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

Fires & bushfires, 1896

124 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 7

The Fire at Mr. Cecil Rhodes' Residence. London, Dec. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 6

The fire, by which the residence of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, at Capetown, was destroyed, is declared to Lave been the work of an incendiary. Mr. Rhodes' famous collection of relies, found in the ruins of…

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Destructive Fire at Narrandera

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 December 1896 · page 3

NARRANDERA, Monday.—A great fire occurred this morning, when four shops, the property of Mrs. Foley, hotelkeeper, were totally destroyed. It originated in a shop leased to…

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Goulburn Fire-brigade

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 December 1896 · page 2

THE members of the above, recognising the many calls for charitable purposes which have recently been made on the Goulburn public, have decided to abandon their usual…

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The Fire Brigade and New Year's Eve

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 December 1896 · page 2

THE Fire Brigade has decided not to hold a demonstration on New Year's Eve. Some expense is entailed in the purchase of fireworks, &c, and there have been so many demands upon the citizens'…

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