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

Fires & bushfires, 1899

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The Fire Brigade Procession

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 4

THE Fire Brigade procession on New Year's Eve was witnessed by a large number of people, the streets being crowded. A start was made from the fire station a few minutes after 11 o'clock, the…

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Fire!

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

SOON after 1 o'clock this (Friday) morning our residents were thrown into state of excitement on account of a large [?] burning in the main…

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Fire

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 3

ABOUT ten on Saturday night an alarm was given at the fire station by a boy; that four reemed cottage in Addison-street, west of Faithfull-street, baboging to Mr. G. Morphy…

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Fire at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, Monday.—A fire broke out on the premises occupied by Shewan Aueb, a Syrian store-keeper, about half-past 12 o'clock on Sunday morning. The building was a weatherboard one,…

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Fire at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

OUR correspondent writes:—A large shed containing about £50 worth of wool, besides a quantity of bay, harness, saddlery, tools, &c., belonging to Mr. Ambrose McGuigan, of Norongo, has been…

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Big Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

EARLY on Monday morning Messrs. John Connell and Co.'s five-storey warehouse in Kent-street, near King-street, was gutted by fire. The firm carries on the business of general merchants…

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Fire in Addison-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 4

About 10 o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire was given at the Goulburn Fire Station and the outbreak was discovered to be in a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Addison-street, occupied by…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Sydney, Monday, 1.20 p.m. Disastrous Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 4

EARLY this morning a fire was discovered in John Connell's four-storey building in Kent-street, a wine and spirit and grocery store. Three of the floors were gutted and the…

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Cyclists at Fires

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 3

WE desire to draw attention to the danger that exists in Goulburn from cyclists riding without lamps to fires at night. On two recent occasions when fires have occured on…

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Goulburn Fire-brigade

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 3

THE following in the sixteenth annual report of [?] Goulburn Fire brigade, read at the meeting of the Board yesterday:— FIRES.—During the year now closed it is…

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Victorian Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A destructive bush fire is raging in the vicinity of Green's Pinch, near Kilmore, and has done a vast amount of damage to grass and foucing, and the settlers have experienced…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 2

THE following is the sixteenth annual report of the Goulburn Fire Brigade, read at the meeting of the Board on Tuesday:— FIRES.—During the year now closed it is found on…

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Fire in a Church

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 2

ABOUT 6.30 a.m. on Friday a fire took place at St. Francis' Church, Oxford-street, Paddington, and resulted in considerable damage being done to the crib that had been erected for the Christmas…

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Church on Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

ON Friday morning a fire took place at St. Francis Church, Paddington, by which the " crib," .which is considered the most complete of its kind in…

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A Steamer on Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

THE steamer Victoria, bound from Genoa to Buenos Ayres with sulphur aboard, caught fire and had to be scuttled. There were 423 passengers, and they were landed at Alicante…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Goulburn Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Wednesday evening. Ex-captain Taylor occupied the chair in the absence of the Superintendent through illness. The…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

THE annual meeting was held at the fire-station on Wednesday evening. In the absence of Superintendent Laws through illness, Ex-Captain G. T. Taylor presided ;…

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A Fire at Sea

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

The Vittoria, bound from Genoa to Buenos Ayres, took fire at sea, she having a cargo of sulphur. The vessel was scuttled. The passengers to the number…

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The Late Fire. Open Verdict

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

AN Inquiry touching the origin of the fire which destroyed the building known as the old Shamrock Hotel, in Albury-street, Murrumburrah, was held in the Court House by…

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Fire in Town

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

A NARROW escape from complete demolition by Are occurred here on Saturday night last, From the particulars gleaned it would appear that at about 10 p.m. Mr. S. Munro was about…

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