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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
99 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5
FATAL FIRE AT SILVERTON.—On Wednesday night last a fire broke out in Stuart-street, Silverton, in a four-roomed cottage occupied by Mrs. Cottrell, wife of the New South Wales customs officer stationed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent sends us the following:—A disastrous fire broke out a few days age on the promises of Mr. Joshua Taylor, who is one of the oldest and most respected residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CORRESPONDENT sends the following to the Goulburn Herald:--A disastrous fire broke out a fow days ago on the promises of Mr. Joshua Taylor, who is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST week a fire broke out at the Euralie station, and but for the timely action of Mr. John Venables the whole of the premises might have been burnt to the ground. As it was, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Paris newspaper, Le Temps, comments on the dreadful catastrope, and points out that the lessons taught by similar disasters, especially the recent one at the Opera Comique, in Paris,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire occurred at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, during the performance last night. A fire broke out on the stage. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY before 5 o'clock on Friday morning a serious railway disaster, but, happily, accompanied by no fatal results, occurred between Lewisham and Petersham, and resulted in the wreck of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITHIN a few minutes of the 4.40 goods train leaving. Sydney on Friday morning last 13 of the 20 vehicles which comprised it were precipitated over the Petersham viaduct…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT about 5 o'clock on Monday morning a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. W. Webb, proprietor of the Railway Hotel, George-street. An alarm being given, the Metropolitan Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FIRE broke out in one of the principal stores in George-street last night. The store it the property of Mr. M. Axtain. The fire was discovered at 8 o’clock ; but it had got a hold of the stock, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE broke out in one of the principal stores in George street on Sunday night. The store is the property of Mr. M. Axtain. The fire was discovered at 8 o'clock ;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRENFEL, Monday.—The fire which broke out on Sunday night in one of the principal stores in George-street, owned by Mr. M. Axtain, has obliterated about one-eighth of the town. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Chinese camp at Ironbark, midway between Sandhurst and White Hills, was destroyed by fire this morning. The fire broke out in a hut occupied by Sin Kee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the days when breath cornea short and fast And birds are still because of heat; While clouds of dust are upwards cast By weary enttle’s lagging feet;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE fire bell sounded an alarm about four o'clock this morning, disturbing a good many people before their time. It appears that a boy had lit a fire at Mr. Mills's, and the chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tis evening in the lonely bush, The long day's work is o'er, And now the ruddy sheaoak's glow Falls on rough roof and floor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A destructive fire has occurred at the promises of Messrs. James Shoolbred and Co., drapers and furnishers, Tottenham Court-road. The show-rooms were gutted. Tile damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT about half-past twelve this morning a Tire occurred at Lansdown Brothers timber establishment, Sloane-street, Goulburn, by which the workshops and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABOUT half-past twelve on Thursday night, the. quiet which prevails usually at that hour, was disturbed by the sound of the large bell at the, central fire brigade station followed by the ringing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A machinist from Sydney has inspected the machinery which was in Messrs. Lansdown Brothers' workshop at the time of the fire, and has pronounced it irretrievably damaged. One…
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