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

Fires & bushfires, 1881

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Coroner’s Inquest. Fire

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 June 1881 · page 2

AN inquest was held on Monday in the Courthouse, touching the origin of a fire, which occurred on the premises occupied by W. H. Funnell, in Main-street, on the night of 10th…

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The Late Fatal Fire at Jordan's Crossing

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 6

On Saturday last Mr. C. L. Nicholson, coroner, held an inquest on the charred remains of a little girl two and a half years of age named Neva Dennis,…

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News by the Orient. By the arrival of the Orient Company’s s.s. Orient. we have English files to June 10 :— Dreadful Fire in Quebec—de-struction of 800 Buildings. New York, June 9

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 July 1881 · page 3

[?] received here to-day from Quebec, [?] destructive fire broke [?] last night in the St. John’s suburb of that city. 600 houses, mostly small wooden tenements, were destroyed,…

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Terrible Fire at Quebec.-- 800 Houses Destroyed

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 July 1881 · page 4

On the night of the 9th June (the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports) a terrible fire broke out in Quebec, and raged with the utmost fury for seven…

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Serious Accident by Fire

Southern Argus · Monday 1 August 1881 · page 2

On Thursday last, a little girl named Lake, aged 4 years, daughter of Mr. James Lake, jun., of Bellarbigel, was nearly burnt to death. It appears that with a number of…

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Destructive Fire at Murray's Flats

Southern Argus · Wednesday 10 August 1881 · page 2

A serious loss through fire has occurred to Mr W. Jobson, of Murray's Flats. On last Sunday ono of his men had made a fire near a barn, on the property in which there…

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Fire and Narrow Escape from Death

Southern Argus · Friday 12 August 1881 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last a disastrous fire broke out on the homestead of Mr. Eilis Smith, an industrious and respectable young farmer residing at Wallaroo. Mr. Smith…

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Fire near Rocky Ponds

Southern Argus · Thursday 25 August 1881 · page 2

On Tuesday evening, about 8 o'clock, as the train was on its way to Goulburn, the passengers, on arriving at the Rocky Ponds station, noticed a fire was raging in the…

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Fire on the Railway Line

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 27 August 1881 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last the house of a letter named Alfred Wright, [?] the Rocky P[?] above eight miles on this ride of Ha[?], was town down. We…

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Fatal Fire in Melbourne

Southern Argus · Monday 29 August 1881 · page 2

The Argus reports that on the morning of Monday last a somewhat extensive fire, at tended with loss of life, occurred on the premises of John Gowling, grocer and wine…

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Destructive Fire

Southern Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1881 · page 2

At 2 o' clock on saturday morning a fire broke out in Moore's drapery store, a small wooden [?]enement in Hunter-street, NewCastle, spreading then[?]o Conway's.Steam…

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Fire in Auburn-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at about a quarter past one in the afternoon, the firebell sounded an alarm of fire, which was first noticed by one of the warders, O'Dwyer, of the gaol, who was doing duty on the…

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Serious Outbreak of Fire

Southern Argus · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 2

We have of late been very lucky here in the way of having no dangerous threaten ings of heavy loss by the sudden. outbreak of fire, and perhaps to the furtunate extent…

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Fire-brigade Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 September 1881 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting for the purpose of considering the steps necessary for the re forming of the Goulburn Fire-Brigade was held at the Municipal Council Chambers on Tuesday evening…

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Goulburn Fire-brigade

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 29 September 1881 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening a public meeting for the purpose of effecting the re-formation of the fire-brigade was held in the council clambers. About thirty or forty persons were present…

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Fire Brigade Meeting

Southern Argus · Thursday 29 September 1881 · page 2

A MEETING in reference to the old Fire Brigade, convened by advertisement, was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. About 25 persons were present, amongst whom…

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Our Local Fire Brigade

Southern Argus · Thursday 29 September 1881 · page 3

A SPARK of the boneath my shingles got, And for a time made that place rather hot; It made it smoke and blaze away, like tury, If you were there you'd know I tell no story…

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Fire Near Micalago

Southern Argus · Friday 30 September 1881 · page 2

A telegram to the Mercury, dated Tuesday, 27th inst, says:—A man named Baptist Zulini has nearly been rained by a mysterious fire. His barn containing 500…

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Southern Daily Argus. Published Every Morning Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man:—Campbell. Goulburn: Friday, Sept. 30. the Fire Brigade

Southern Argus · Friday 30 September 1881 · page 2

AT the meeting held on Tuesday night there was little done of a practical character. The Council were censured, and the opinion expressed that in order to render the fire…

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Extensive Fire

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 6 October 1881 · page 3

A telegram from Brisbane to the S. M. Herald states that a fire broke out at three o'clock on Tuesday morning in Bourbon-street, Bundaberg. The following promises were…

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