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

Fires & bushfires, 1892

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Fire in a Kerosene Bond

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1892 · page 2

ABOUT a quarter past 12 o'clock this (Thursday) morning a fire was discovered in Lassetter's kerosene bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, opposite the Surrey Brewery. The alarm was given by the watchman…

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Fire in a Kerosene Bond

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 4

LASSETTER'S kerosene bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, was burnt down early yesterday morning, and the contents, about 2000 cases of kerosene destroyed. The origin of the fire…

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Fire In a Kerosene Bond

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1892 · page 3

LASSETTER'S kerosene bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, was burnt down early on Thursday morning, and the contents, about 2000 cases of kerosone, destroyed…

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Great Fire in New Brunswick. London, July 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 4

A terrible fire in St. John, u city nod seaport of the province of New Brunswick, Canada, has owned the destruction of a great pert of the town and of many of the most important public…

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Great Fire in Newfoundland. London, July 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 4

From the latest information to hand it appears that the disastrous fire occurred at St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland, not St. John's, New Brunswick…

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Disastrous Fire in Norway. London, July 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 4

One half of the city of Christiania, the capital of Norway, has been destroyed by a fire. The public edifices consumed include the Bank of Norway, the savings beak, and the post-office…

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Disastrous Fire. London, July 9

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1892 · page 3

A terrible fire in St. John, the capital of New Foundland, has the destruction of the town. The conflagration is now burning the…

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Fire in Victoria Park

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 3

ABOUT a quarter to two this afternoon a large volume of smoke was noticed by Mr. J. Ormerod rising from the hawthorn hedge on the east side of Victoria Park. He at once…

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Victoria Park on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2

BETWEEN one and two o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. John Ormerod saw smoke rising from the hawthorn hedge on the east side of Victoria Park. He went to the place and with the branch of a tree…

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The Great Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 2

LATEST information from Canada states that the recent disastrous fire occurred at St. Johns, the capital of Newfoundland, not St. John's, New Brunswick. The fire…

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Fire in America. London, July 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 2

A disastrous fire has occurred in Bay City, on Lake Huron, in the State of Michigan, America. Three hundred buildings were destroyed, including several hotels and churches…

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Fire at Newtown-- Suspected Arson

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 August 1892 · page 2

THE of Messrs. Cowpe and Company, chemists, opposite the Post Office. 267 King-street, was found to be on fire at a quarter to 1 o'clock last Wednesday morning. The…

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Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 August 1892 · page 2

ABOUT ten minutes pest six last evening Edward Finlay, an employ at Messrs. C. Rogers and Co.'s Arcado, discovered flames issuing from a wooden building at the rear of…

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The Suspicious Fire. Verdict of Arson

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 August 1892 · page 2

AT the Newtown courthouse on Tuesday, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., the Acting City Coroner, resumed the inquiry into the cause of the lire which occurred on the premises of Cowpe and Co., chemists, of No…

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Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 August 1892 · page 4

A FINE broke out at about half-past 6 o'clock on Thursday evening in a stable used by Messrs. Charles Rogers and Company, at the rear of the Hibernian Hotel promises. When the Fire…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday, 2.30 p.m. Fire in Kent-street

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 3

A rein occurred early this morning in promises occupied by S. Weingott and Sons clothing manufacturer, Kent-street, and in half-an-hour the building was completely…

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Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 4

A FIRE broke out in the clothing factory of Weingott and S n, 433 Kent-street, near Market-street, shortly before two on Wednesday morning. The place, which is a large detached two-story…

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Great Fire in Switzerland. London, Aug. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 2

A great fire has broken out in Grindelwald, a town in Switzerland. A large portion of the town is in flames. The railway station, the Post Office, and several hotels…

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The Great Fire in Switzerland. London, Aug. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 August 1892 · page 4

The disastrous fire at the village of Grindalwald, in Switzerland, resulted in great destruction of property. The English ladies who were among the tourists in the village at the disaster displayed great…

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Fire at Kingsdale

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 August 1892 · page 2

EARLY yesterday morning a three-stalled stable, a loose box, a harness-room, and a coacbhouse at the residence of Mr. E. Shepherd, Kingsdale, were…

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