Bush Fires at Cooma
COMMA, Monday.—Very destructive bush fires have been raging about Nimitybelle and Numeralla during the last few days. The fires could be seen plainly from the hills round Cooma, and the dull…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
201 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 11
Fires at Bungonia
"FLY" writes:—Considerable destruction has been caused in the neighbourhood by bush fires during the last few days. Hundreds of acres of grass land and miles of fencing have been…
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A four-roomed house at Woodhouselce, built of slabs with iron roof, owned and tenanted by Mr. Eli Peach, farmer, was burned down yesterday. Mr. Peach had left the place, and on returning at…
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Disastrous forest fires have taken place in the United States. Large tracts of country in the States of Mlinnesota and Dakota and the adjoining province of…
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London, Monday Night. -- A disastrous fire has occurred at New Orleans, America, destroying 260 houses and rendering 700 persons homeless. Great forest are also raging in the States…
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MR. ELI PEACH, farmer, Woodhouselee, reported to the police yesterday that during his absence on the previous day his dwelling-house of four rooms and its contents were…
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WE learn that a destructive bush fire raged in the Bungonia district on Thursday. The Jacqua Public School and a quantity of fencing were burnt…
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ABOUT seven o'clock last evening Mrs. F. Stewart of Clinton-street observed a fire burning under the bridge leading from the City Mills into the wheat store at the rear…
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THE alarm of fire on Sunday evening, at a time when it was known that no water could be got from the street pipes, caused considerable excitement. The scene of the fire was found to be at a wooden…
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A disastrous fire has occurred in the village of Lasocit, in Poland. A dwelling-place was set fire to by an incendiary, and before the flames could be extinguished a large…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.—A serious fire was narrowly averted in the principal street early this morning. A policeman on duty, hearing screams, ran to a shop occupied by a painter…
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A great fire broke out last night in Broadway, Now York. It extended to Bleecker-street. A block of buildings, including the Manhattan and Empire Banks, as well as many houses, was…
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THE sky for the last couple of nights has been bright from the reflection of bush-fires in the neighbourhood. For the past week n fire has been burning on the Governor's Hill at…
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SHORTLY after one o'clock this morning Constable MacKenzie noticed a fore at the rear of the Shamrook Hotel, Clinton-street, Goulburn. He at once rang the firebell and the…
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AT 1.20 yesterday morning the Fire Brigade were called out to attend a fire at the rear of the Shamrock Inn, Clinton-street. It was located in an old stable, and when the firemen reached the…
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ONE of the large bush fires which raged with great fierceness in the neighbourhood of Marble Hill and Sooley Valley originated with paper being used as wadding and fired…
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LONGREACH, Thursday.—An examination of the remains of Mr. Booth, a station manager, which were found in the bush, has satisfied the Police. Magistrate that the deceased was caught by a bush…
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A FIRE broke out to-night at half-past 8 o'clock, when the residence of Dr. Tibbetts was burned to the ground. Very little was saved. The upsetting of a kerosene lamp is said to have been the cause…
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BUSH fires have for the pant fortnight been raging throughout the colony owing to the dryness of everything occasioned by the continued dry weather. This district has not been free…
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MR. THOMAS COTTERILL, Back Creek, came to Rockley on Tuesday morning early, and reported that his woolshed had been destroyed by fire. He had just finished…
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