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

Fires & bushfires, 1923

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Huge Blaze In Rome Post Office Fire Appliances Tampered with Rome

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 2

A huge fire occurred in the post office yesterday, doing a tremendus amount of destruction. The damage is estimated [?]200,000,…

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In the Fire

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 2

In "Recollections of a Royal Servant" mention is made of one occasion at Marlborough House when the Duke of Connaught gave his two little nephews, the…

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62 Cars Burnt. Fire in Auckland Garage. £30,000 Worth of Cars Destroyed

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 4

AUCKLAND. Monday.—Gillett's motor garage, with 62 cars, was destroyed by fire today. The bluze spread with amazing rapidity. Within two…

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Fires

Young Witness · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 8

The office of the 'Emmaville Argus' was burnt down on Monday. The cause of the fire is unknown. The building was insured for £100,…

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More Fires at Forbes

Young Witness · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 1

FORBES, Wednesday.—A hall, an [?] building, and a children's shed in the park, erected by the Parents and Citizens' Association,…

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The Bandangan Fire

Young Witness · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 4

Further particulars are to hand of Sunday's fire at Bandangan, 7 miles from Cootamundra on the Berthong road, Mr. W. White, who recently…

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Racecourse Stand Gutted Big Rosehill Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 4

Shortly before 7 p.m on Tuesday the public stand in the saddling paddock at Rosehill Racecourse was found to be on fire. The blaze was seen for miles,…

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Rosehill Fire Heavy Loss Asserted Origin Still a Mystery Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 1

The main public stand in the [?]nddock of the Rosehill racecourse was completely gutted by fire last night. The [?]unid flames lit up the sky in a…

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Car Destroyed An Early Morning Blaze Hurricane Lamp Ignites Petrol

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 1

A sensation was caused at Mrs. G.Cook's Great Southern Hotel about five [?]'clock yesterday morning when a Ford car owned by Mr…

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Destructive Fire Bucket Brigade of Two Thousand Children

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1923 · page 2

Reuter's Athens correspondent [?] graphs that a fire destroyed the kitchens and distrib[?] stations on Macromissi [?]…

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Two Deaths. Serious Bush Fires

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Serious bush fires in Mansfield (Vic.) district resulted in the deaths of two persons—a boy, aged 12, and a…

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Steamer on Fire

Young Witness · Thursday 5 April 1923 · page 4

NEW YORK, April 4.—Wireless reports have been received stating the British steamer, City of Victoria, is afire in the middle of the Atlantic…

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Gun to Fire Sixty Miles

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 1

A new gun, which fires a shell 60 miles —outranging even the famous "Big Bertha"—has just been made for the French Navy. The barrel alone weighs…

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Flour Mills Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1923 · page 3

Flour mills and sheds at Dunelly, owned by C. J. Bryant and Co., were completely destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £30,000,…

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Sacred Fire of Revenge."

Young Witness · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 6

LONDON, April 5th:—An Athens; message says that 200 Crook prisoners recently marched through the streets of Athens Colonel…

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Showground Fire. Industrial Hall Damaged

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire occurred at the Royal Agricultural Showground last night and seriously damaged the Industrial Hall and a large…

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The Latest Sydney, Tuesday. Fire at Bayview Residence Gutted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 2

The two-storied residence of Mr. Thomas Newey, Postniaster, of Bayview, was totally destroyed by fire late last night. Mr. Newey and his Wife were…

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Went to Get Boots And Found a Fire Blaze at Manly Sydney

Southern Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

Jean Drummond, who sleeps above Bon-Ton Cafe, on the Corso, Manly, awakened at 3.20 this morning and remembered she had left a pair of boots…

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"Shooting" a Fire

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 2

The [?]west method of putting out a [?]re is to shot it out. A [?]re extinguishing compound is pucked into cartridges in the shapes of dry powder and is…

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Fire at Merrilla Lucerne Stocks Destroyed Not Insured—cause Unknown

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. E. T. McCabe of Merrllia, had three stacks of lucerne hay (about 10 tons) burnt on Wednesday. The fire started about 12.30 p.m. and in a few…

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