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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1888

5 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Fire

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 May 1888 · page 4

A BUILDING at the rear of Mr. Morris's Mart had a narrow escape from fire on Sunday afternoon. The building contained a quantity of bay; also a quantity of new…

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Fires

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 2

THE long dry grass in the district is being rapidly cleared by fires, which spread with alarming extent. On Thursday night a fierce fire raged at Bong Bong on the estate…

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Fire and Water

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 2

DURING the past week the weather in this district has been extremely severe. A parohing, devastating gale has been raging for days, causing insufferable hurricanes of…

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Bush Fires

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 28 November 1888 · page 1

A very extensive and disastrous bush fire raged at Upper Mittagangon Saturday last, sweeping destruction for miles. It started on Mr. M. Brooker's run, on which it…

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Sketches by Le Haun. the Fire at the Offices of the Evening News, Town and Country Journal, and Illustrated Sydney News

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 4

"FIRE! Fire!" was rung with ominous distinctness above the din which usually characterises Sydney on Saturday night, on November 24th last. From street…

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