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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
209 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 11
The whole community was thrown into a state of excitement on Thursday morning, when it became known that a diabolical attempt had been made to set fire to five different hotels in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday last, before Mr. Coroner Gale and a jury of five, an inquiry was held at the residence of Messrs. A. J. and M. DcDonald, Uriarra, relative to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Japanese besieging Port Arthur are subjecting the town to a raking shell fire, and are preparing to throw the infantry forward for the final assault. All the defences about the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive forest fires have occurred in British Columbia. Timber worth a million has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tremendous fire, likely to contine for some days, is raging at Antwerp. It originated on the steamer Hoboken, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A tremendous fire started at Hoboken, a suburb of Antwerp, yesterday, and spreading to adjacent establishments is likely to continue for days. The fire originated through the ignition of a leakage of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Japanese Legation declares that no official announcement of the fall of Port Arthur will be made until the town and forts are in the hands of the Japanese. This is interpreted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A conflagration is raging, at Liao-yang. It is believed that enormous stores are on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was the title of a most interesting and entertaining lecture delivered on Tuesday evening by the Rev. M. Reavley in the School Hall of the Lagoon-street Methodist Church to an appreciative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, September 2,11.5 a, m.—The Japanese during the fighting on Thursday used Russian cannon against the railway station at Liao-Yang…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan, Thursday.—At the inquiry as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the stable and outhouses, the property of Mr. Archie M'Donald, at Royalla, the jury returned a verdict that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Monday.—A shocking fire, resulting in the loss of three lives and the destruction of an hotel, occurred early to-day at Mostyn 10 miles from Ararat. The victims…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out on Friday morning at Parbury's Wharf on the British ship Mount Stewart, near the foremast on the port side. At 4 o'clock the firemen began to pump water on the flames but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early this morning the ship Mount Stewart, lying at Parbury's wharf, was discovered to be on fire Dense volumes of smoke impeded the efforts of the firemen, as the fire had secured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Ship Mount Stewart which was berthed at Parbury's Wharf caught fire early this morning, and was subsequently towed into Berry's Bay and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at Arncliffe last night, and a man who was reading in bed was burned to death. SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The attempt of the New Zealand Government to start a fire insurance department is causing much interest among English companies and Lloyd's under writers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tokio correspondent of the "Lokal Anzeiger" states that 72 hours' incessant and furious bombardment by the Japanese has set the greater part of Port Arthur on fire. Large numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane, Friday.—A fire broke out this morning in the upper underground workings of the Brilliant mine, Charters Towers. The flames came up the shaft, and the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As reported by telegram in a portion of Friday's issue, a fire occurred that day in in the Brilliant mine at Charters Towrs, causing fire-damp in the adjoining mines. Four…
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