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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1888

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Destructive Fire at Taralga. Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 November 1888 · page 4

MR. JAMIESON'S residence at Richlands was completely destroyed by fire to-day, nothing being saved. The place was not insured. The fire was the result of an accident. The damage…

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Bush Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 November 1888 · page 2

DURING the week bush fires have been prevalent in several parts of the district. On Monday about forty chains of fencing on the farm of Mr. Wm. Price, Gullen, were destroyed and…

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Destructive Fire at Richlands

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 November 1888 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred on tho Richlands' Estate near Toralga on Tuesday last, when the house known as the Richlands, homestead, the property of Lady Macarthur and occupied by…

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Terrible Bush Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 4

TUESDAY last is a day that will be long remembered by the residents of Upper Forest, Forest Lodge, Rhyanna, and Tarlo. For some days past a great fire had been raging in the…

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Destruction of a French Rifle Factory by Fire. LONDON, Nov. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 November 1888 · page 4

The Lepel Rifle Factory of the French Government, Chatellerault, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000 francs…

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More Bush Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 November 1888 · page 2

BUSH fires are still raging in and about Crookwell. On Saturday morning last, about ten o'clock, a serious bush fire broke out on Mr. Charles Schroeder's property at Myanga. Over…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 November 1888 · page 4

EXTENSIVE bush fires have been raging during the past two or three weeks around Burrowa Every day immense volumes of smoke may be seen almost in any direction, and at night the…

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Destructive Fire in Gippsland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 November 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Last night a most destructive fire occurred at Walhalla, in Gippsland, and almost the whole of the business part of the town was destroyed. Nearly 30…

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Destruction of the Evening News Office by Fire

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1888 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred in Market-street on Saturday night, resulting in the virtual destruction of the offices of the Evening News and Town and Country Journal. The alarm of fire rang out about…

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Destruction of the "Evening News" Office by Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 November 1888 · page 4

THE city of Sydney was thrown into a great state of animation and excitement at 10 o'clock on Saturday night when the alarm of fire rang through the streets as, and the glow of the…

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Destruction of the "Evening News" Office by Fire. Great Damage to Property

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 November 1888 · page 2

THE city was thrown into a great state of animation and excitement at 10 o'clock on Saturday night when the alarm of fire rang through the streets, and the glow of the atmosphere betokenid…

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Disastrous Fire. “Evening News” Office Gutted. Sydney, Monday, 9.55 a.m

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 November 1888 · page 3

The “Evening News” office was destroyed by fire on Saturday night The damage is estimated at £60.000. The paper publishes to-day at the Herald office…

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A Newspaper Office Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 November 1888 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A destructive fire occurred last night at Horsham, by which the building and plant of the Horsham Times were destroyed. The efforts of the fire brigade were…

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Another Great Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 2

A MOST destructive conflagration broke out in the mining town of Walhalla, Victoria, on Saturday night, resulting in the destruction of 18 business establishments and a number of…

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Fire at Bourke

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 2

A FATAL fire occurred on Friday afternoon in a house occupied by Mrs. Brent and another woman and several children. It seems that the women were washing at the roar of the…

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Destruction of the " Evening Mews" Office by Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 2

THE city was thrown into great state of animation and excitement at 10 o'clock on Saturday night when the alarm of fire rang through the street, and the glow of…

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Fire Insurance

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 2

THE Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited, whoso head office is in Pitt-street, Sydney, have established an agency at Crookwell, and appointed Mr. W. H. Oram as…

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Fire at Murrumburrah

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 4

Murrumburrah, Saturday.—Johnstone's Railway Hotel and Assembly Hall were burned down this morning. The fire occurred at about half-past 1 o'clock, and it is supposed to have…

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Destructive Fire at Murrumburrah. the Railway Hotel and Assembly Hall Burned Down. Murrumburrah

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1888 · page 3

THE most disastrous conflagration ever witnessed in Murrumburrah occurred on Saturday morning, between 1 and 2 o’clock, by which the Railway Hotel, its contents, and the Assembly Hall, were…

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Fire Brigade and Premier Band Sports

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 December 1888 · page 2

NOMINATIONS for the Boxing Day Handicap of £7 close this evening with the secretaries, Messrs. E. Weatherby and A. H. Judd. The fee for nomination is 3s. Pedestrians who…

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