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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
104 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 6
THR public of Goulburn are determined to re-organise the present fire-brigade. It has been too long in a languishing and useless state, and now that a movement is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Of the destruction caused by the recent fire the Dubbo Dispatch says:—The losses are very heavy. It is said that Mr. Thomas Furney lost £280 in cash, which was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the public meeting last night the follwing resolutions were adopted:—1. "That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable tor form a fire-brigade. 2.. "That a subscription li[?] be intiated at this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Mechanics Hall last evening, for the purpose of forming a Fire Brigade. About 200 persons were present, including a large number of the leading citizens,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE New Zealand papers report that a terrible fire occurred in Dunedin, by which four children were burnt to death. The house burnt was occupied by Julius Besiski, his wife, and four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE fire-brigade meeting which took place in the Mechanics' Institute on Monday evening was attended by about 200 of the public, and the business was conducted throughout in a most practical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SECOND public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held in the hall of the mechanics institute on Monday evening last to consider the advisability of re-organizing the fire-brigade. There was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand papers report that a [?]errible fire occurred in Dunedin, by which four children were burnt to death. The house burnt was occupied by Julius B[?]siski,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We regret to learn that on Saturday morning last, about eleven o'clock, a fire occurred at Mummell which completely destroyed two stacks of bay, containing together about twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Saturday last Mr. Betts, coroner, held an inquest touching the cause of a fire which on the 17th of last month destroyed a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Saturday Mr. Betts held sn inquest st Edinburgh Castle on view of the remains of affence which had been destroyed by fire. The property where the fire occurred is situated on the Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 11 o'clock yesterday ths fire-bell rang cut the alarm of a fire in some part of the city. It was soon discovered that the place threatened was Mr. Lee's fruit shop in Auburn-street, but as only the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A really fortunate escape from a tremendous fire took place at the railway goods shed early on Sunday morning, About 3 o'clock the fire-bell rang out an alarm, but it appears that very few were aroused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We would draw the attention of our renders to the advertisement announcing that a public meeting, in connection with the Fire Brigade, will be held this evening in the Mechanics Hall at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest was held in the court-house on Monday by the coroner and a jury of twelve touching the cause of a fire which destroyed a stack of bay the property of George Barnes, jun., on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting of the subscribers, insurance agents, volunteers for the brigade, and others interested in the movement for the re-organization of the Goulburn fire-brigade, was hold in the hall of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING, convened by advertisement, was held on Tuesday evening last in the large hall of the Mechanics' Institute. The attendance, numbering about a hundred, comprised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING in connection with the local fire brigade was held in the Mechanics' Institute Hall on Tuesday evening, the Mayor in the obair. The assemblage comprised subscribers, insurance agents,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT ten minutes to II last evening a fire occurred in a bakehouse occupied by Mr. Phillips, at the rear of Grant and Colburt's store, Grafton-street. On it's becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The citizens of Goulburn are proverbially a prudent people and no doubt they are all insured. If such is the case a princely revenue must be divided among the various companies. So much…
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