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

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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A Remarkable Fire

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.—A destructive fire occurred a, Slade Vale, in the Warwick district, this afternoon. A waggon loaded with wheat had just been…

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Careless Use of Fire

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

At the Young Police Court last week James Kelly was sentenced to thren mouths' hard labour for careless use of fire. It was stated that it was in…

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Kimpton and Sons' Mills Burned. Destructive Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Melbourne, Sunday.—A destructive fire broke out to-night in the extensive and well equipped flour mills of W. S. Kimpton and Sons at Kensington The efficiency of the fire brigade prevented…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above was held in the fire-station on Monday evening. Acting Superintendent Ward was in the chair, and there was a full attendance of members. The…

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Fire in a Theatre in Hungary. London, Jan. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

A fire took place at the Grosswardein Theatre, in Hungary, but it was extinguished before the audience had become aware of the danger it was in. It was afterwards discovered that all the…

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Another Fire at a Theatre. London, Jan. 11

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 4

A FIRE occurred at the Gros-warden Theatre in Mung[?]ry, but it was extinguished[?] before the audience were aware of the…

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That Awful Theatre Fire. News by the Sierra. Heartrending Scenes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

Auckland, Monday.—Files by the R.M.S. Sierra are full of details of the horrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago. They show that the people in the two balconies were enveloped in the…

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Bush Fires in Wyalong District. [?] Acres of Grass Destroyed

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 3

A TELEGRAM to the EVENING NEWS from Wyalong on Wednesday. says :—Very destructive fires have occurred within the last few days on surrounding stations. At Caragabal Station,…

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Fire Panics

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

THE Premier is hopeful that the deliberations of the committee of gentlemen appointed by him to consider the best means to be taken to prevent…

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The Chicago Fire. Details Op the Disaster. Graphic Account by Mail. Unparalleled Scenes

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 6

The,San Francisco papers received by the mail on Monday contain long and graphic accounts of the Chicago disaster…

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The Chicago Fire. Details by Mail. a Pit of Death. Awful Scenes of Agony and Torture

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

AUKLAND, Monday.—The A. and A liner Sierra, which arrived here to-day, brought files containing details of the terrible fire which occurred at the Iroquois…

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Great Fire in Norway. London, Jan. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 4

A great fire is reported from Norway. The town of Aalesund, on the west coast, has been completely destroyed. When the fire broke out a huricane was…

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Fire

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

SHORTLY before 1 p.m. to-day a fire was discovered in the weatherboard office of Messrs. Lake and Stewart, Clinton-street. It is not known how the fire originated, but it is…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade. Annual Report

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

FOLLOWING is a copy of the annual report of the Goulburn lire Brigade, which was confirmed be the board on Wednesday:— The Chairman and Members of Fire Brigade…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

Appended are extracts from the annual report of Mr. R. W. Ward, acting superintendent of the Goulburn Fire Brigade:— "The total number of alarms received…

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An Alarm of Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

A small outbreak of fire occurred at the premises of Messrs. Lake and Stewart, wheelwrights, in Clinton-street early this afternoon. Members of the Fire Brigade turned out, but before they reached…

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Late Fire in Chicago

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 4

London, Wednesday: At the termination of the inquest on the late fire destroyed the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, the Coroner’s Jury committed…

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Fire at Murrumburrah

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 2

TOWARDS midnight last Thursday, says the MURRUMBURRAH SIGNAL, the residents, of Mnrrumburrah got a great shock on account of the burning of Mr. G. McGee’s residence,…

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Disastrous Fire in Murrumburrah

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 2

Towards midnight [?] residents of Murrumb[?] great shook on account [?] Mr. McGee's residence, situated close to…

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The Late Fire

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

IN connection with the disastrous fire in Murrumburrah last week, by which Mr McGee was such a heavy loser, the Office (Atlas) in which the property…

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