Fire Brigades Act
An advertisement appears in this issue notifying that a meeting of the insurance companies will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday, the 9th instant, at 12 o'clock for the purpose of electing a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1885
109 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 6
Fire in Albury
A fire broke out in Albury on Tuesday morning in a wooden building in, Townsend-street which was occupied as a saddler's shop by Mr. Curran. The building and…
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In fulfilment of the Fire Brigades Act a meeting of Insurance Companies will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday, the 9th instant, to elect a member of the Fire Brigades Board for Goulburn…
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A large fire broke out oh Tuesday in the saddler's shop of Mr. Curran, Townsend-street, and the building being of wood it was burned down so rapidly that no attempt could be made to save any…
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THE worst fears regarding the fate of Mr. Edward Hill, J.P., of Manilla, who was a lodger at Cripps' Coffee Palace Hotel at the time of its destruction by fire, have been realised. A party of men were…
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A fatal fire occurred at Morago, about 20 miles from Deniliquin, on Sunday night. The house was occupied as a dwelling, by a man named Porter, who was a groom at the mail…
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An inquest was held at Birmingham on Saturday, November 22, on the body of a woman, Mary Ann Rice, late of Aston-road, who died at the General Hospital from the…
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A MEETING of the representatives of fire insurance companies was held at the Council Chambers yesterday morning for the purpose of electing a member for the local Fire Brigades Board under the Fire…
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A MOST destructive fire broke out in Wentworth, in the premises occupied by Messrs. M'Laren and Co., on Thursday morning at half-past 2 o'clock. The flames were first observed issuing from the…
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A FIRE Occurred in Maitland, on Friday morning in the extensive furniture and cabinetmakers' work shops of Mr. Robert Hyndes, which are situated in Hunter-street. The building being composed of…
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AN inquest was held on Saturday last by the coroner, Mr. S. Robinson, concerning the (ire which occurred at Mr. Thoms’s boot factory on Main Creek, on the previous morning. Messrs,…
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ON Tuesday last, a stroke of ill-fortune in the shape of a serious fire visited Mr. William Wyatt on his farm at Sherwin's Flats, Tarago. From the meagre particulars to hand it seems that a steam…
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A fire occurred at Messrs. Fergason and Crawford's saw mills, Wingello. on Sunday, the 4th January. It was noticed first by the engine driver. William Morton, who was on the premises with…
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On Thursday afternoon. at about 4 o'clock. Detective Tindall and Senior-constable McLean arrestedc the late lessee of the Coffee Palace Hotel. John Fisher Cripps, by virtue of a warrant which…
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ON Saturday last, Mr. C. L. Nicholson, coroner, held an inquiry at Wingello, touching the cause and origin of the fire which occurred at Messrs. Ferguson and Crawford's saw mill, Wingello, on…
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A fire of an extensive character broke out at Mr. R. Hayes's Britannia Flour Mills on Friday night. The building and its contents were destroyed. The mill was a brick building, with shingle roof. A…
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A very serious fire occurred at Cootamundra on Friday last. The conflagration broke out in Mr. J. W. Burrows' bakery establishment, which was soon reduced to ashes. The cottage occupied by Mr…
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THE annual meeting of the Goulburn Volunteer Fire Brigade will be held in the committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute to-morrow (Friday) evening, at 8 o'clock…
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JOHN FISHER CRIPPS, on remand, was charged before W W. Johnson, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court, with having naliciously sut fire to a certain dwelling…
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THE annual meeting of the Goulburn Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute last evening. The attendance was small. The chair was occupied by…
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