Fires in 1914
The following statistics regarding fires in Goulburn during the last year are supplied by Mr. R. Griffiths, O.C.:—Calls received, 20; false alarms, 9; chimney fire, 1. Sixteen actual outbreaks were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
197 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 10
Goulburn Fire Brigade
Mr. R. Griffiths, officer-in-charge of the Goulburn Fire Brigade, returned from his Christmas vacation on New Year's Day. While in Sydney he discovered that owing to the representations of…
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The Germans recently captured Georges, which was nearly surrounded by fl[?] During the recapture a Belgian battalion [?] stranded on a strip of land, and was is a critical…
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The damage by fire to Brown's ironmongery warehouse, off Liverpool-street, is estimated at about £2000…
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Melbourne, Monday.—Four children named Lovell were burnt to death at Wonthaggi on Saturday night. They lived with their parents in a two-roomed cottage. About ten o'clock…
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The action of the Fire Brigade Board in the proposal to remove the site of the Young Fire Station and incur unnecessary expense to the…
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It is an and b[?] saying [?] “ When your neighbour’s house is on fire look after your own.” Have you ever thought what would occur if…
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It is an old but true saying that, "When your neighbour's house is on fire, look after year own." Have you ever thought what would occur if your…
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A fire occurred in the residential portion of the Australian Bank of Commerce premises on Thursday evening at about 7 o'clock. The fire…
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At about half-past 12 this afternoon the Fire Brigade received information through the local exchange and also at the station 'door that a fire had broken out on the Municipal…
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Tim reported fire at Brussels was due to the burning of the great Antwerp oilworks, a biscuit factory, and twelve houses…
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Whilst Mr. J. Hardiman, of Illyria, was attending a Shire Council meeting in Burrowa last week, he received a mes…
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A most peculiar fire is reported to have taken place at Lost River on 6th instant, when the residence of Mr. T. Jones consisting of three rooms, two bedrooms and…
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On Sunday evening after tea Mr. W. Dobson took a run to Harden In his Buick motor, and just before entering Harden, he lit a new tail light, and…
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A fire occurred here at about 2.30 this morning when the Wee Wan District Hospital was completely destroyed, the isolation ward only being…
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Our Crookwell correspondent writes:—At about 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out at Mr. David Rumble's farm at North Crookwell. Two stacks and a shed of hay and a…
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Moss Vale, Tuesday.—Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Moss Vale Hall. which is considered one of the finest public buildings in the district. The fire brigade…
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Recently the Board of Fire Commissioners sprang a surprise on the local Municipal Council by notifying that the fire station at Young was to be…
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A. E. Collins, a linotype operator employed on the Young Witness,' was burned about the hands and arms. Thinking that the lamp under the…
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A disastrous fire occurred at North Crookwell on Tuesday last, by which damage to the extent of about £700 was caused, and to add to the calamity the…
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