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

Fires & bushfires, 1898

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Fires at Forbes. Remarkable Series of Outbreaks. Wheat and Hay Stacks Destroyed Town Buildings in Ruins. Forbes

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 2

Early this week George Golding, selector, near Forbes, had a large stack of wheat totally destroyed by fire. On Monday night a stack of hay of 25 tons, owned by Moses Brown, a…

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Remarkable Series of Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 6

FORBES, Wednesday.—Early this week George Golding, selector, near Forbes, had a large stack of wheat totally destroyed by fire. On Monday night a stack of hay of 25 tons, owned by Moses Brown…

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Disastrous Fire at Wellington (N.z.) Two Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Saturday.—The Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, was totally destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock this morning, and two boarders, Mr. Greer, commercial traveller, representing David Mosley and…

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Fire at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 4

A FIRE occurred in a cottage occupied by Mrs. Newman, at Marulan, about midnight on Sunday. The house was completely destroyed, nothing being saved. The fire is supposed to bare originated…

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Fatal Fire in New Zealand. Two Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 3

The Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington was totally destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, and two boarders, Mr. Greer, commercial traveller…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade. Coffee Supper

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday the Board (Mr. A. M. Betts, chairman, the Mayor, and Mr. W. R. Riley) entertained the brigade of a coffee-supper in the station. About twenty of the brigade…

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Destructive Fire Near Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 4

Mr. J. Horsfleld, foreman of the railway loco. sheds, had his house and outbuildings at Rossiville completely destroyed by fire about half-past six o'clock on Sunday evening. The house is occupied…

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Coffee Supper at the Fire Station. Insurance Companies and Fire Brigades. Defective Legislation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 4

THE members of the Goulburn Fire Brigade Board entertained the members of the brigade at a coffee supper at the fire station on Saturday evening. Mr. A. M. Betts, chairman of the board, presided, and…

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Fire Brigades and Insurance Companies. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 December 1898 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday appears a report of a coffee supper given by the Goulburn Fire Brigade Board at which two of the speakers alluded to the "unfairness and injustice" of the Fire Insurance…

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The Fire Brigade Procession

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 December 1898 · page 2

THE usual parade of the Fire Brigade will be held on New Year's Eve. The procession will be headed by the Australian Horse Band, and will start from the fire station at 11 o'clock sharp,…

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The Fire Brigade and the Insurance Companies. (To the Editor of the Goulburn Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 December 1898 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—I have read the letter in your paper of Mr. J. E. P. Walker, and of course he has looked at the question, it seems to me, from the standpoint of the companies only and appears to overlook the…

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The Late Fatal Fire in New Zealand

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 2

The Royal Oak Hotel, one of the largest hotels in Wellington, was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 10th inst., and unfortunately two lives were lost. The…

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