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

Fires & bushfires, 1877

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

Inquest on a Fire

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 August 1877 · page 4

ON Thursday the coroner, Mr. A. M. Betts, held on inquiry at Thomas's hotel into the cause of the fire at Mr. S. Emanuel's haystack on the Bungonia road on last Saturday evening. The evidence was as…

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Concert in Aid of the Fire Brigade

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1877 · page 4

THE best concert that has been witnessed for some considerable time in Goulburn came off on Wednesday evening last in the hall of the mechanics' institute, under the management of Mr. B. S. Daniel…

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The Fire Brigade and the Borough Council. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1877 · page 2

SIR.—A letter appeared in a late issue of your contemporary signed John O'Brien, which is so replete with, if not actual misstatements, with such statements as are calculated to mislead the public, that I think it…

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Victorian Fire-brigades Bill

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 October 1877 · page 4

A BILL has been prepared in Victoria for dealing with the question of fire-brigades. The Melbourne Argue says:—The framers of the bill, which is based upon the…

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The Fire-brigade. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 3

SIR,—In reply to a letter with statement published in your issue of to-day, signed William Davies and A. A. Kerr, relative to the fore-brigade, I shall only repent what I have already in reference to all…

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Destructive Fire at Newcastle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 November 1877 · page 7

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NEWCASTLE.—A fire broke out in this city shortly after two o'clock on Sunday morning last, causing a good deal of destruction. On the left hand…

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Fire in New York

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 6

A great fire took place in New York on the 3rd September on the premises of Mr. Hale, pianoforte, manufacturer, in Thirty-fifth-street. About…

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Fire at Bowning

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 November 1877 · page 2

A FIRE occurred at Bowning between two and three o'clock yesterday morning, by which the premises of Mr. Robert Lester Hall, recently used by him as a general store, were, with the…

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Destructive Fire. London, December 6

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 December 1877 · page 4

The mansion belonging to the Marquis of [?]ule, at Rolbsay, has been partially destroyed by fire…

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The Sketcher. Fire-kings And. Fire-eaters

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 23

WHAT are the hottest things we can swallow without dread disaster to the throat and stomach ? can we handle red-hot solids, and wash our hands in white-hot liquids ? Can…

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That Dead Letter. a Story in Three Chapters. Chapter I. Fire and Thief Proof

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 67

DINNER-HOUR in the manufacturing town of Middleton-upon-Irk ; a hot summer's day ; the son glaring upon huge warehouses of dulled brick, narrow tortuous streets, tho gilded…

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Fire Brigade Festival

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 December 1877 · page 2

THE second annual gathering in connection with the Young Fire Brigade was held on the Burrangong racecourse on Boxing Day, and must have resulted most successfully financially…

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