Big Fire in Sydney
By a fire in the vicinity of Clarence and Kent streets on Saturday morning the business premises of Messrs. Edwards, Dunlop and C., Jas Ste[?]man…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
298 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 15
The Clarence-street Fire
The scene of the extensive fire in Clarence and Kent streets was visited by great crowds-of spectators on Saturday and Sunday. Of the once fine premises in which…
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Great fire in the city Edwards Dunlop, James Stedman and several smaller premises extending to Kent street completely destroyed…
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Adjoining the burning structure was a handsome new edifice of six storeys just approaching completion. On the other side of this was a fine building of…
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THE great fire which occurred in Sydney on Saturday morning, resulting in loss estimated at £150,00, naturally calls attention to the subject of city conflagrations generally, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney. Enormous Losses. Grand Central Hotel Attacked
On Saturday morning the disastrous fire --news of tho outbreak of which was telegraphed to this office and published-- resulted in the destruction of several…
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ALMOST every landholder called up before the Yass Pastures and Stock Protection Board make the same statement when giving their reasons why they did…
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A fatal fire occurred at a house in Myrtle street, North Sydney, shortly before 12 o'clock on Wednesday night. The place, which is a four roomed weather-hoard cottage, was occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Promenade Concert and Camp Fire
As a finale to the Easter cricket match, a promenade concert and military camp fire were held on the showground on Monday evening, and were a decided success. The…
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A great fire is reported from Luang Prabang, on the Mekong, in French Indo-China. Five hundred houses were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yass Fire Brigade
The Secretary of tho local volunteer Fire Brigade his received intimation from the Under Secretary that a sum of £50 has been allotted to the Yass…
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A SERIOUS fire occurred in Sydney about 9 o'clock last night at the premises of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., shipping agents, in Pitt-street. When the alarm was given by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Risks. Advantages of Insurance
There are over 40 fire insurance companies doing business in Victoria, and nearly all of them accept agricultural risks, which include growing crops, haystacks, fencing…
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There was another serious fire in Sydney on Thursday night. At 9 o'clock the fine premises of Gibbs, Bright, and Co., shipping agents—Nos. 37 to 43 Pitt-street—were discovered to be well alight…
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Owing to the breaking of the gas and water mains many fires broke out, and there being no means of extinguishing them they spread with remarkable rapidity. Fanned by a brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →San Francisco in Ruins. Earthquake Wrecks City and Country. an Awful Catastrophe. Thousands of Lives Lost. Millions of Damage. Disastrous Fires. London, April 18, 5.5 p.m
A destructive earthquake occurred at San Francisco this morning. It is reported that one thousand people have been killed. Half the city is in ruins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Earthquake. at San Francisco. Half the City in Ruins. One Thousand Deaths. Fires Raging in All Directions. Whole of Waterfront in Flames. Gasworks Blown Up. London, April 18
The shook of earthquake at San Francisco begun at 16 minutes past 5 o'clock in the morning. and lasted for several minutes. and there was a recurrence of the shook…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Narrabri on Friday morning. The central town block of business places, residences and hotels was completely destroyed. Fifteen buildings in…
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Once again the United States furnish the spectacle of tragedy—even Nature’s tragedy on the grand scale. On Wednesday morning a great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Californian Disaster. Fires Extinguished. Steel Resists Quakes. London, April 23
The fire in San Francisco has been extinguished. Only smoking embers remain. An area of 25 square miles has been burnt. The most distressing thing in the first few days of…
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