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

Fires & bushfires, 1924

286 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 15

Factory Gutted. Paget Coy. Burnt Out. Sydney

Daily Witness · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 2

Afire which occurred early this morning completely gutted the Paget manufacturing company's factory at Chippendale…

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Fire at Junee

Daily Witness · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 2

Premises occupied by Mrs Rivers at Old Juneo caught fire, and in a [?] little time the house and the whole of its contents were reduced to…

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Fire at Toohey's Brewery. Malt Store Gutted. Sydney

Daily Witness · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 2

Just before three o'clock this morning, a fire was discovered in the malt store at the rear of Toohey's Brewery, near the…

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Furniture Blaze Chippendale Building Alight Firemen's Good Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 6

Shortly after midnight a fire occurred in the furniture factory of Sartorell, Palmer and Co. at Chippendale. The building, which had two…

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Fire at Gosford. Two Buildings Destroyed. Gosford

Daily Witness · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 2

Two buildings in the centre of Gosford, viz., Farrell's. (hairdressers), and a furniture sales room, were destroyed by fire. The…

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Suspicious Fire Police Arrest Two Men Both Charged with Vagrancy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 2

Southers Chemist shop at surry Hills, was broken open early this morning. The police patrol was informed, and upon reaching the scene, three men…

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Scow on Fire. Crew Reach Shore with One Oar. Auckland, N.Z.

Daily Witness · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 3

An auxiliary scow named Onerlial caught fire at sea while the captain was filling the benzine tank. The captain was severely burned, and the…

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Mysterious Fire Gieseke's Restaurant Damaged

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 1

Mystery surrounds the outbreak of fire which broke out in Mr. H. A. Gleseke's well known Lynch Street restaurant early on Wednesday…

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Thieves and a Fire. Sydney

Daily Witness · Monday 5 May 1924 · page 1

A fire was discovered last hight in the Dandy Manufacturing Co.'s premises, at Ultimo, but it was suppresed by the brigades…

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Explosion Causes Fire. Report Heard Two Mile's Away

Daily Witness · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

A terrific explosion occurred in the premises occupied by Lourandos as a fruit and refreshment shop, at Condoboiin, on Saturday morning…

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Mine Re-opened Breaking the Seals at Bellbird No Fire Seen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 1

The first episode of the reopening of the Bellbird colliery, which has been sealed for eight months, took place on Monday morning. From start to finish…

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Murrumburrah Cottage Destrored by Fire

Daily Witness · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 4

Fire, completely destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Albury street, early on Sunday morning. The house was untenanted, the last…

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Garage Fire. Petrol Pump in Flames

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 1

If Mr. Jack Nesbit had not had a fire in his garage last Tuesday it is possible that his garage would have been destroyed on Saturday…

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Set Fire to Girl’s House. PARIS

The Yass Courier · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 3

Falling to win the affections of a girl named Massot, a young carpenter named Bouchard set fire to a house near Versailles, in which the…

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Fire at Timber Mill. DAMAGE £100,000. MELBOURNE

Daily Witness · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 2

The Victorian Hardwood Milling Company's timber mill at Pomeltown was gutted by fire last night. The damage is estimated at…

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Colliery Fire. Stanford Merthyr Alight. Newcastle

Daily Witness · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 2

It was reported from Kurri Kurri to-day that a fire had broken out in Stanfore Merthyr colliery…

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Fire at Sea. Four Dead, Many Missing. Manilla, May 20

Daily Witness · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 2

Two women and two children are dead and many are missing as the result of a fire on the inter-island steamer Lalloc, on the Mindac coast…

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Fire on Steamer Loss of Life MANILA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 6

Two women and two children are dead and many are missing as the result of a fire on the inter-island steamer Lalloc on the Mindanao…

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Tragedy at Leeton. Husband Fires at Wife and Shoots Himself

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY. Friday.--A Leeton message says Charles Treloar, addressing his wife after their midday meal yesterday, said: 'Say good-bye…

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M.L.C. Burnt Out Mr. Sproule's Loss

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 6

While he was absent from home, the premises of Mr. Robert Sproule, M.L.C., at Kensington, suffered severly from fire. A neighbour, Mr. John Jay, was…

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