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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1885

8 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

The Late Fire at Wingello Saw-Mills

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 2

NOTICE is given in Tuesday's Gazette that a reward of £50 will be paid by Government (in addition to a reward of £50 offered by Messrs. Ferguson, Crawford, and Co.), for…

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Fatal Fire at Louth

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 March 1885 · page 7

A DISASTROUS fire took place at Louth last Sunday morning. The Louth Hotel, the property of Thos. A. Mathews, and occupied by John Buckley, who lately sub-let it to a…

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Fire at the Indian Museum

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 17 June 1885 · page 1

A LONDON cablegram dated 12th instant says:—A fire broke out to-day in the Indian Court at the South Kensington Museum. The flames were confined to the…

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Dreadful Fire

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 3

DURING last mohth a fire broke out in a printing office in Sixth-street, C[?] Many of the workpeople were in the upper stories, and eight girls jumped from the…

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Disastrous Fire in Toronto

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 8 August 1885 · page 3

A most disastrous conflagration broke out in Toronto last Monday, resulting in the destruction of numerous factories and warehouses extending half a mile along the shores of the lake…

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Destructive Fire at Moss Vale. Premises Totally Destroyed. Estimated Loss, £1100

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 2

A MOST disastrous firr occurred on the promises of Mr. Hyams, watchmaker and jeweller, Moss Vale, on Thursday night, by which the whole of his premises, including stock, billiard table,…

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The Late Fire at Moss Vale. Coroner's Inquest

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 2

AN inquiry into the origin of the fire which took place on the premises of Mr. J. S. Hyams, Moss Vale, on the 17th inst, was held at Hanrahan's Hotel, Moss Vale on Tuesday last, before the…

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Bush Fires

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 21 November 1885 · page 2

Bush fires have been raging for some time past in the mountain opposite the "Gib," between Bowral and Mittagong, and on Sunday last and during the week caused considerable trouble and fear to persons…

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