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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1853

6 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Latest From California. Destruction of Sacramento by Fire

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1853 · page 2

By the "Emma Prescot," which arrived yesterday, we are in possession of files of San Francisco journals to the 9th November inclusive, a month later than our last dates…

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Destructive Fire

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1853 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, it was discovered that the Kent Brewery, Sydney, belonging to Messrs. R. and E. Tooth, was on fire.— The fire was then confined to the malt rooms, where…

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Destruction of the Melbourne Market by Fire

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1853 · page 2

We have to record one of the most serious fires that has been witnessed in this city for some years, causing the destruction of a large edifice, situated on the Market-square, and known as the Western Market…

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The Late Fire

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1853 · page 4

THE disaster of last Sunday afternoon will doubtless awaken alarm at the unprotected state of property in Goulburn, from fire; and the usual ingenuity of our…

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Original Correspondence. Fire! Fire!! Fire!!! To the Editor of the "Goulburn Herald."

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1853 · page 4

SIR,—This Township having been greatly alarmed by the destruction of premises by Fire, on last Sunday week, in Montague-street, I feel it a very imperative duty to raise a Hue and Cry against one of the…

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Two Fires in Melbourne—eleven Houses Burnt

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1853 · page 4

The suburbs of Melbourne were visited yesterday with two fires, and, considering the strong wind which was blowing during the day, it is most fortunate that we have not a much…

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