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

Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Bush Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 4

By an extensive bush fire in the vicinity of Hurstville, Belmore, and Moorefield, a quantity of property was destroyed. All the wooden work at the cemetery was burned…

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Bush Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

BUSH fires continue to rage in various parts of the State, and considerable damage has been done to property. One of the most destructive bush fires…

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Destructive Bush Fires at Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

Yass, Wednesday.—Terrible bush fires started during the morning on Kitty Creek Station about seven miles south of Yass. Fanned by a strong north-westerly wind blowing…

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Cable News. Great Fires in the United States. London, Feb. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 1

A great fire occurred at Paterson, New Jersey (U.S.A.) on Saturday. A fierce gale prevailed at the time, and tie flames rapidly enveloped many portions of the city…

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A Fearful Bushfire. Murrumbateman in Flames. Great Destruction of Property

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 2

About 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning a fire broke out at the head of Kitty’s Creek; with such a wind as was blowing, the fire was not long in getting a hold,…

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Destructive Bush Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

AT 11 o'clock on Wednesdny morning a bush fire broke out at the head of Kitty's Creck, and, fanned by a strong wind, it soon spread to Murrumbateman. It missed Mrs. P…

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[?] Bush Fire. Murrumbateman District Swept by Flames. Which Travelled Like a Tornado

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday last an extensive bush fire broke out in the vicinity of Kitty’s Creek on the holding of a man named Ellison and travelled towards the village…

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Great Fires in the United States. London, Feb. 10

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

A great fire occurred at Paterson, New Jersey (U.S.A.), on Saturday. A fierce gale prevailed at the time, and the flames…

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The Bush Fires at Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 4

Yass, Thursday.—The bush fire at Murrumbateman started at the head of Kitty's Crook and raced through the Kenilworth station Mr. David Fenton was rendered homeless. The flames came on…

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The Late Fire

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday, metaphorically speaking, instead of wedding bells, the dreaded fire bells were ringing. Some time in the early forenoon a bush fire started in the…

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Bush Fires

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

To the Editor of the Yass Courier. Sir,—I am sorry to see by this morning’s “S. M. Herald ”as well as the “Courier” just received, an account of…

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Charge of Maliciously Setting Fire to Grass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

Albury, Saturday.—At the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Browning, George William Ashton and Margaret Ashton were charged with maliciously setting fire to grass. The male prisoner…

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Alarm of Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 2

ABOUT 9 o'clock last evening an alarm of fire was given, which proved to be a window curtain in a dining-room at Mr. Musgrove's fruiterer, Goldsmith street. The brigade…

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Fire Alarm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 2

The loud clanging of the firebell at the central station at about 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening quickly brought out the members of the brigade and a large number of the people. The fire…

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Strike at Trieste. Military Fire on the Mob. Twenty-One Persons Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3

The strike at Trieste originated in the demand of the stokers on the steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's Company to have their hours of labour reduced to eight a…

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The Murrumbateman Fire. Helping a SUFFERER.(Special)

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 2

It will be Recollected that amongst the sufferers in the recent Murrumbateman fire was Mr. Smythe, sheepskin buyer. He arrived on the scene with his horse and…

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Great Fire in New York. London, Feb. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 4

A fire occurred in the armoury of the 71st Regiment at New York, and spread to the Park Avenue Hotel. Eighteen people were killed and 50 others were injured. Great damage was done…

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A Convent on Fire.—Narrow Escape of the Sisters

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 4

Wyalong, Tuesday.—At about 3 o'clock this morning the Wyalong Convent, situated near the hospital, about one mile from town, was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was…

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Great Fire in New York. Eighteen People Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 3

A fire occurred in the armoury of the 71st Regiment at New York, and spread to the Park Avenue Hotel. Eighteen people were killed and 50 others were…

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Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 2

A fire broke out at about a quarter to 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening in a stable and shed at the rear of Mr. C. Colburt's residence, Grafton-street. The place was in full blaze when the alarm was…

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