Disastrous Fire
Colonel Leroy Lewis's handsome mansion at Petersfield (Hamshire, England), has been burnt. The Colonel rescued his wife, children, and servants at great risk…
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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
209 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 11
Colonel Leroy Lewis's handsome mansion at Petersfield (Hamshire, England), has been burnt. The Colonel rescued his wife, children, and servants at great risk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Monday night next tho Art Union in aid of the funds of the Yass Fire Brigade will take place in the Mechanics’ Institute. The drawing will be conducted under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is a matter of surprise to many visitors to Murrumburrah and Harden that there is no fire brigade in existence in the town. In climates such as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One May morning, come twelve years ago, a young constable, off duty and in plain clothes, was strolling aimlessly along a back street in Camberwell. He had a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One May morning, some twelve years ago, a young constable, off duty and in plain clothes, was strolling aimlessly along a back street in Camberwell. He had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BUSH firs continue to rage throughout the Singleton district. The town on Friday was enveloped in smoke. Several holdings have been completely denuded of grass, thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Countess Stamford's famous mansion, Enville Hall, Kidderminster, has been burn down. The damage is estimated at £100,000. Several priceless paintings by old masters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HAVE destroyed large areas of grass and miles of fencing in the Singleton district. Several homesteads narrowly escaped ignition. People spent two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with tho Art Union promoted by the Yass Volunteer Fire Brigade for the Sulky, it wan necessary to have tho drawing publicly carried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE drawing of the Fire Brigade Art Union took place in the Mechanics’ Institute on Monday evening last, during the concert, and was under the supervision of the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Countess of Stamford's famous mansion Enville Hall at Kidderminster, was destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Wednesday afternoon a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. John Shea Demondrille. The origin of the fire is unknown ; but a building used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Blind Creek Diggings about 4 p.m. on Tuesday last, by which a miner named Nicholas Maher suffered a serious loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alfred Carmichael, a little boy 9 years of age, was charged that he did on Monday the 28th set fire to grass which extended to a lucerne paddock and also burnt a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE occurred at the lower end of Fitzmaurice-street shortly before midnight on Thursday, which destroyed three wooden buildings and badly damaged a fourth. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Next day the Japanese attacked 203-Metre Hill directly. While advancing between 203-Metre Hill and Red Hill they were decimated by the fire of both forte, but they swept on, capturing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at a gunsmith's shop in the Royal Arcade this morning. A number of cartridges exploded, and some damage was done to adjoining buildings, but no one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT a fortnight ago a fire broke out to the north-west of Windellama which caused much anxiety, but after some days was considered safe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the largest fires that have occurred at Fremantle for years broke out early on Monday morning in G. P. Harris, Scarfe, and Co,'s warehouse, at the corner of Queen and…
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