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

Fires & bushfires, 1895

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Remarkable Scene at a Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 4

DURING the late frost, after attending a fire at the London Docks, involving the loss of some £60,000 or £80,000, those of the firemen who proceeded…

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Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 4

A FIRE occurred at Mr. W. Chisholm's residence, South Hill, on Thursday afternoon a little before 6 o'clock. Smoke was noticed coming from the roof of the stable and a man was dispatched to town to…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 2.40 p.m. Fire at Wagga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 1

A great fire occurred at Wagga Wagga early. this morning. Victoria House, occupied by Jeffrey, chemist, and other business people, was destroyed. The insurances on the stock and building amount to…

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Destructive Fire at Wagga

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 July 1895 · page 3

A FIRE broke out in Jeffreys' chemist shop in Fitzmaurice-street, the principal thoroughfare, Wagga, at about 2 on Monday morning, and it completely gutted the…

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A Hulk and Steamer on Fire

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 July 1895 · page 3

The coal-hulk, Sir William Wallace, was seriously damaged by fire this morning at the government wharf, Pyrmont. There was a fire also on board the steamer…

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Fire at Tamworth

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 3

The Royal Hotel at Tamworth, where Sir George Dibbs is staying, had a narrow escape of being destroyed by fire early yesterday; but beyond one room being burnt out no…

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Fatal Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 July 1895 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The Empire Hotel, at Palmerston North, has been destroyed by fire. Two of the inmates, .Mr. Walker Hawker; recently from Victoria, and Mr. Maurice Council, were burnt to…

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Fire at the Fellmongery

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last a fire occurred at the Yass Fellmongery when one of the cottages belonging to the workmen was burnt down. The fire was discovered by Mr. A…

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Fire at the Yass Fellmongery

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 3

ON Wednesday afternoon last a fire occurred at the Yass fellmongery, when one of the cottages belonging to the workman was burnt down. The fire was discovered by Mr. A…

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Fire in New Zealand. Two Men Burnt to Death

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 2

Auckland (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- A fire of a disastrous character-occurred at Palmerston North on Sunday night. The Empire Hotel was totally destroyed and two men of the male inmates…

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Forest Fires in America. London, Aug. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 4

Disastrous forest fires have taken place in the State of Michigan, U.S.A. A fire broke out in the forests on Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, and spread with great rapidity. Many houses sere…

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News by Cable. Forest Fires in America. 100 Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

Disastrous forest fires hare taken place in the State of Michigan, U.S.A. A fire broke out in the forests on Big Beaver island, Lake Michigan, and spread with…

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The Broken Hill Fire. a Series of Visitations. How the Fire Broke Out. the Ruined Workings

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 1

Broken Hill has been likened the the generic heroine of fiction whom " the villain still pursued." The fire at the Proprietary Mine is the latest…

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North British Fire Insurance Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

WE have received the annual report of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company for 1894. The total funds at 31st December amounted to the largo sum of £11,671,018 2s 2d; the revenue…

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Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 August 1895 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire broke out yesterday afternoon at Messrs. J. P. Wright and Co.'s boot factory, Elisabeth-street, Belmore Park. It to estimated that the damage to stock amounts…

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The Warnambool Fires. a Sensational Confession

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 4

Regarding the arrest of two men named Campbell and Stainsby in Victoria in connection with the numbers of fires that have occurred of late at Warrnambool. Saturday's Melbourne "Age"…

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Fire in Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out on Sunday afternoon at Messrs. J. P, Wright and Co's boot factory, Elizabeth-street, Belmore Park It is estimated that the damage to stock…

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Fire on the Orient. the Flames Extinguished

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 2

Melbourne, Sunday.--The fire on board the R.M.S. Orient, which broke out on Friday evening, raged without cessation during the whole of that night and the following day,…

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A Destructive Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

A destructive fire broke out on Sunday afternoon at Messrs. J. P. Wright and Co.'s boot factory, Elizabeth-street, Belmore Park, Sydney. It is estimated that the damage to…

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Fire at Windellima

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 August 1895 · page 4

A FIRE occurred at Mr. J. J. Croker's place, Pleasant Hills, Windellima, on Friday evening last between 8 and 9 o'clock, when a woolshed, containing two tons of straw, 30 bags of chaff, a wool…

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