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

Fires & bushfires, 1921

263 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 14

Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 1

It is stated that several areas of grass have been swept by the bush fires in the western part of the State. The chief losses will be on account of the great…

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Bush Fires. Loss of Life

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 4

A big fire is now raging at Merrigal. Frantic appeals for assistance were received in Gilgandra yesterday, and cars full of men went out. Heavy…

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Bush Fires Loss of Life Reported. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 1

The Devastating bush fires in western New South Wales have, it is feared, resulted in loss of life. It is reported that a young returned…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 4

A message from Condobolin states that there were no fresh outbreaks of fire yesterday. Three of last week's fires are still burning, but they should…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 4

Bush fires were on Tuesday still raging in various parts of the western areas. A fire, which commenced on Lachlan Downs, was travelling…

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Western Inferno. Bush Fire Pursues its Way. [?]Many Settlers Ruined[?] Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 4

More than 1,500,00 acres in the triangle between Cobar, Tilpa and Wilcadnia have been burned out by the fires. Stifling heat is felt all the…

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Fire at Junee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 1

Broadway Store, Junee, owned by J. S. Taylor, Limited, was destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, and the contents burned. A…

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Fire at Temora

Young Witness · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 4

A fourroomed weather boar cottage, owned by Mrs Mary Jane Eady, and occupied by James Turner, was destroyed by fire, together with the…

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Fire at Junee Junee

Young Witness · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 2

Premises owned by. J. S. Taylor, Limited, Broadway, Junee were together with the contents, totally destroyed by fire. A factory next…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 4

Grass fires continue to be reported from the Far West. A fire with a frontage of several miles is burning all before it about 20 miles…

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Rain in West Bush Fires Quenched SYDNEY

Young Witness · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 1

Reports are coming in of heavy falls of rain having commenced in the districts where the bush fires have been devasting, the country, and…

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The Junee Fire

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 4

A big fire occurred at Junee on Sunday. The scene of the conflagration was the extensive, general storekeeping premises of Messrs…

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Fires in the West. One of the Victims In Yass

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 3

Mr John Shaw, of “ Homewood,” Nyngan, one of the sufferers by the Western fires, was in Yass on Friday, and gave a doleful account of the…

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Bush Fires Extinguished

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1921 · page 4

Dubbo, Saturday.—Just when men on the land in the far west were beginning to despair of saving their homesteads from the flames advancing in all…

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Two Shops Burnt, Out

Young Witness · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 1

WELLINGTON.— A fire early on Thursday morning gutted two shops in Percy street. One of the buildings. was occupied as a refrestiment…

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Lightning Starts Fire

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon Mghtning lgnited the dry grass on Mr. J. Glbson's property. ncat Tubbul Road slding, but was extingulshed by the…

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Serial Story Cross Fires. Chapter I. the First Shot

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 4

'By Jove, Vincentl It is you—reany you? What on earth docs this mean, ch? Lord Hindhead, a muscular young…

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Tenific Explosion. Big Sydney Fire. Over £80,000 DAMAGE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 4

A sensational explosion, followed by a disastrous fire, occurred in Park-street, Sydney, between George and Pitt streets, on Saturday afternoon…

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Great Fire Exploslbn in Sydney, Sensation in Park Street Murdoch's Big Stores Damaged

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 2

A mest extraordinary[?]and sensational explosion, followed by a flerce lire and attended by disastrous results, occurred in Park street…

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Fire Outbreak

Young Witness · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 4

A fire broke out in the rubbish at the council's tip on Tuesday afternoon, but was extinguished before much damage was done. The efforts…

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