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

Fires & bushfires, 1892

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A Terrible Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 5

NEW York telegrams report a terrible fire which occurred on Wednesday night at the Central Theatre, Philadelphia, During the performance the stage caught fire, and the…

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Terrible Fire in America. London, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 3

New York telegrams give particulars of a terrible fire which occurred last night in the Central Theatre at Philadelphia. . During the progress of the performance the stage…

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Cable News. the Terrible Fire in America. London, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 4

Further reports received from New York show that the first accounts of the terrible tire at the Central Theatre, Philadelphia, were exaggerated so far as the number of fatalities were concerned…

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A Terrible Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 3

NEWS has been received by cable of a terrible fire which occurred in Philadelphia last Wednesday night. During the course of a performance at the Central…

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Fire Brigades Demonstrations

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 May 1892 · page 4

THE Goulburn Volunteer Fire Brigade have received a communication from the Albury Fire Brigade, asking them if it is their intention to hold a demonstration on New Year's…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 4

THE Goulburn Volunteer Fire Brigade have agreed to a proposal of the Albury Fire Brigade to hold carnivals alternately. The next one on New Year's Day, will take place in Albury…

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Fatal Fire at Mount Hope

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 6

Mount Hope, Wednesday.—A fatal fire occurred here on Tuesday night. The fire broke out at midnight in a cottage occupied by a Mrs. Paterson, 84 years of age, who…

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Telegrams. Crookwell, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Queen's Birthday.—fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 3

THE holiday yesterday passed off quietly, with the usual display of firework at night. The hay-shed of Mr. John Mortimer was accidentally burnt down, John Mortimer was…

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Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 3

ON Tuesday night, between half-past eight and nine o'clock, a stable at the rear of Mr. J. Mortimer's residence, at Brook-lands, was burnt to the ground. It…

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Pearle Radcliffe; or Wedding the Wrong Man. Chapter Xxxiii. "Fire! Help!"

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 4

"I do not think she is seriously injured, if we except the burns upon her limbs," he said, with a sigh of relief. Richard buried his head in the…

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Fire-Brigades Board

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 May 1892 · page 2

CONSEQUENT on Mr. Bullen's resignation of the secretaryship of the above board the members met on Saturday for the appointment of his successor. There were thirteen…

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Great Fire at Cashmere. London, May 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 3

About 2000 houses have been burned in the city of Serinuggur, the capital of Cashmere, whereby 80,000 people have been rendered homeless. In the same city the deaths from Asiatic cholera…

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Cable News. Fire in a Silver Mine at Prague. London, June 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 4

A fire broke out in the Berkenberg silver mine at Prague, in Bohemia, and 14 miners have been burnt to death. June, 2…

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The Fire in the Silver Mine at Prague. London, June 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 June 1892 · page 4

In connection with the fire which broke out in the Berkenberg silver mine at Prague in Bohemia it is stated that 70 bodies have been recovered, and it is feared that the remainder of the miners are…

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Flood and Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 3

LONDON, June 7.--Fuller particulars have been received regarding the disastrous floods and fire which have occurred in Titusville, Pennsylvania. After the oil…

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A Ship on Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 3

ONE day last week a fire was found to be raring in the hold of the ship Wavertree, lying at Hoffnung's Wharf, Dawes Point. By eleven o'clock at night the flames were…

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Great Fire in America. London, June 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 June 1892 · page 4

A great fire has taken place at Chicora, in Pennsylvania. Hundreds of homes were destroyed…

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Theatre Royal Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 2

THE land upon which the Theatre Royal stood formed part of what is known as the Fitzgerald Estate. On August 31, 1877, the property was leased by Thomas William Faithful Wilshire to…

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The Fire at the Theatre Royal, Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 June 1892 · page 2

TELEGRAMS in our last briefly recorded the burning of the Theatre Royal, Sydney. We extract from the Sydney papers the following particulars:—…

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Fire in a Theatre

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 2

THE Theatre Royal, at the corner of King aud Castlereagh streets, Sydney, was partially destroyed by fire early on Friday morning last. About a…

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