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

Fires & bushfires, 1897

143 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 8

Each Fire

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 2

On Thursday the th[?]ck smoke from a bush the could be seen from the town rising thickly in the west, and many were the speculations in lulged in as to the locality…

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Fatal Fire at Kalgoorlie

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Monday.—A terrible fire occurred at daybreak this morning, a camp occupied by two miners on the Boulder Perseverance being burnt to the ground, and Walker, a well-known cricketer,…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 December 1897 · page 2

THE Goulburn Fire Brigade will hold their usual torchlight procession an New Year's Eve and will parade Auburn and other streets. The two local bands have signified their intention of taking part,…

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Fire at Wentworth—Death from Shock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 December 1897 · page 2

WENTWORTH, Wednesday.—A disastrous fire occurred here this morning, when Mr. J. B. Wood. head's tailor's shop and dwelling house, the Federal Standard Printing Office, and a dwelling house were…

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