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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 8 of 13

Ireland Fires in Belfast. London, June 15th

Young Witness · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 1

Irregulars in the last three weeks made three bundned raids on the Free State side of the border to provent merchand[?] from blacklisted…

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Four Shops Damaged. Fire at Mosman. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 2

Four sheps in Avenue Road, Mosman, were damaged by fire eanly this morning. Two were severly damaged, consisting of a bootmaker's shop,…

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Careless Use of Fire

Young Witness · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 2

A regulation under the Careless Use of Fire Act for controlling burning off operations in Burrangong Shire has been gazetted. The months…

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London Fire Power Station Destroyed London

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 2

The Metropolitan Railway power Station in the center of London, was destroyed by fire, crusing half a million damage. It is believed that an…

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Two Fatal Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

Brisbane, Monday. — A message from Cairns states that a loud explosion occurred in Lambert's drapery shop at Gordon Vale early this morning. It…

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Two Mysterious Fires. Charred Bodies Found in Debris

Young Witness · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 3

DRISBANE.—Lambert's drapery store at Gordon Vale, near Cairns, was destroyed by fire early on, Monday morning. An explosion at first…

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Police Fire on Crowd LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 4

Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that a crowd returning from a pro-Republican meeting at Hamburg were incensed by ten armed policemen…

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Cable News Irish Elections. Destructive Fire. the Berlin Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 1

Thousands of people made pilgrimage to the house of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson on Sunday. Marshal Foch and General Weygand knelt beside the body…

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A £14,000 Fire. Brisbane

Young Witness · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 1

The premises of Charles Morris and Sons, wheelwrights and sawmillers, were gutted by fire at Rosalie. The place was heavily stocked with blue…

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Blaze at Bankstown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 4

Five places were burnt out and four others more legs severely damaged by fire at Baukstown on Saturday night. The estimated at…

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Fighting in Ireland Gresham Garrison Capitulates Hotels on Fire LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 2

The remainder of the Irregulars in Dublin have surrendered. Times. In order to utlilse the public offers…

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A Theatre Burnt. Big Fire in Brisbane

Young Witness · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—The Empire Theatre at Wynnum South was destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £11,000. The…

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Newspaper Burnt Out. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

The "Register" newspaper office at Berry was gutted by fire. The building and plant were insured…

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A £35,000 Fire

Young Witness · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—A fire at Murray and Roberts store at Napier (N.Z.) did damage to the extent of £35,000…

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Is It The Mice? Gundagai's Fires

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

Residents are alarmed at the series of mysterious fires, including the destruction of the Australian Hall on Thursday of last week…

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P.F.A. Fire Big Insurance Cheque

Young Witness · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 1

Sydney, Friday.—The Pastoral Finance Association, whoke large wool stores were gutted by fire last year, has received a cheque for £265,727…

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Female Fire Bug. Two Years' Gaol

Young Witness · Thursday 27 July 1922 · page 2

LONDON.—Mrs Elizabeth Eadio, a clerk in the Ministry of Pensions, who was arrested during the raid following Sir Henry Wilson's murder,…

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The Fire Bells

Young Witness · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 2

The fire alarm bell located in front of the Polce Court in Lynch street is to be dismantled and sent to Sydney. The bell at the old fire…

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Rammed and Sunk. Excursion Boat Lost. Forest Fires Cause Disaster

Young Witness · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 1

VAUCOUVER, July 27.—A Seattle message states that the Ozaka Shosen Kaisha line Hawall Maru, rammed and sank the excursion boat…

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Big Township Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

The township of Tara, Queensland, was the scene of a disastrous fire yesterday, when the Tara Hotel and two shops and a cottage were destroyed,…

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