawley said…

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