Goulburn Fire Brigade
THE annual meeting of the Goulburn Fire Brigade was held at the central station on Wednesday evening, Superintendent Lows being in the chair. The following officer were elected for the year:—…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
151 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 8
A Coffin on Fire
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.âA peculiar incident happened at Abbotsford this afternoon, when a corpse was nearly cremated, through carelessness. W. Tarrant, father of Mrs. Bloom, of Henry-street,…
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A COTTAGE at Arncliffe was destroyed by fire this morning. Morphia Poisoning. A doctor was removed from the Australia…
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Thursday last was a day of memories at Taagmangaroo, such memories as a fiercely raging bush fire only can impress, and which at one-time made it a matter of doubt whether…
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BOMBALA, Monday.—The bush fires which have been raging north of Orbost attacked Emmett's paddocks and threatened the house (a large…
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From New York it is reported that a fearful fire has occurred in Spokane, in the State of Washington, United States. A six-story building, in which about 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 1.21 p.m. Fire at Dubbo
A fire at Dubbo has destroyed the Dispatch office and three other buildings. Death. Mr. Richard Seymour, for 30 years…
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Telegrams from Gippsland and other fire-afflicted districts of Victoria report dreadful sufferings by the settlers. The heat has registered up to 114 in the shade, and the suffering is intensified by the…
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ABOUT 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, Mr. D. Clark, milkman, who sleeps in an office at Mr. Turner's monumental works in Verner-street, observed that the room was on fire. He gave…
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THE damage done in South Gippsland cannot easily be estimated (says the special reporter of the "Argus"), and absolutely the only gratifying feature is that the pluck of the people still stands…
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AN alarm of fire was given at 7.30 on Saturday evening, and the fire was discovered to be in a small office attached to Furber's old monumental yards, and now used by Mr. James Turner. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Taralga, Monday. Fire at Taralga
SIX hundred bushels of wheat, a quantity of hay and straw, and a threshing machine were burned on Mr. Alfred Duncan's farm at The Meadows, Taralga, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 1.57 p.m. Fire in an Asylum
A FIRE broke out ill the asylum at Parramatta this morning, but was subdued before any panic could arise. The Caledonien…
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HOBART, Tuesday.—A great outbreak of bush fires south of Hobart took place to-day, and the entire city is enveloped in drifting smoke, and the ground strewn with…
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The heat wave settled down on Melbourne again to-day, and the thermometer registered up to 103 in the shade. The hot northerly wind which set in at daybreak fanned the bush fires into renewed…
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Following upon continued record heat, the bush fires broke out in Gippsland with renewed violence, the state of affairs being worse than "Black Thursday." In…
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A terrible conflagration has occurred in Boston, resulting in the destruction of a large pile of buildings. Six firemen lost their liven, being buried under the falling…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Reports from Gippsland and other fire-stricken parts of the country show no further danger is threatened, but a heavy fall of rain is badly…
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CONSIDERABLE excitement prevailed in Murrumburrah last Thursday about noon, when stroke was seen issuing from the [?] end of Mr…
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A VERY destructive fire occurred on Wednesday night at Boambolo, the residence of Mr. George Barber, senr. About 9 o'clock a young girl went into a bedroom…
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