Destructive Fire at Wingello
AT nine o'clock on the evening of the 19th Mr. Thoman Ferguson's sawmill at Wingello was discovered to be on fire, no doubt caused by a spark from a bush-fire which was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
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Fire at Wingello
NEWS has been received of the destruction by fire on the 19th instant of Mr. T. Ferguson's saw-mill at Wingello. It is supposed that a spark from a bush fire burning near started the flames. The…
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Another great fire has occurred at Chicago, the premises of 19 large firms being destroyed. The damage is estimated at over a million dollars…
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A disastrous fire has occurred at Unwin's Painting Works, at Guildford, in Surrey. The works, including the crypt, were completely destroyed. The damage is estimated at £50,000…
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A destructive fire took place at Chelmsford, Essex, to-day, the great works of Crompton and Company, Limited, and the Crompton Electric Supply Company of Australia, electric light…
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Too much care cannot be exercised in this matter, and people cannot be too often reminded of the terrible bavoc that may be worked in the careless use of fires, especially…
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A CERTAIN Dutchman, owner of a small house, had effected an insurance on it of $4000, although it had been built for much less. The house was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. District, Sydney, and Colonial. Crookwell, Friday, 10 a.m. Careless Use of Fire
ON Wednesday portions of the log fence and new palings which surround the showground were destroyed by fire. A man named Thomas Burge was arrested by the police at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Crookwell, Friday, 10.20 a.m. Fire at Crookwell
THOMAS BURGE has been fined £2 or a fortinight's imprisonment for careless use of fire. The fire destroyed portion of the show-ground fence. Burge was arrested at Binda yesterday, and tried here…
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ON Saturday afternoon last, between three and four o'clock, some excitement was caused at Ifield way through a fire breaking out at Mr. Chesterton's residence, Albert-street,…
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SEVERAL times recently we have pointed out the dangers attending the careless use of fires, in the bush more especially. On Wednesday last, the fences on the P. and…
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THE four-masted barque John Ena, coal-laden from Newcastle, had a narrow escape on the voyage to San Francisco, where she arrived on the…
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Melbourne, Thursday.—The fire which occurred at Maidstone, near Footscray, when a cottage occupied by a slaughterman named Brundel was destroyed, has been attended with fatal results. Both Mrs…
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A FIRM brigade demonstration will take place at Leichardt, Sydney, on Boxing Day. A team from Goulburn will compete…
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ON Friday night the house at Greenwich Park owned by Mr. Bonnett, but for some considerable time unoccupied, was burnt to the ground. It was a large wooden structure of some night…
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NEWS has reached Goulburn of the total destruction by fire of the Greenwich Park homestead on Friday night last. The house was unoccupied at the time, and the origin of the fire is unknown…
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A TEAM of nine men of the Goulburn Fire Brigade will go to, Sydney this afternoon to take part in the fire brigade sports at Leichardt on Boxing Day. Captain Ward will be in charge…
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WAS hold at Leiobhardt yesterday, and a team from Goulburn was entered In four or five events. They won the four-men roul and four-men engine practices, leading by…
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The Fire Brigade will hold their usual annual torchlight procession. They will leave the fire station at midnight, and the route taken will be Auburn, Bradley, Sloane,…
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Bourke, Friday.-- A fire commenced at Brother's dentist's shop yesterday at 4p.m., and extended to St. Stephen's-hall, a weatherboard building, and the Church of England, all of…
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