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

Fires & bushfires, 1872

22 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Destructive and Fatal Fire. (From the Evening News.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1872 · page 4

WE have to chronicle to-day the occurrence of one of the most extensive fires that ever took place in Sydney. It appears that about half-past 3 o’clock this morning, some of the residents in the vicinity…

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False Alarms of Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1872 · page 3

About half-past eleven on Saturday morning some person brought the news up to the engines stationed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, that a fire had broken out at the Haymarket. The No. 2 engine of…

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Fire at Messrs. Fitzgerald and Collins's Carriage-manufactory

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1872 · page 3

A fire, which has proved very destructive, occurred at about three on Saturday morning at Fitzgerald and Collins's carriage manufactory in Castlereagh-street, near St. George's Presbyterian Church. We…

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Destructive and Fatal Fires in Sydney. Prince of Wales Theatre and Twelve Houses Destroyed

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1872 · page 2

WE have to chronicle the occurrence of one of the most extensive and destructive fires that over took place in Sydney. It appears that at about half-past three o'clock on Saturday morning, some of the…

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The Late Fire. (From the S. M. Herald)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1872 · page 2

To the accounts of the fire already published, we have to add the melancholy intelligence that Henry Vaughan died on Monday from the injuries which he received through the falling of the southern wall…

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Destructive and Fatal Fires in Sydney. Prince of Wales Theatre and Twelve Houses Destroyed

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 January 1872 · page 4

WE have to chronicle the occurrence of one of the most extensive and destructive tires that ever took place in Sydney. It appears that at about half-past three o'clock oil Saturday…

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Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 3

THE following remarks from the Bathurst Times are as applicable to the case of Goulburn as to that of Bathurst:—In reading the account of the destruction of the Prince of Wales Theatre in Sydney and the…

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Fire at Messrs. Fitzgerald and Collins’s Carriage Manufactory

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 4

A FIRE, which has proved very destructive, occurred at about 3 on Saturday morning at Fitzgerald and Collins's carriage manufactory, in Castlereagh-strect, near St…

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Destructive and Fatal Fire. Prince of Wales Theatre and Twelve Houses Destroyed. One Man Killed and Several others Seriessly Injured, (From the Empire.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 January 1872 · page 4

WE have to chronicle the conference of one of the most extensive and destructive fires that ever took place in Sydney. It appears that about half-past 3 o’clock on Saturday…

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Exciting Scene at a Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 2

EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE.—On October 7, a fire was discovered on the, premises of Mr. Brown, chemist, Gray's Inn Road; Holborn. In a few minutes a fireman…

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An Awful Story of the Forest Fires

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1872 · page 4

THE American papers give heartrending accounts of the forest fires in Michigan and Wisconsin. The story of Peshtego, a frontier mart of Chicago, is more full of tragical…

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Extinction of Bush-fires

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1872 · page 4

EXTINCTION OF BUSH-FIRES.—We understand that Mr. Thomas Sharp, of Widgiewa station, Urana is about to patent a machine, to be used in the extinction of bush-fires. Mr. Sharp, though he has…

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Fire at George-street, Haymarket. (From the S. M. Herald.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1872 · page 3

ABOUT a quarter past 7 o’clock yesterday evening, a tire broke out on the premises of Mr. Schoder, photographer, of George-street, opposite the Haymarket; but it was fortuately extinguished before…

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Destructive Fire at Gulgong

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 3

The inhabitants of Gulgong were startled on Saturday evening by thecry of “ Fire.” It proved only too true that there was a fire, and such a one as we hope never again to…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Destruction of Barker and Co. ’S Weed Factory. Suspected Incendlarism. (Abridged from the Evening News.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 4

ONE of the most destructive fires that ever took place in Sydney occurred on Friday morning in [?] street, near Bathurst street. The property destroyed is Barker Tweed Factory one of the…

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Destructive Fire in Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 May 1872 · page 4

EARLY yesterday morning, Messrs. Barker and Co.'s Tweed Manufactory, near the corner of Bathurst and Sussex streets, was destroyed by fire, together with the greater part of its…

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Fire at Bungonia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1872 · page 2

A FIRE occurred at Bungonia on last Saturday afternoon, whereby Mr. John Armstrong’s. publichouse, known as the Victoria Inn, was burnt down. The coroner proceeds on Wednesday to…

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Destructive Fire at Numba

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 4

On Monday night, the 8th instant (says the Shoalhaven News), a destructive fire occurred on the premises of a farmer named Quilkey, residing at Numba, which…

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Destructive Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 3

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A correspondent writing from Gininderra last night, sends the following particulars respecting a fire which occurred at Mundy's farm, in that neighbourhood on Thursday last:—A…

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Fire at Razorback

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1872 · page 4

The old inn on the Razor back road, formerly known as Mount Prudhoo Inn, lately occupied by Mr. John Boulton, was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening. The premises…

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