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

Fires & bushfires, 1903

208 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 11

To Prevent Bash-fires. [?]

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 7 December 1903 · page 3

A special [?] of the P.A. and H. Society was [?] on Thursday last [?] for the purpose of discussing the question of taking steps…

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Bush Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 2

Bush fires have occurred in several country districts. At Warialda 215 acres of wheat was completely destroyed…

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Big Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 2

A big fire at Condobolin destroyed the School of Arts and three shops. A family barely escaped being burnt to death…

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Fire at Sandringham. Queen Alexandra in Danger. London, Dec. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

Further particular of the fire at Sandringham state that at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning the Hon. Charlotte Knollys, Woman of the Bedchamber, upon awaking, found that the room was filled with…

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Bush Fires. Beyond Bookham Suffers

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 2

Disquieting news reaches us this morning as to the devastation of a big bush fire which has been burning for the past three days out beyond Bookham. Many…

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Sensational Fire. the Queen’s Narrow Escape

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 2

London, Thursday Afternoon.—A beam in the room below Queen Alexandra’s sleeping apartment in Sandringham-hall caught fire last night, with…

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Destructive Fires

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

A BIG fire occured at Burrawong Station, near Cumnock, on Thursday. Men and horses were working at a big stack of…

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Fire at Sandringham. London, Dec. 11

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

A BEAM under the bedroom of her Majesty Queen Alexandra in the Royal apartments at Sandringham took fire yesterday…

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Fire at Sandringham. Narrow Escape of the Queen. London, December 11

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 3

A great sensation was caused yesterday when it became known that there has been a fire at Sandringham-hall, the King's country house, in Norfolk, and that the…

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Fire at Sandringham. Under the Queen’s Bedroom. Hee Majesty Has a Narrow Escape. FUSlON of Newly Installed Electric Wires. London, Thursday Afternoon

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 4

A beam in the room below queen Alexandra’s sleeping apartment the Sandringham-hall last night, with the result that a terrible disaster was narrowly…

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Dealing With Bushfires

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 2

The Victorian Conservator of forests recently received from Mr. Young, forester at Barmah, details of a successful method employed by him last year…

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The Bookham Fire. Considerable Damage

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

PARTICULARS of the Bookham fire came to hand on Tuesday and though of a rather disastrous nature we are pleased it was not nearly so bad as was at first…

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Small Bush Fire

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 21 December 1903 · page 2

A correspondent from Jeir writes:— A bush fire broke out on Monday morning, 14th inst, on Springfield, Jeir, and burnt a small area, which extended over…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 4
Also in Crookwell Gazette

Junee, Saturday.—A fire started at the town boundary today, and spread with great rapidly in an easterly direction from the town. It is now burning fiercely. Willing hands…

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Destructive Fires at Temora

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

Temora, Monday.—Several bush fires have occurred, resulting in great loss of crops, grass, and fencing. On Friday afternoon a fire broke out on Messrs. Scholz Brothers' farm,…

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Fire at a School. London, Dec. 18

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2
Also in Crookwell Gazette

A FIRE broke out in a school at Glasgow yesterday. There were 1000 children in the building at the time, and they…

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Police Court. Monday, December 21, 1903. Before C. Robertson, Esq., P.M. Careless Use of Fire

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 2

James Kelly was brought up, in custody, charged that he did, on Sunday, 20th December, carelessly light a fire in the bush. Senior Constable Drummond, sworn--…

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Bush Fires

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

A bush fire broke out on Tarrabandra, about two miles east of Gundag[?]i. Owing to the heat and the very long graas the fire spread fast. About 140…

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