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Fires & bushfires, 1855

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Fearful Fire at Ballarat. Great Loss of Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 December 1855 · page 5

IT is with feelings of the deepest regret that we record the occurrence of a calamity, which hu net merely been productive of a sudden and fearful destruction of valuable property, but has also been attended by a…

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Great Fire at Ballaarat. Several Lives Lost. (From the Correspondent of the Melbourne Morning Herald.) 1st. December, 1855

Empire · Thursday 6 December 1855 · page 5

It is my painful duty to record a series of events which which will give this week os melancholy an interest as the corresponding period of last year. Shortly after midnight this morning I was aroused by the cry of fire…

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Dreadful Fire at Ballarat. -- Loss of Life

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 December 1855 · page 4

It is with feelings of deep regret that we record the occurrence of a great calamity which has been attended with a fearful destruction of life and property. We extract the following, particulars from the BALLARAT TIMES:--…

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Fearful Fire at Ballarat. Great Loss of Life

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 December 1855 · page 3

"Well, here we have December again, and Monday next will be the anniversary of a day that will be remembered in the annals of this colony, when the Crimean war, and the visit of…

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The Late Fire at Ballaarat

Empire · Wednesday 12 December 1855 · page 3

A correspondent of the Geelong Advertiser furnishes the following additional particulars of this [?]:— The origin of the late fire is still a mystery. It certainly broke out in the United States Hotel, and from all that…

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The Late Fire at Ballaarat

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 December 1855 · page 4

A correspondent of the Geelong Advertiser furnishes the following additional particulars of this calamity: -- The origin of the late fire is still a mystery. It certainly broke out in the United States Hotel, and from all that I can learn, in the…

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