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

Fires & bushfires, 1922

251 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 13

Floral Cottage Fire. Charge of Arson

Young Witness · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—[?] aged 60, appeared at the Control Criminal Court to-day charged with [?] to which she pleaded not guilty…

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Blaze on the Harbor. Damage £10,000. Forty Boats Burnt

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire early this morning at Sepit, Middle Harbor, totally destroyed a two storey wooden building used as a residence…

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Small Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 4

A small fire occurred in the roof timbering of Mr. A. Smith's residence in Lagoon-street soon offer 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire Chief Mallard with six…

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A Big Fire

Young Witness · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 1

ROME, September 15.—Much damage was caused by a fire at Pola. The ar[?]al and many factories were destroyed…

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Corso Fire. an Open Verdict

Young Witness · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The City Coroner returned an open verdict at the inquest into the fire at Kossuth Caddens drapery shop at the Corso,…

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Great Fire in Smyrna. 1000 Lives Lost DAMAGE, £12,000,000

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 2

A great fire broke out in the heart of the Armenian, Greek, and European quarters of Smyrna. It is estimated that the number of dead already totals…

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The Latest Smyrna Fire Whole City Threatened A Hundred Thousand Persons in Danger United Service. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 2

Smyrna messages indicate that the [?] is raging with frightful Intensity. The whole city is threatened with him ment destruction. '…

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Fire at Marengo

Young Witness · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 2

About 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening a fire was observed at a shed on Glennen Bros., Murringo Station, near the woolshed. The fire had…

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Fire in Sydney. a Midday Outbreak

Young Witness · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire occurred at Fairfax and Roberts jewellery establishment in Hunter streets, at mid-day to-day. Dense smote was…

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Fire at Marengo

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 4

About 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening of last week a fire was observed at a shed on Glenuon Bros. Murringo Station, near the…

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Cable News Fires in Canada

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 2

The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports abounding prosperity in German industry, particularly in chemicals and mining…

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Forest Fires. Thirty People Burnt to Death. Five Towns Destroyed. Many People Homeless

Young Witness · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 4

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—North Bay, Ontaric, reported that 30 lives were lost in a fire which is sweeping Northern Ontario. Five towns were…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 2

The first bushfires of the season were reported yesterday. An outbreak occurred on Port Hacking side of—National Park, and raged throughout the night…

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Fifty Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 2

During yesterday and last night over fifty outbreaks of fire were reported within a radius of fifty miles of Sydney. It is estimated that the flames passed…

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Robbed of £150. Victim Fires Three Shots

Young Witness · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Alfred Burton, a resident of Pittwater, near Manly, was attacked by four men in Liverpool-street, Sidney, last night,…

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Fire at Ashfield. Occupant's Narrow Escape

Young Witness · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire destroyed the shop and residence occupied by Arthur Wincelow, of Parramatta-road, Ashfield, at an early…

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Fire at Sea. 400 Lives in Danger

Young Witness · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—A series of urgent messages from Vancouver this morning state that the liner City of Honolulu, formerly the North…

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Steamer on Fire Abandoned at Sea San Francisco

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 4

A fire broke out on the steamer City of Honolulu, 17,000 tons, believed to have had 300 passengers aboard, and the vessel was abandoned by…

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North Goulburn Fire. Cottage Near the Quarries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 October 1922 · page 2

On Saturday evening a three-roomed cottage near North Goulburn quarries was almost totally destroyed by fire. In response to a telephone message…

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Adams' Cafe Fire

Young Witness · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Fireman Leonard Chapple, who was injured at Adam's Cafe fire on August 27, when Fireman Brown was Killed, was…

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