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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
132 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 7
A fire occurred at Alexandria early this morning, and destroyed f6ur weatherboard cottages, besides badly damaging two others. A large number of adjoining cottages were saved with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gradually the Board of Fire Commissioners appears to be trying to bring the Young Fire Brigade up to a better state of efficiency, or at least to assist it to be in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdeen, Monday.—About four o'clock this morning the alarm was given that Allwood's general grocery store was on fire. The building, together with the whole of the contents, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roufeil's store was destroyed by fire last night. The outbreak started about 9 o'clock, and the building and contents were completely burnt in half-an-hour. The building is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Bungendore correspondent writes:—One of tile most disastrous fires that ever took place in Bungendore occurred on Monday night, when the large general store occupied by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some important improvements are being carried out at the Goulburn Fire Station. When these are completed, and the brigade is given a motor engine, which the Board intend to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The whole business section of the small town of Nome, Alaska, has been demolished by fire. The fire occurred during a storm which came in from the sea, bringing with it terrific seas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Voltuna, bound from New York to London, has been abandoned in the Atlantic. A fire broke out, and soon had the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thursday was marked by two outbreaks of fire in Sydney, coming almost simultaneously. Both assumed serious proportions, and were checked only after strenuous efforts on the part…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The survivors of the steamer Volturno who have arrived at Rotterdam are agreed that the fire was caused by an explosion of carbide of calcium. They declare that the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire at Sengenhyyd has been mastered, and the ventilation has improved. Many narrow escapes are reported. Several rescuers were overcome with the fumes and heat, and had to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Just after midday on Tuesday a fire broke out in the and and tallow shed at Messrs. Mather and Wattle daughter yards, off the Grenfell and. It is thought that a spark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire station in Montague-street will be lighted with electricity front the town supply on the installation of the system in Goulburn. Considerable saving will, it is estimated, thus be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday night, just before eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises occupied by the Goulburn Furriers and Manufacturing" Company, Ltd., at the rear of the skating rink…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The hundreds of spectators that gathered in Sloane-street on Thursday night to witness the fire in the factory occupied by the Goulburn Furriers and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This (Saturday) morning Mr. Henry Herrin, of the firm of Herrin and Bell, fire adjusters. made ,an inspection of the scene of the fire that occurred on Thursday night on the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty-five oil wells are alight in the Moreni district. A whole valley and the surrounding hillsides are practically a sea of flame…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Walter McIntosh’s carpentering shop had a narrow escape yesterday. While the employees were at dinner some shavings became ignited, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An oil steamer, with 2000 tons of petroleum, was destroyed by fire at Tuticorin, a port in the south-west corner of India. Two engineers, three servants, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As is reported in another column a fireman has been left on the premises of the Co-operative Stores, where nineteen mysterious fire occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday, to await the [?]…
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