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Fires & bushfires, 1845

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Great Fire at Quebec—two Thousand Houses Destroyed

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 1 November 1845 · page 2

A most disastrous fire took place at Quebee, where it seems 2000 houses have been destroyed, and 12,000 persons rendered houseless! The fire commenced shortly before mid-day on the 28th of May,…

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English Extracts Great Fire at Quebec—two Thousand Houses Destroyed. (From the European Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 November 1845 · page 3

A MOST disastrous fire took place at Quebec, where, it seems, 2000 houses have been destroyed, and 12,000 portions rendered houseless! The fire commenced shortly before mid-day on the 28th of May, in a tannery…

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Great Fire at Quebec. Two thousand Houses destroyed

The Sentinel · Wednesday 5 November 1845 · page 3

A most disastrous fire took place at Quebec, where it seems, 2000 houses have been destroyed, and 12,000 persons rendered houseless! The fire commenced shortly before mid-day on the 28th of…

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Great Fire at Quebec. Two Thousand Houses Destroyed

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 8 November 1845 · page 224

A MOST disastrous fire took place at Quebec, where, it seems 2000 houses have been destroyed, and 12,000 persons rendered houseless! The fire commenced shortly before…

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Second Destructive Fire at Quebec. (From the Quebec [?]Gazette, June 30.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 November 1845 · page 3

ON Saturday evening, the 28th June, just one month after the great fire of the 28th May, which destroyed part of St Valier's and St. John's Suburbs, nearly all St. Roch, and the…

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America. Second Destructive Fire at Quebec

The Sentinel · Wednesday 19 November 1845 · page 3

ON Saturday evening the 28th June, just one month after the great fire of the 28th May, which destroyed part of St Valier's and St. John's Suburbs, nearly all St. Roch and the west part of the Lower Town to below…

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The Fire in New York. (From the New York Express, July 21.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 November 1845 · page 3

[?] record with pain nnd anguish the details [?]the terrible calamity that has overtaken one [?] the richest and most commercial parts of the [?] The fire is in the vicinity of our office,…

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The Fire in New York

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 22 November 1845 · page 4

We record with pain and anguish the details of the terrible calamity that has overtaken one of the richest and most commercial parts of the city. The fire is in the vicinity of our office, and we were, at…

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The Terrible Fire

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 3 December 1845 · page 4

We have been requested to publish the following address from the committee at Quebec, calling upon the people of England, and of the colonies in particular, to assist the sufferers at the late deplorable fire…

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English Extracts. Dreadful Fire at Toulon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1845 · page 3

ON the morning of the 1st Augus', the arsenal at Toulon was discovered to be on fire, and notwithstanding the prompt and vigorous measures which were taken to stop the…

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