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

Fires & bushfires, 1899

163 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 9

Disastrous Fire at Kiama

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 October 1899 · page 3

AT 2.30 a.m. on Sunday a fire was discovered at the rear of Wood Brothere' butchaor, Kiama. There was a high wind blowiag at the time, and the fire soon spread to…

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Destructive Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 October 1899 · page 3

AT 2.30 a.m, on Saturday on immense fire broke out in a block of six-storey buildings abutting.. Bridge - street, Pitt - street, and Queen's Place, Sydney. The outbreak was…

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Disastrous Fire. Mr. W. E. Smith's Printing Office Burnt Out. Adjoining Premises Gutted Great Excitement. Immense Damage by Fire and Water. (From the "S. M. Herald.")

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out early on Saturday morning, causing the complete destruction of Mr. W. E. Smith's printing and stationery establishment in…

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Destructive Fire at Kiama

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

Kiama, Sunday.—About 2 o'clock this morning the townspeople were aroused by the ringing of fire-bells to witness the most extensive and destructive fire that has ever visited Kiama. The fire…

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Great Fire at Kiama

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 2

Kiama, Sunday. -- At twenty minutes past 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Wood's shop, in the main street, and in a few minutes the place was in a…

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The Big Fire in Sydney

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

IN Sydney on Saturday an immense crowd was gathered all day round the buildings ruined by the fire of the previous night. It was seen by people who made a close inspection that the splendid…

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Destructive Fire in Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 October 1899 · page 3

AT 2.30 a.m. on Saturday an immense are broke out in a block of six-storey buildings abutting Bridge-street, Pitt-street, and Queen's Place, Sydney. The…

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Destructive Fire in Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1899 · page 3

THE extensive business premison of Edward Keep and Co., wholesale ironmongers, Lons-dale-street, were destroyed by fire last night, when some £50,000 worth of properly was…

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Destructive Fire in Melbourne

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

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The extensive business premises of Edward Keep and Co., wholesale ironmongers, Lonsdale-street, were destroyed by fire to-night, when some £50,000 worth of property was…

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Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 2

ABOUT one o'clock this morning a fire occurred at Mr. Cole's grocery store, corner of Clinton and Cowper streets, Goulburn. The building was a wooden one, consisting of small shop…

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Fire in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 4

SHORTLY after one o'clock on Friday morning a small three-roomed wooden building at the corner of Clinton and Cowper streets, in which Mr William Cole lived and carried on a grocery business, was…

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Fire at North Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 October 1899 · page 3

AT 8.15 p.m. on Friday last Mr. W. Butler, of Wayo-street, North Goulburn, discovered a fire in one of the back rooms, and was just in time to save the house and contents. Mr…

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Fire at Grenfell

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 4

MM. LYDIA SMITH’S fruit and fancy good and refreshment shop, George-street, Grenfell, together with stuck and household furniture, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Accuracy of British Artillery Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 2

Colonel Adolf Schiel, the retired German officer, who commanded the Johannesburg contingent at Elands Laagte, where he was taken prisoner by the British, admits the accuracy of the British artillery…

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The Transvaal. Ladysmith Engagement. Further Details. the British Reverse. Arrival of Sir Redvers Buller. Ladysmith Secure. Accuracy of British Fire. General Buller Starts for the Front. London, October 31

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 3

GENERAL WHITE states that no blame is due to the officers commanding the regiments which capitulated on Sunday night. The position was selected by himself and proved…

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The Transvaal War. Isolation of Ladysmith. the British Commander Confident. Interruption of Cables. British Losses in Monday's Engagement. Boers Fire Upon a Hospital. Death of a Boer General. London, Nov. 3. Isolation of Ladysmith

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

The wires between Ladysmith and Colenso were out by the enemy at half-past 2 yesterday afternoon. The War Office declares that this fact does not necessarily imply that Ladysmith is completely…

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The Transvaal War Isolation of Ladysmith. the British Commander Confident. Boers Fire Upon a Hospital. Death of a Boer General. London, Nov. 3

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 2

The wires between Ladysmith and Colenso were cut by the enemy at half-past 2 yesterday afternoon. The War Office declares that this fact does not…

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The Battle of Glencoe. Details of the Fighting. Bad Gunnery of the Boers. Splendid Work of the British Artillery. Boers Face a Withering Artillery Fire. Dundee Hill Carried in Gallant Style. Georgetown (Tasmania)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 4

THE steamer Gothic arrived to-day, and brought files of the Capetown papers, which publish details of the battle which took place at Glencoe on Friday, October 20…

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A New Fire-escape

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 November 1899 · page 2

THE Scientific American states that a novel fire-escape has been erected outside a school in Louisville, Kentucky. It consists of a chute and a spiral slide…

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A Train on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 4

A SOMEWHAT unusual spectacle was presented on Monday afternoon, when the engine of the paper train arrived in Junee with only two trucks attached to it. Enquiries elicited the fact that about three…

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