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

Fires & bushfires, 1913

132 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 7

Bush Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 4

Young, Tuesday—Some picnickers started a fire on Weddin Mountain last Sunday week, and over since the settlers at the base of the mountain have been incessantly engaged…

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Bush Fires. Along the Hawkesbury

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

A disastrous bush fire broke out on Saturday on the Hawkesbury River, near Wiseman's Ferry. The flames spread with great rapidity, and did great damage to the fences…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

A Byalla correspondent writes:—On the 26th instant a fire occurred in Mr. John Hookway's paddocks, near the cricket ground. The weathershed was seriously damaged, the forms,…

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Fires at Forbes

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

Two fires occurred at Forbes about 10 o'clock on Tuesday evening, both in unoccupied houses, and almost simultaneously. The first one was in a house in…

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Fire at Tallong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred at Tallong at the residence of Mrs. Percy Josephson and Mrs. Lloyd. the flames being got under with great difficulty. The outhouses were all destroyed…

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The Wedding Fire

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 1

The fire is still burning around the Weddin Mountain. On Thursday it rapidly approached Mr. John Carr's boundary, and then on to Mr. R…

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Fatal Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—A shocking fatality occurred at Lake Bolac late last night, when Mrs. Archer, her daughter (a widow named Mrs. Petersen), and Mrs. Petersen's daughter,…

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Another Big Fire at Murrumburrah

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 2

Another big fire broke out at Murrumburrah at about 7 o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning. It is said to have started from some cause at…

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Now Chum and Fire Arms

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 3

Al the Cootamundra Court this week Bort Cooper was charged with discharging a revolver in the vicinity of the Cootamundra District Hospital…

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Fire in Tokio. Tokio, Feb. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 5

The tremendous fire which has been raging is the city originated in the Salvation Army Hall in the Kanda quarter of the city. Many schools and other institutions have…

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Accident and Fire at the Forest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

On last Monday night a rather serious fire occurred at Mr. McShane's Forest Hill lime works, about midnight. The fireman on watch at the kilns left the work for a few minutes…

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Disastrous Tokio Fire. Tokio, Feb. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

Already 3300 buildings have been destroyed, and 15,000 persons have been rendered homeless…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Fire at Summer Hill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Summer Hill early this morning, five shops owned by Hodgson Smith, and Co., drapers and general store-keepers, being completely burned. The…

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Disastrous Fire. Tokio, March 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 1

Practically the whole of Numazu, a town of about 11,000 inhabitants, 45 miles south-west of Yokohama, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 5,000,000 yen…

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Fire on the Turakina. Rio de Janeiro, March 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 2

A fire has broken out in No. 3 cross-bunker lower hold of the steamer Turakina, which left New Zealand on January 27. The fire is difficult to get at, and it is expected that there…

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Great Fire in Japan

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 2

A great fire has occurred in the Ho[?]shin[?]province has been destroyed. Only the barest details have…

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A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires. Wrecking

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 6

The "Express" reports that the extraordinary series of outrages, including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…

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Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 4

Dragomir Marinkovitch, advocate and reserve lieutenant in the Sorvian infantry, describes as follows his experience outside Adrianople:—"We would have been all right in tile trouches…

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Under Fire

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

Dragomir Marinkovitch, advocate and reserve lieutenant in the Servian infantry, describes as follows his experience outside Adianople:—"We…

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Set Fire to Himself

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 1

A remarkable mishap occurred at Gunning recently to a young fellow, Thomas Meehan, aged 17. About [?] o'clock at night he was at the door…

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