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

Fires & bushfires, 1880

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

Coroner’s Inquest. Fire

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 2

An inquest was held on Tuesday, at Scrub-yards, by the district coroner, Mr, S. Robinson, and a jury of twelve, touching the cause of a fire which destroyed the premises belonging to…

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Fire in Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 November 1880 · page 2

LAST night a fire broke oat in one of the brick cottages in O'Connelltown, near the Yeas Steam Flour Mills, end a considerable amount of damage was done to the building, as well as…

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Fire at Lithgow

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 5

Lithgow, Wednesday.—A serious fire occurred here this morning about three o'clock, by which the premises of Messrs. Gibbs and Bennett, general storekeepers, Rein and Mc…

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Horrible Results of a Fire in an Insane Asylum. Chicago, November 16

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 22 December 1880 · page 4

A TRIBUNE St. Peter special says:—At half-past eight it was announced that the insane asylum was on fire. Everybody was appalled at the prospect of five hundred…

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