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Article : 238 wordsOn September 27, late in the evening, an attempt was made to blow up the Council House, which stands in the Market-place, Salisbury, and which was given to the city by the then Earl of Radnor in 1798. About 11 p.m. a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 13 Nov 1884, Page 5
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