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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1891

6 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Fire at Townsville Orphanage

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Monday, —The Townsville State Orphanage was burnt to the ground about noon to-day. The firebell at the north ward station rang for about a quarter…

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Large Fire in Sydney. M'lean Bros., Rigg, and Co.'s Warehouse Gutted. Estimated Damage £30,000

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 1

EARLY on Thursday morning an outbreak of fire occurred at No. 512 George-street, occupied by Messrs. M'Lean Brothers, Rigg and Co., ironmongers, and damage to the…

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The Dora Dora Murderers. the Serrima Police on the Scent. Senior-Sergeant Fowler Fires at one of them but Misses him. Their Capture Daily Expected

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 3

THERE is considerable excitement in the Berrima district in consequence of the Dora Dora blacks having been seen at Bullio. They visited a surveyor's camp, and also…

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Terrible Time at Sea. a Steamer on Fire in a Gale. MELBOURNE

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 2

IT is very seldom that sailors are called upon to undergo similar experience to that of the office [?] and crew of the C[?], which arrived [?] from London. The Culgoa is one of the many…

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Fatal Fire at Hay. a Mother and Two Children Burned ta Death. A Woman's Heroic Battle

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 2

A SHOCKING burning fatality occurred at Hay between 3 and 4 o'clock on Tuesdasy morning A small tenament caughty fire at that hour by meane which are mexplained…

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Fire[?]

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 2

A fire brok[?] grounds at [?] hayshed, cont[?] hay, some m[?]…

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