FIRES IN TASMANIA.
A MINIM. TOWNSHIP ALMOST destroyed. ONK MAN LOSES HIS LIFE AND OTHERS MISSING. A SCENE OF DESOLATION. DESTRUCTION OF A CWNDLE WORKS. (I Vr Pre** \ssi>, nil in )i. ■- C"jn/rti /lit.) ( Iteceivcd I'ec. 11. at 10.40 a.m.) iloi'.AKT, This day. A disastrous lire occurred at (lerliiamown. Mount Lyell. Jt started in the bush near the mine smelter's, ami spread to the township of Pengahani. totally destroying one side of the main street. ' Fully sixty families were burned out, including many bu-mi - places. The damage is ('siiiiiat'-d at L"!"i.U(M). A miner named P.rent v,as burned to death. The tire surrounded his camp, and with his two mates lie tried to escape'. J>rent is known to have failed, and the other two are reported mis-ing. The town j i i a sc-eiio o£ desolation. the p<o['t taking refuge in public halls. I-Al'Xt KsTi IN, This day. A fire :si liivermay almost totally destroyed the Tasnianian soap and candle works. The damage is unknown. but heavy.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 196, 14 December 1896, Page 3
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166FIRES IN TASMANIA. Hastings Standard, Issue 196, 14 December 1896, Page 3
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