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

Fires & bushfires, 1856

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

First Under Fire

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1856 · page 7

To say that I felt no fear on going into action would be a sensless boast. I did feel considerable apprehension on the first brunt, and until heated to a degree of preternatural…

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Fire in a French Prison

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1856 · page 3

The cause of the great fire which broke out in the penitentiary of Poissy, the other day, and which would probably have…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1856 · page 6

YESTERDAY week was be anniversary of the inauguration of the Goulburn Phœnix Volunteer Fire Brigade. The annual meeting was held on last Tuesday evening, the 11th instant, at…

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Fire at the Duke of Leinster's Residence

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1856 · page 2

A FIRE of the most disastrous and destructive nature, and which at one time threatened utterly to destroy the whole of his Grace the Duke of…

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