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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 8 of 11

Fire at Capetown. London, Sept. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 2

A fire occurred at Capetown yesterday, destroying the premises of Mercer and Skongen, Van der Byl, importers, and Wiener and Co., Limited, shipping agents. The damage is estimated at…

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Fire Near Camden

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at the residence of Mr. H. Beard, the Orielton Estate, commencing at 3.30 on Monday. The stables and coach-house, together with a valuable…

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Steaner Pilbarra on Fire. Thrilling Experience of a Boy

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 1

A fire broke out at Melbourne, on Friday night, about 7.30, on board the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Pilbarra lying in the Yarra The steamer…

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Soldiers Under Fire

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 5
Also in The Young Chronicle

"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for so many…

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Fire Brigade Sports

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 8 October 1903 · page 2

A large and representative meeting of gentlemen interested in the holding of a day’s sports in Aid of the building fund of the Fire Brigade was held in the…

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Sets Herself on Fire

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 8 October 1903 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—At the in inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Laura Rahilley, 53 years, who died on Monday last at the…

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Fire Brigade Sports

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

A LARGE and representative meeting of gentlemen was held in the Mechanics’ on Monday night with a view to organising a day’s sports on November 9th for…

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Burial Under Fire

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 6
Also in Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate

High on the ridge where the marines pitched their tents on the shore of Guan[?]anamo Bay (says the Chicago "Evening Post"), the first Cuban soil taken by…

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Woman’s Remarkable Fato. Sets Herself on Fire.the Result of Racecourse Betting

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 2

A MELBOURNE telegram to the DAILY TELEGRAPH on Wednesday says:-At the inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Laura Rahilley 68 years, who died on Monday last at…

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Cable News. the Balkans. Bulgarian Troops Fire on Bulgarian Bands. London, Oct. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 4

Bulgarian troops have been ordered to atop Bulgarian bands passing over the frontier into Macedonia, by firing volleys if necessary. One band was saluted by a volley near Rila, in the…

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Fire Brigade Sports

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 22 October 1903 · page 2

All the committees are actively at work in preparation for the second grand annual fire brigade demonstration and sports to take place in the show…

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Co-operation in Fire-fighting

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 4

It is certain that grass fires will be a source of danger, loss, and anxiety to settlers during the approaching summer. There is probably more…

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The Goulburn Fire Brigade. No. I.

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 2

MORE than half-a-contury has elapsed since a fire brigade was first formed in Goulburn and its originator, and probably also every one of the first members, hove long since…

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The Goulburn Fire Brigade. No. II

Goulburn Herald · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 2

THE following is the conclusion of the sketch of the Goulburn Fire Brigade, she first part of which appeared in the Goulburn Herald of Wednesday…

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The Bush Fire. the Danger Ahead of the Country

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have uttered a timely warning with respect to the danger which looms up ahead of the much-worried "man on the land"--the bush fire…

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Fire in the Vatican. London, Nov. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

A fire occurred in a private apartment over the library of tie Vatican on Saturday. Three rooms were burned. The books and manuscripts in the library were not damaged,…

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The Missing Ovalsu. News at Last. Vessel on Fire

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 3

After eleven days of anxiety, during which no news of the missing steamer Ovalan bad been received at Sydney, a message came' to hand on Monday morning from the steamer Pacifique at…

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Fire at the Vatican. London, Nov. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 2

His Holiness the Pope personally directed the firemen in their efforts to extinguish the fire which occurred in apartments over the library in the Vatican on Saturday last. The " Codex…

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