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

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Fire in Japan. London, Feb. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 4

A disastrous fire has ocurred at Taira, on the east coast of Japan. Six hundred houses were destroyed, and 37 people were incinerated…

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Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 2

A LARGE four-storied warehouse at 211 Clarence-street, occupied by Morgan and Smith, general merchants, had a narrow escape of being destroyed by fire on Monday…

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Disastrous Fire in Canada

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

A great fire is reported from Moncton, New Brunswick. The Intercolonial Railway Workshops have been destroyed, and the damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars…

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Great Fire in Canada. London, Feb. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 1

A great fire is reported from Moncton, New Brunswick. The Intercolonial Railway Workshops have boon destroyed, and the damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000)…

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Phosphorus Poisons and Bush Fires

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 1

SEVERAL disastrous bush fires this season are stated to have originated from the use of phosphorus Rabbit Poisons and as a consequence a great amount…

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Fire at Harden

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 2

An outbreak of fire was promptly checked on Monday night, at the rear of premises occupied by Messrs Crammond, Everett, McDemott, and owned by Mr Thos. Pick, by the…

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Irrigation and Bush Fires

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 2

DURING Mr. O'Sullivan's tenure of office as Minister for Works, he succeeded in passing through Parliament a bill for devoting £200,000 annually for five years to water…

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Fire in a Ballroom

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

While dancing was going on in a ballroom over a stable at Fuccchia, in Italy, a fire occurred. The floor collapsed, and eighteen persons were incinerated. Others were…

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The Argyle Liberal and District Recorder Impartial—Not Neutral. Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man. Friday, March 9, 1906. Fire At Crookwell. MR. J. Bradley's Residence Completely Gutted. Narrow Escape of McDONALD'S RESIDENCE

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

AT two o'clock on Friday morning, quite a commotion was caused when the people were awakened from their numbers by the frantic ringing of the…

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Refusing to Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

Six artillerymen have been sentenced to ten to twenty years' imprisonment at Odessa and, "I to minor terms for. refusing to fire upon revolutionaries. LONDON, Thursday…

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Fire in a Ballroom. London

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

While dancing was going on in a ballroom over a stable at Fucecchio, Italy, the building caught fire, and the floor collapsed. Eighteen of the dancers were incinerated,…

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Fire at Crookwell

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 4

ABOUT 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Victoria Cottage, situated in Robertson-street, was totally destroyed by fire, together with the contents. The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs…

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Fire at Bradley's

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. S.L. Cox. J.P., held an inquire at the local con[?]t[?]ous last Friday morning to aching the cause of the fire, which, as…

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Coal Mine on Fire. a Frightful Calamity. Rescue Work Abandoned

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

The town of Courrieres, in the department of Pas de Calais, in France, has been the scene of one of the most terrible collery disasters recorded for many years…

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Disastrous Fire

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire has occurred at Woonaoona this morning, Davidson's store and Molloy's Timber Yard were destroyed. The damage is estimated…

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Bush Fires and their Causes

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 3

THE Premier has received form the police a return from the south-western district regarding the bush and grass fires during the month of February. It is believed that this will be the last return this…

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The Latest. Big Fire in Sydney. Clarence and Kent Streets. Estimated Damage £100,000. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

A fire was discovered shortly before two o'clock this morning on the premises of Edwards, Dunlop, and Co., extending from Clarence-street to Kent-street. It. had evidently been…

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Big Sydney Fire

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 2

Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out in the big printers’ warehouse of Edwards Dunlop and Co., Clarence-street, Sydney, consisting of five storeys…

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Disastrous Fire in Sydney. £150,000 Damage. Business Houses Destroyed

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 2

As previously announced in Goulburn by telegram a disastrous fire was discovered shortly before 2 a.m. on Saturday in the premises of Messrs. Edwards, Dunlop and…

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Disastrous City Fire. Biggest Blaze Since Hordern's

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The fire which in the early hours of Saturday morning cut a great gap in this warehouse section of the city is one of the most serious conflagrations…

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