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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
42 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
AT half-past two o'clock on Sunday afternoon the streets of Young wore all excitement and consternation by the alarm of "fire," which seemed to echo from various Quarters, but soon the eye…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following telegram appeared in the Sydney Herald of Monday last :—A fire broke out in the drapery establishment of Messrs. Hopkins and dates; and a dreadful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Court-house, by the Coroner of the district (Mr. R. B. Armstrong) and a jury of twelve, as to the cause of the fire which occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the largest fires it has over been our lot to chronicle happened in Young on Sunday afternoon, the results of which have rendered several families comparatively houseless, closed many avenues of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT last the calamity, which has been on all hands so much dreaded in Young, has visited the town, in fall force, converting a row of well-stocked business premises into a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jack Tremenheere and I sold out of the Royal Rangers about the same time, though not exactly for the same reason. He left because of his uncle's death--he came into a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK, April 29.—A Milwaukee special says the fire at Oshkosh yesterday was the most destructive one that ever occurred there, one square mile of houses…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Victoria Sugar Company’s Works, at Sandridge, burned down on Tuesday last, cost £90,000 for buildings and machinery alone, and were erected in 1859. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THREE PASSENGER STEAMERS ON FIRE.—The American mail which arrived at Cork on May 3rd brings particulars of the terrible disaster which occurred at New Orleans on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Theatrc Royal at Leads has been totally dentroyad; the church of St. Mlildred at Lee in Kent has been reduced to a wreek; the government telegraph storos at Lowestoff have been burnt down—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE FIRE LAKE OF KILAUEA.—In her recent book on the Hawaiian Archipelago. Miss Bird bus describes the view on arriving at the brink of the crater of this volcano:—"I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is with feelings of the greatest regret that we have to report that shortly after 9 o’clock on Friday night, a most destructive fire broke out in the house bf one Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PITTSBURG, PA, JUNE 13.—The great oil conflagration at Negley's Run, some six miles above this city, which commenced yesterday afternoon, continued through the night, and not till this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE crew of the British barque La Bonne Intention, who were brought to this port on Wednesday evening by the German steamer Cimbria, give the following story of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Sunday morning, at about three o'clock, Mrs. Colvin, the wile of Mr. George Colvin, was awakened by hearing what she thought was a hailstorm rattling on the roof of the verandah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EARLY yesterday (Friday) morning many residents of our town were aroused from their slumbers by the dreaded cry of “ Fire,” and it was clearly to be seen from the glare of light re…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE lengthy title of this little volume describes its contents with sufficient exactness; but the reader who imagines that this in a more professional treatise will scarcely judge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquiry, into the circumstances attending the melancholy death of Mr. Henry Lee commenced on Monday before J. C. Stanger Esq., the coroner for Bathurst. The following evidence, as reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most destructive fires ever known in Gloucester broke out at the corn warehouse of Messrs. J. E. and S. H. Fox, warehousemen of Gloucester, at an early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE inquiry into the circumstances attending the melancholy death of Mr. Henry Leo commenced on Monday before J. G. Stranger Esq., the coroner for Bathurst. The following evidence, as reported in the…
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