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

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Goulburn Fire Brigade. a Year's Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

The year just closed has witnessed a remarkable record in the work of the Goulburn Fire Brigade, the number of fires notified and subdued being only…

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Vessel Doomed. On Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 3

The latest news regarding a fire on the steamer Kwinana at Perth shows that the decks have fallen in, and the whole ship is doomed. The vessel is…

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Fire in Sussex Street. Kerosene Used. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 3

A fire broke out at three o'clock this morning in premises occupied by Weingott and Son, clothing and waterproe' manufacturers,…

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Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 3

A destructive fire occurred in Warkon-buildings, Elizabeth-street, shortly before 7 o'clock on Monday evening. The two top floors, occupied by the Voluntary…

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A Small Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

A small fire occurred at the residence of Mr. J. Crossey, Bishop street, Goulburn, on Saturday night, a window curtain being burnt and the…

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Goulburn Fire Brigade. Annual Reunion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

The G.F.B's. annual reunion took place at the fire station on New Year's Eve. over forty members and then friends foregathering around the…

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Fire at Convent. Two Lives Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

Sister Monginus and Mary Sctori, a cripple, who were burnt in a fire at Nazareth House Convent, Ballarat, last week, have succumbed to their…

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£10,000 BLAZE. Fire in Timber Yards. Fireman's Narrow Escape. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 1

A fire in the timber yards of the Australian Timber Company at Haberfield this morning destroyed timber, machinery and plant valued at…

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Fire at Press Club. N.s.w. Journalists Temporarily Endangered

Young Witness · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Sensational incidents were witnessed at a fire which broke out in Elizabeth street, near King street, on Monday night: The…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Fire in Timber Yards. Estimated Damage, £10,000

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 1

A fire at the promises of the Australian Timber Company, Haberfield, at four o'clock this morning destroyed. largo shed, a quantity of valuable…

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Fire in a Crop. Soldier Settlers' Loss. OVER 100 Acres Burnt

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

A fire broke out in a standing crop of wheat at the Yannawah Soldiers' Settlement, 24 miles west of Young, about 10.30 on Friday morning…

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Fire Averted Timber Yards Threatened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

Had not two civilians promptly given the alarm an outbreak of fire on the promises of Wallis Bros., Ltd., timber merchants, Pyrmont, might have…

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Late Cables Trouble in India. Troops Fire on Mo[?]

Young Witness · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 1

ALLAHABAD, Wednesday.—The firing on the mob at Ral Barcilly had a salutary effect and the troops have now withdrawn. The district is…

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Canning, Factory Destroyed Big Fire in Melbourne

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 1

A Melbourne message. says that early this morning the canning factory of Leggo Company, in Queenstreet, was practically, destroyed by…

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Fear of Fires. Landholders Nervous. Prohibitive Law Regarding Fires. Owner of "Memagong" Fined

Young Witness · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 3

Landholders generally are jumpy at this season of the year at the slightest sign of fire. The law regarding protection against fire is very…

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Abo's Fire Water

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 6

Arthur W. Chapman pleaded guilty at the Yass Police Court to serving an aboriginal native named Lane with wine. The magistrate said that…

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Before the Fire Starts

Young Witness · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

At present no adequate provision exists at the Town, Hall for fire extinguishing. There are a number of old leather buckets which are…

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Mysterious Fires £3000 Blaze at Temora. Temora

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

A destuctive Are broke out at Temora last night in a cabinet maker's establishment, which was destroyed. The fire brigade motor would not…

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Clothes Caught Fire

Young Witness · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 2

WEST MAITLAND-Mrs. J.F.Butler (74), a resident of Odd Street, Horseshoe Bond, was severely burned on Sunday. It is thought that…

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Fire at Forbes

Young Witness · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

A weatherboard house at For[?]es, owned by Mr. George Dunn, and occupled by Mrs.Fanny Bourke, was lestroyed by fire…

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