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

Fires & bushfires, 1866

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

Fire and Biot at the Ovens

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 4

Last Tuesday a most destructive fire occurred near Beechworth, at the Chinese camp. A little before twelve o’clock noon smoke was observed issuing from a house…

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Victoria. Fire at Sandhurst

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 June 1866 · page 4

Between two and three o’clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mir. J. C. Grant, confectioner, Pall-mall, which resulted in their total…

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Lost on the Snowy Mountains.—eight Days in the Snow Without Food or Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 June 1866 · page 2

To the many instances on record of persons lost in the wilds of Australia, and rescued by a singular providence from a death too horrible to contemplate, it falls to our lot this week to add a case truly…

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Local and Provincial. Goulburn Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 1 August 1866 · page 2

ACCORDING to advertisement, the annual meeting of the fire brigade was held on Monday evening last in the office of Mr. Joseph Collins, Mr. R. Craig in the chair…

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Awful Destruction by Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1866 · page 8

EARLY on the morning of September 11th an extensive conflagration, resulting in the destruction of valuable property, variously estimated at from £100,000 to £200,000,…

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Disastrous Fire in Christchurch, New Zealand

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1866 · page 3

AT a quarter-past one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Colombo-street, in the premises occupied by Mr. G. H. Roach, tobacconist, contiguous to the brick building known as Colombo House. It was…

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