Highlands History | Tonks the tailor takes blame for blaze

Updated September 19 2019 - 2:10pm, first published 12:09pm

An intense, early morning fire at Bowral on January 17, 1890 destroyed four Bong Bong Street shops. That the fire did not spread further and no loss of life occurred were due entirely to the efforts of townspeople, there being no local fire brigade.

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