Fire at Bigga
MR. WILLIAM TRANTER, a respected resident of the Bigga district, has been a heavy suffer through a bush fire which occurred about ten days ago on his…
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Fires & bushfires, 1886
83 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 5
Suspicious Fire at Bourke
A TELEGRAM to the Herald states:-- All inquest was held on Thursday as to the cause of the fire which occurred at O'Grady's Imperial Hotel on Wednesday…
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THE large store belonging to Messrs. Furner Brothers, at the junction of Sloane and Bradley streets, had a narrow escape of being burned down at an early hour this morning. The origin of the…
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FIRE AT MESSRS. FURNER BROTHERS' STORE.—About three o'clock on Thursday morning as Mr. F. Saunders, an upholstorer in the employ of Messrs. Furner Brothers, was returning from a party ho…
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Shortly after 11 o'clock on Friday night a fire broke out on the promises occupied pied by a bootmaker named Wark, resulting in their destruction. The fire extended to Oswald's…
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THE stables, grain-shed, and barn at Mr. F. Shepherd's place at Wheeo were destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. The only person about the promises at the time was a Chinese gardener. He,…
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A fire occurred at the homestead of Mr. F. Shepherd at Where on Tuesday night, by which the stables, grain-shed, and barn were destroyed. Mr. Shepherd and family…
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A DESTRUCTIVE bush five broke out on the farm of Mr. John Breen at Roslyn on Sunday morning last. It appears that the fire originated in a log which had…
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DEAR SIR,--Sunday last, the 21st instant, will be long and well remembered by Messrs. Breen, Barker, and Bell, of Roslyn, and these kind neighbours who came…
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ON last Tuesday Week n fire occurred at Mr. F. Shepherd's, at Wheeo, during the absence of Mr. Shepherd and his family, and resulted in the destruction of a barn,…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire broke out on Monday afternoon on the premises of Mr. Thompson, Mummel. The fire is said to have originated in a very curious manner. A boy was amusing himself by striking…
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ANOTHER fire occurred at Junee on Tuesday shortly after midnight, resulting in the total destruction of Burke's general store, Pearce and Wallsley's fruiterers' shop, the Working Men's…
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The snow lay very deep, that year, at Clinton Beeches, and old Schoolmaster Rufford was more feeble than usual; and, what with Maria's sewing being interrupted, and a new milliner and dressmaker…
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AN Albury telegram of Sunday says:—Bush fires are reported in various parts of the district, but the most serious is one which commenced a week ago on Street's Baranduda run, on the Victorian…
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LAST Wednesday night Mr. Moore's house at Carrick was totally destroyed by fire. The premises, which were in proximity to the railway station, were roofed with shingles and bark. The…
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AN inquiry was hold on Saturday last before the district coroner (Mr. A. SI. Betts), at the Cookbundoon Hotel, Towrang, into the circumstances surrounding a fire at Carrick on the night of the 7th…
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AT 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning a disastrous fire completely demolished the Copeland courthouse. A gale was blowing from the N.E. It is believed that a spark from a brick fireplace in a detached…
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An inquest was held at Campbell's Exchange Hotel on Thursday afternoon, before Mr. Betts, coroner, touching the fire which occurred in the grocery department of Messrs. Furner Brothers'…
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DETAILS of catastrophe at Honolulu, previously reported by telegraph. are furnished by the Pacific Commercial Advertiser on the 19th April, received by the mail steamer Mararoa:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quarter Sessions. Friday. (Before his Honor District Court Judge Forbes.) Maliciously Setting Fire to a Fence
George Pergue, a youth 17 years of age, charged with having set fire to a fence, the property of Daniel Evans, at Frogmore, on 10th April, 1888, pleaded not guilty, and was defended…
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