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

Fires & bushfires, 1900

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Great Fire in New York. 500 Deaths

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 2

FURTHeR accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Dooke, Now York, show that it was much more disastrous than first reports indicated…

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The Dock Fire.—Inhuman Plunderers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

Many gruesome stories are told in connection with the disastrous fire at the Hoboken Dock, Now York. It is asserted that tugboats steamed about the vicinity of the conflagration searching for loot, and…

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Great Fire at New York. Five Hundred Deaths. Heartrending Soenes. Damage Two Million Sterling. London, July 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 4

FURTHER accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York, show that it was much more diastrous than first reports indicated. The explosion of a carboy of acid fired some…

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The New York Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 2

GRUSSOME stories have been published of boatmen refusing to save men drowning during the fire at the Hoboken Ducks, New York. It is stated that crews of tugboats searching…

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Great Fire at New York. Hoboken Docks in Flames. Steamers Destroyed. Five Hundred Deaths. Terrible Struggles for Life. Damage Two Million Sterling London, July 2

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 2

Further accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York, show that is was much more disastrous than first reports indicated…

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Great Fire at New York. Hoboken Docks in Flames. Steamers Destroyed. Five Hundred Deaths. Terrible Struggles for Life. Damage Two Million Sterling London, July 2

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 4

Further accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York, show that it was much more disastrous than first reports indicated…

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The New York Fire. Horrible Scenes. 500 Lives Lost. London, July 2

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

Further particulars of the great fire in Hoboken Dockyard, New York, state that some cotton bales were set on fire by the explosion of a carboy of acid when 1500 visitors and workmen were in…

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Fire in Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire broke out in Little Collins street, Melbourne, on Friday morning. The damage amounted to 20,000. The task of fighting the fire was found to be a difficult one,…

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New York Fire. a Terrible Catastrophe

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 4

LONDON Monday. further particulars relating to the fire which took place at the Hoboken Docks, New York, go to show that it was a much more scrious…

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New York Fire. London July 4

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 3

GRUESOME, stories have been published of boatmen refusing to save men drowning during the fire at the Hoboken Docks…

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China. Promised Rewards. Legations Safe. Accuracy of Artillery Fire. Positions at Tientsin. the Legations. Chinese Deserters

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 4

Prince Tnan, signing himself Emperor of China, has issued a proclamation calling the Boxes his "Braves" and promising them…

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Cable News. the Hoboken Docks Fire. London, July 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

The North German Lloyd's steamer Saale, which was damaged in the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York, two weeks ago, and which was towed from the burning docks and beached, has…

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Hoboken Docks Fire. London, July 12

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 3

THE North German Lloyd's steamer sale, which was damaged in the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York…

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Fire and Water Journals. the Printing Press on Boats and Battlefield

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 4

IT says much for the irrepressible energy and vitality of the press that it is as unmoved by the roar of cannon and the shrieks of shells as by the battle of winds and seas…

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Fire

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at the camp of Mr. E: Wood, Blackburn, on Tuesday last. Messrs. Wood and George Worthy were working about a mile…

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Fire the Greatest Danger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 4

Dr. Morrison, continuing his description of the situation in Peking, states that the besiegers consist of the Imperial troops under General Yung-lo, the Chinese…

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Destructive Fire at Geelong

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 August 1900 · page 2

ON Sunday morning the Clyde Fellmongery at Geelong, the largest of its kind in Australian, was completely destroyed by fire. About six o'clock a macs of flames was seen…

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Fire at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. H. O'Brien, coroner, to-day received a telegram from Constable Ford, Marulan, stating that Williams' house and furniture were destroyed by fire at midnight. The furniture was insured but…

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Fire at Marulan

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1900 · page 3

A FIRE occurred at Mr. Sydney Williams' house, Old Marnlan, at midnight on Thursday, resulting in the destruction of the house and almost the whole of the forniture, very…

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Fire at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 4

Mr. S. Williams' residence, Old Marulan, was burnt to the ground with all its contents on Monday morning last. Mr. Williams was the only occupant of the house at the time, Mrs. Williams…

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