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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 4 of 14

Fire in Wynyard Square

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 4

A fire which broke out last night in Wynyard Square is responsible for damage estimated at £3000…

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Fire in Wheat Stacks. Coroner's Inquest. an Open Finding. Farmers will not be Losers

Young Witness · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 2

The farmers of N. S. Wales will not be loners by the fire at the Weedallion railway yards last week. All the wheat…

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Wheat Ablaze 10,000 Bags Suffer. Four Day's Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 2

One of the wheat stacks at Weedallion Siding caught on fire last week. The outbreak, the origin of which, is a mystery, was…

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A Cowra Fire

Young Witness · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 2

Joseph Andrews, baker, of Cowra, who stands committed from the Coroner's court on two charges of arson. Is to stand his trial at the…

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Incendiary Fires Near Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 4

Whilst at the Crookwell Show, Mr. T. L Fitzgibbon, of Laggan-road, near Taralga, had two hay stacks burnt and the fences surrounding his paddocks cut…

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Current News. Fire at Glensloy

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 2

A grass [?]re on Glensecy on Sunday destroyed about 200 acres of grass. The fire was burning for several hours…

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Fire in a Convent. Suspicious Circumstances

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 3

St. Josesh's Convent, Auckland, was destroyed by fie on Thursday night. The Sisters rescued all the inmates…

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Big Fire in Tokio. Five Thousand Homeless. 1000 Homes Burnt. Tokio

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 3

A thousand houses were burnt in the most populous quarter of the city. Five thousand People are homeless. and many are sheltering in the…

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Sydney Fire. Kerosene Found

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 1

The Sydney City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, on Tuesday held an inquiry is regard to a fire which occurred on the premises of Messrs. S. Weingott…

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Series of Fires. Coroner Will Make Full Investigations. Four Haystacks at Hilldale

Young Witness · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 1

So many fires have been reported in the few weeks past that it makes me concerned. it there were only an odd fire…

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Fire at Co-op. Store. Damage about £1500

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

A fire in the order department at the Lithgow Co-operative Society stores caused damage to goods valued at about £1500…

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Under Control. The Tokio Fire. Glow Seen a Hundred Miles Away

Young Witness · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 4

The awful fire in Tokyo, which destroyed a thousand homes and made 5000 persons homeless, is now under control…

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Fire at Lithgow

Young Witness · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday.—A fire which broke out in the order department at the Lithgow Co-operative Society's Stores, Railway Parade, caused…

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TELEGRAMS. Burglary and Fire. Householder's Experience

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

A thief forced the window of a house of Mrs. K. Barrett of Leichhardt at nine o'clock last night, blew open a small safe with geliginite, and stole the…

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Bendick Murrell. Fire

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

A disastrous fire, resulting in the destruction of the homestead building on Mr. Tom Sutherland's "Gap View" property, occurred on…

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Steamer on Fire. WELLINGTON

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 1

The fire on the steamer Tahito was extinguished this morning. The vessel was not damaged, but the cargo suffered severely…

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Fire at Blayney

Young Witness · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

BLAYNEY.—Early on Sunday morning a fire occurred in the main business pertion of the town. A brick shop and dwelling, occupied by R…

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Fire in Tokio. (United Service Message.) TOKIO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

A fire broke out at eight o'clock this morning in the Asakusa division, the most thickly populated section of the city, and is still burning. Two…

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Fire at Bendick Murrell. Coroner's Open Verdict

Young Witness · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 3

After conducting an inquiry into a fire which destroyed over £200 worth of hay at the Gap, Bendick Murrell on March the Coroner,…

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Factory Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

The factory of James Mackey and Co, furniture manufacturers, Forest Lodge, was partly destroyed by fire this morning. The cause of the outbreak is unknown…

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