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

Fires & bushfires, 1925

108 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 6

Fell in Fire Woman Badly Burned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 3

Mrs. Caroline Coady, 56 years, of Sterne-street, was admitted to the Goulburn District Hospital at 8 a.m. on Wednesday suffering from severe…

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Bus Catches Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 2

A large bus containing 15 passengers burst into flames in Oxford-street. Sydney, early this Morning. The bus was immediately brought to a…

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Fire in Bourke-street Laundry Catches Alight Outbreak Promptly Checked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 6

A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Robert William Raward, 272 Bourke-street, on Monday morning. Mr. Raward, it appears, had l[?]t the…

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Rescued From Fire London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 6

A Dublin message reports that sensational rescues cha[?]acterised a fire in business premises in mary—street, in which forty people were trapped…

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Mount Morgan Mine on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 6

A telephone message from Mount Morgan stated that the headgear of the mine was discovered to be on fire on Saturday morning…

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Fire in Railway Office Prompt Work Prevents Serious Outbreak

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 4

Soon after eleven o'clock on Friday night a fire broke out in one of the railway offices in Sloane-street. The alarm was given at 11.15 and the…

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Big Newcastle Blaze

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

Frederick Ash's seven storied bulk store in Newcastle West was destroyed by fire early this morning. The whole of the four walls…

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Telegrams Mount Morgan Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 6

The fire at Mount Morgan mine is still raging. it has been decided to draw water from the company's big dam in order to endeavour to…

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Big Sydney Fire 1500 Bales of Wool Burnt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 6

By an outbreak of fire on Sunday morning at No. 6 wharf, Circular Quay, the large shed rented from the Harbour Trust by Flood and Co., Ltd…

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Fire at the Royal Hotel

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 September 1925 · page 3

Mr C. J. Beaton, of the Royal Hotel, narrowly missed having a big conflagration early on Friday last. About 2 a.m. a fire broke out in…

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Blaze at Cessnock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 2

Gould Brothers sawmills at. Cessnock was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimate at £3,000. The firemen…

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Big Fire in Melbourne Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 2

Spicers boot factory at clifton Hill was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £50,000. When the…

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Fire at Yass Careless Sleeper Responsible

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 5

Early on Friday morning a fire broke out at the Royal Hotel, Yass, apparently through the carelessness of a man who occupied a room…

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Big Country Fire £15,000 Damage at Gunnedah

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 6

Damage to the extent of about £15,000 was caused by a fire at Gunnedah early on Tuesday when properties belonging to the…

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Farm-house Destroyed £600 Damage in Mysterious Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 8

A fire, the origin of which is unknown, totally destroyed the large weatherboard residence on Mr. E. Dunley's property, "Euralie," about…

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Fire at Reidsdale Furniture and Cottage Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 8

On Tuesday afternoon last the residence of Mr. J. M. Hyndes at Reidsdale was completly destroyed by fire, says the Braidwood…

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Disastrous Bush Fires Railway Bridge Burnt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 2

Bush fires occurred at various places on the North Coast on Monday. From Wyong north wards, an almost continuous fiery trail ran parallel with…

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False Alarm Senseless Ringing of Fire Bell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 4

The Ringing of the fire bell was heard in Goulburn shortly after eight o'clock on Thursday night. The brigade turned out and dashed in the…

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Disastrous Fire at Galong. Galong

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Mr. J. A. Donnelly's Office, Galong, in the early hours of this morning which completely gutted that building and…

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Eleven Houses Destroyed Blaze in Victoria MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred in Williamstown North early this morning when eleven weather board houses, owned by George Owen and Son, were…

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