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

Fires & bushfires, 1901

263 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 14

The Fire at Hordern's

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

FURTHER particulars with regard to the fire at Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons' Haymarket Emporium transpired on Thursday. The saddest…

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Another Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out in Mr. F. Crago's flour mill, Newtown, and the establishment was partially destroyed. The damage is estimated at £20,000…

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The Recent Fire at Hordern's

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

A big gang of men started excavating among ruins at Hordern's this morning. Great efforts are to be made to find…

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Hordern's Big Fire. the Missing Employees

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

There is now said to be absolutely no doubt that tour others besides Clegg lost their lives. OTHERS MAY HAVE PERISHED…

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A Big Fire at Newtown. Crago's Federal Flour Mills Destruction of Valuable Machinery. Estimated Damage, Twenty Thousand Pounds

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

Shortly after 4 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire was observed to have broken out at Mr. Francis Crago's Federal Flour Mills, Newtown…

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Hordern's Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 July 1901 · page 2

SEARCH was again continued for the missing bodies on Monday, but without success. Mr. S. Hordern has undertaken to pay the widow of Mr. Dashwood, his engineer, if he is proved…

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Insurances and the Recent Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 3

The fires of last week, viz., Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons' promises, the. Imperial Manufacturing Company, and Crago's Mill, exactly wipe out, we (S. M. Herald) are informed, the whole of…

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Fire in a Snowstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 4

Kiandra, Tuesday.—The residence of Mr. Charles Burgess, of Nine Mile, Kiandra was completely burnt out last night. The premises ware uninsured. The women and children suffered great hardships,…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Hordern's Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 4

The inquest on Clegg, one of the victims of the fire at Hordern's, as being continued to-day. There was no evidence to show how the fire was caused. Smoking was strictly…

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Hordern's Fire.—human Remains Found

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 4

Whilst a number of labourers were on Tuesday engaged removing the debris from the lower building of Anthony Hordern and Sons Palace Emporium, the bones of one of the…

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The Newtown Fire. Extent of the Damage

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 2

There were no fresh developments on Monday at the fire which did so much damage on Sunday at Crago’s mills, Newtown. Several firemen were on duty…

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The Latest. Sydney, Thursday. The Fire at Hordern's

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 3

The engineer of Hordern's does not think the electric light had anything to do with the fire. Any explosion as described would have been harmless The wires were not overloaded. He cannot account…

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The Fire at Anthony Hordern’s. Recovery of Remains. Dashwood’s Terrible Death

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 2

On Tuesday the efforts of the firemen and corporation workmen engaged in searching the ruins of Anthony Hordern’s premises for the remains of the unfortunate men…

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Hordern's Fire

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 2
Also in Crookwell Gazette

Search was again continued for the missing bodies on Monday, but without success. Mr. S. Hordern has undertaken to pay the widow of Mr. Dashwood, his…

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Another Great Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 2

Mr. Crago's flour mill at Newtown was the scene of a large and disastrous fire early on Sunday morning, resulting in the total destruction of the mill itself, a…

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The Haymarket Fire. Some Human Remains Found

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 4

THE work of searching for the remains of those unfortunate men who lost their lives in the fire at Hordern's on Wednesday last was continued on…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Hordern's Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 4

Further evidence was adduced this morning at the fire inquest, but nothing of special importance was elicited. The testimony was mostly with regard to the electric lighting…

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Further Discovery of Human Remains at Hordern's Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 2

The search for remains of those of Anthony Hordern and Sons' employes who were reported as missing after the late fire was continued in the ruined tower buildings at the…

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The Fire at Anthony Hordern’s Recovery of Remains

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 2

On Tuesday the- efforts of the firemen and corporation workmen engaged in searching the ruins of Anthony Hordern’s promises for the remains of the unfortunate men who bad lost their lives in…

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