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

Fires & bushfires, 1915

197 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 10

Fire at Lyric Theatre. Film Catches Alight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 4

Through a film suddenly breaking into flame a fire occurred in the operator's box at the Lyric Theatre on Friday night at about 10 minutes past nine, just as the audience had resumed…

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Zeppelins. Dutchmen Fire on Them

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 2

Several Dutch garrisons fired upon a Zeppelin crossing territory near Amsterdam…

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Italian Steamer on Fire. Reservists on Board. Safe Arrival. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 2

The steamer Santa Anna is reported to be on re in mid-Atlantic. She carried 1600 Italian reservists. Later…

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Sir George Reid Twice Under Fire

Young Witness · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.—Sir George Keid, while visiting the western front was twice under shrapnel fire…

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Troopship on Fire. London Sept. 13

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 2

The steamer Sa[?] Aura is reported afris in mid-Atlantic. She is carrying 1600 Italian reservists back Italy to fight. The Santa Anna has…

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Big Fire at St. George. Damage Runs Into £50,000

Young Witness · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—There was a big fire at St. George last night, when the main business portion of the town was devastated; thirteen shops'…

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Letter From Lieutenant Parker. Use of Liquid Fire. "Low Dirty Dogs, and No Mistake."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 4

Writing under August 8 and 9, Lieutenant Parker R.A.M.C., says:—"As indicated in my last. I went round the aid posts last Monday night. It was quite a change to get within the…

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Vessel on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

Halifax, Sept. 20.—A vessel, believed to 1e either the Donaldson liner Athenia (8668 tons) or the former German steamer Athena (2705 tons), is afire at sea. She sent out wireless signals,…

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Fire at Balmain. Occupants Narrow Escapes

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A boarding house, occupied by Patrick Murphy, was gutted by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £1000. The…

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Saturday Night Fire. Excitement in Auburn-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 4

Shortly after eight o'clock on Saturday night, while a recruiting meeting was being held at Rogers' corner, and crowds of people were thronging the main thoroughfare, considerable…

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Boarding-house Fire. Inmates' Narrow Escape. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

A big boarding-house, conducted by Mr. Patrick Murphy, Balmain, was totally gutted, by fire at an early hour this morning. Flames cut off the escape of two men, a woman, and…

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Steamer on Fire. Pro-german Agents Suspected. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

The Greek steamer Athinai has been abandoned in mid-ocean. The Tuscania rescued the passengers and crew, and only one life was lost. The Athinai is believed to have been set…

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Fire in Colliery. Loss of Life. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 4

A fire occurred in the shaft of Exhall Colliery, Nuneaton. Two hundred and fifty men were below and 200 were cut off, but the majority were rescued. Ten bodies have been…

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Bush Fires [?]Epare to Combat Them

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 3

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Fire at Kogarah

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2

Towers' bake-house, Kogarah, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The evens and other untensils were ruined, besides 1600 leaves of bread. The damage is estimated at £750…

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Brothers Perish in Fire. Station Home Burnt

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 1

A sensation was caused last Thursday when Mr. Athol Pearce of Wagra Park, four miles out of Tallangatta, rode in and reported to the police that…

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The Crown Prince. Uses Liquid Fire. Successful French Resistance. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 September 1915 · page 2

A wounded French officer, describing the Crown Prince's latest attack in the Argonne, declares it was the most furious of the war. There was a tremendous bombardment, to which…

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The Allied Offensive. British Attacking the Third Line German Losses, 120,000. the Crown Prince Uses Liquid Fire. British Success at Mesopotamia. Workers Object to Conscription. Western Front. the Kaiser Takes a Special. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 September 1915 · page 2

After a conference of German chiefs the Kaiser rushed in a special train to the western front…

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Fire in Sydney. £10,000 Worth of Damage

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon.— A disastrous fire broke out in J. Kee and Co., hardware merchants, Macquarie place at 8 o'clock this morning. The…

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Fire at Yass Fire Brigade Do Good Work

The Yass Courier · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 3

On Friday night the sonorous note of the firebell [?]dily attainted a big crowd of specta[?]s to the vicinity of the railway station,…

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