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

Fires & bushfires, 1902

229 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 12

Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 2

The fire bell rang out an alarm at about a quarter-past two o'clock this morning. There was a high wind at the time., with drizzling rain, and it was not a tempting night for…

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Fire in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Monday 23 June 1902 · page 2

A [?] 2 a.m. on Saturday a flip was discovered at Burgeville. the residence of Mr. W. H. Wheatley, in Anbura-street south, The alarm was given and within a short…

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Fire at Bourke

Goulburn Herald · Monday 23 June 1902 · page 2

At 1 a.m. yesterday a lire was discovered in a number of tenements Known as Wilga Terrace in town of Bourke From the fact that the outbreak occurred in three out…

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A Fire in a Chemist's Shop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 June 1902 · page 2

Crookwell, Wednesday.—A serious accident occurred to Mr. T Proser, chemist, to-day, while he was serving a man with some phosphorus poison for rabbits. The bottle in which the phosphorus…

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Disastrous Fire in Philadelpha

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 June 1902 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred on Thursday in a leather goods factory in Philad[?]iphia. Two hundred girls employed in the building rushed to the escapes. Many were…

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Fires in Schools

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 2

RESIDENTS of our town and district are feeling the cold somewhat severely this winter, and many of them have had to…

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Fire in a Chemist's Shop

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 2

WHAT might have resulted in a serious conflagration with considerable loss of property, but for the speedy and plucky manner in which it was combated, occurred…

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Oil Cargo on Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 2

A FIRE look place in Sydney shortly after six o'clock last evening, Messrs, Dalgety and Co's steam lighter Dido, loaded with twenty five tons of benzine, naphtha, and kerosene…

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Huge Fire in Capetown

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 3

A huge fire occurred in the heart of Capetown. The buildings of the South African Mutual Insurance Company and the offices of Fletcher Dix and other firms…

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Fire Brigade

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 2

AT the usual meeting of the Borough Council held on Thursday evening it was decided to accede to the request of the committee which has undertaken the organisation of a fire arigade and…

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A Destructive Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 2

A destructive fire has occurred at Chicago. Swift and Co.'s meat market and shipping offices have been burned. The damage is estimated at 1,000,000dol…

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The Fire Brigade

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 2

Messrs. Gibson, Battle and Co., the agents, advise the local Fire Brigade that their new fire engine has been [?]anded from England : it will be built…

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Retirement of Superintendent Laws. Presentation by the Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 2

Mr. E. R. Laws, who retired from. the position of superintendent of the Goulburn Fire Brigade on 30th June last, was entertained by the members of the brigade at the fire station…

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Retirement of Superintendent Laws. Dinner and Presentation by Fire Brigade

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 2

AFTER having been associated with the Goulburn Fire Brigade for some twenty years, during sixteen of which he was superintendent. Mr. E. R. Laws was compelled to resign…

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On Fire Brigades in General, and That of Goulburn in Particular.—the Retirement of Mr. Laws

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 2

THE presentation made on Monday night by the members of the fire brigade to their retiring superintendent, Mr. E. R. Laws was a fitting recognition of the services and the worth of…

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Fire at Bishopthorhe

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 2

A SLIGHT fire occurred at Bishopthorpe on Tuesday night, caused by the upsetting of a lamp. Some slight damage was done, more to the furniture than the building, and is…

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Tremendous Fire in Ecuador. London, July 21

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 4

A TERRIBLE fire has occurred in Guayaquil, the principal seaport of Ecuador, South America. The railway station, the…

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Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 2

The upsetting of a lamp caused a fire at Bishopthorpe on Tuesday evening, and some slight damage was done to the furniture and building. But for the presence of mind of one…

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The Fire Brigade

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 31 July 1902 · page 2

The new lire engine for the local Fire Brigade arrived and was untracked yesterday. The engine which was ordered through Messrs. Gibson, Battle…

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Big Fire at Cobar

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 3

ON Tuesday night, at about half past eight, a fire occurred at the rear of M. A. Padula’s. brick torrach, which was totally destroyed. The shops ruined were occupied by Padula,…

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