Goulburn Fire Brigade
THE annual meeting for the election of officers was held in the brigade station on Thursday evening, and was well attended. Mr. Superintendent Laws occupied the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1888
126 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 7
Terrible Bush Fires in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Monday.—On Sunday two fires started in the pastoral country along the south-eastern coast which proved to be immensely destructive. One broke out on the road between…
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A telegram from Mount Gambier [?] that a destructive bush fire, yesterday, devastated miles of country along the cost. Another fire broke out near the same place in the…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A large bush fire raged this afternoon near Redhill. It started in a waggon loaded with furniture, which it entirely consumed, and then spread to the grass. The…
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THE following satisfactory annual report for 1887 of the Goulburn Volunteer Fire Brigade has been submitted to the Board by the Superintendent:—…
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Two immense destructive bush fires occurred on Monday near Mount Gambier, South Australia, and devastated the country along the coast One broke out near Mount Gambir and…
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WAGGA WAGGA, Thursday.—Serious bush fires in the district are reported. Mr. George Bardsell, of Woodlands, below the Cross Roads, is said to be a heavy sufferer. The fire is raging…
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A FIRE broke out yesterday afternoon about three o'clock in a stable and hay shed at the rear of Mr. Bryant's butcher's shop in Grafton-street. The warning was given by the ringing…
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The local fire bells (says the Wagga Advertiser) have been called upon to do a fair share of duty lately, but the central instrument in Fitzmaurice-street was put…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Monday.-- Bush fires are raging through the district, and the town is full of smoke. Is feared that great damage will be done to crops, grass and fencing…
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WE regret having to record that Mr. W. McClung, of Murrumbateman, has suffered a serious loss through the destruction, by fire, on Tuesday last, of the whole of his crops and…
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EXTENSIVE bush fires have been raging in the district, according a Tuesday’s telegram from Wagga. For several days volumes of smoke have been visible from the town,…
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Les Halles, the Central Provision and Vegetable Markets of Paris, which cover an immense area in the centre of the city, wore almost totally destroyed by fire last night. Over 100,000 head…
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GUNDAGAI, Monday.—The heat to-day was intense, probably owing to the wind wafting from up the river, where a vast bush fire has been raging during the whole of last week from…
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A FIRE broke out last Wednesday night at the premises of Messrs. Frazer and Co., York and Barrack streets, which though fortunately not very serious as a conflagration, resulted in the…
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A FIRE broke out on Wednesday night, of last week at the premises of Messrs Frazer and Co., York and Barrack streets, Sydney, which though fortunately not very serious…
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A TELEGRAM from Brisbane on Saturday last says: -- Great excitement has been caused in the city by the report that the Island of St. Helena was on fire. The first intimation of…
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BURROWA, Tuesday.—Yesterday evening an immense volume of smoke was observed north-west of the town. Senior Sergeant Prior and Mounted-Constable Stephenson hastened to the…
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ON Monday evening an immense volume of smoke was observed soth-west of Burrowa. Senior-Sergeant Prior and Mounted-Constable Stepheson hastened to the locality, and were…
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IN another column will be found a telegram from our Bungendore correspondent, giving some particulars with reference to the destructive bush fires that have been prevailing in that…
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