Big Fires in Queensland
BRISBANE Saturday.--A Longreach message gives further particulars of the sensational and disastrous fire there on Thursday afternoon. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
76 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 4
Local News. the Fire Brigade
AT a meeting of the members of the local fire brigade held on Friday night last the following members were selected to practise for the forthcoming Volunteer Fire…
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A fire aboard the steamer Buteshire was discovered shortly after midnight on Tuesday. A number of engines have been working constantly since, but the fire was…
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THESE was a lar a attendance at the fire [?] demonstration on Wednesday, and numerous entries including [?] and [?] men Goulburn won the…
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A BOUT two o clock on Wolne [?] morning a fire brake out at Anthony Harden's Palace Emperium [?] market. The [?] of the outbrak was at the part situation in…
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A fire broke out at Anthony Hordern's H[?]ynmarket, early on Wednesday morning. The building is of several stories and situated in Parker Lane. The brig.dtes were soon on the spot and kept the fire confined to the…
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Under the pressure of fear, or intense excitement, men often behave very strangely. This is well illustrated by an episode in the life of Turgenieff…
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A FIRE broke out at Captain's Flat on Saturday in the home of John Laughlin (furnace tapper). The house and contents were destroyed in a few minutes. Mrs…
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A MOST disastrous fire occurred at Mayfield, (Gininderra).the residence of Mr. George Shumack in the forenoon of Thursday last, by which Mr. Shumack's dwelling-house…
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Sydney, Tuesday.—The Western Mail train caught fire 27 miles from Bourke last night. The fire originated in a tarpaulin which was covering a truck of chaff, and…
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Last week Mr. F. Shepherd of Teneriffe Kingsdale was driving into Goulburn in a buggy, accompanied by his son. a nurse, and child. On reaching the culvert on the…
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A SENSATIONAL occurrence took place on Monday night, the western mail train having caught fire when within 27 miles of Bourke. The fire…
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Sydney, Friday.— A dis[?]brus fire occurred at the Grenfell local flour and saw miills. Two other buildings were destroyed, there being no water available…
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THE spirited members of the local Fire Brigade have been exerting themselves, but in vain, to have athletic sports in Queanbeyan on Monday next (Boxing-day.). An…
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ATTENTION is directed to an advertisement in another column inviting proposals from owners of hay in stacks and sheds for the insurance of this property against fire risks…
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Under the pressure of fear, or intense excitement, men often behave very strangely. This is well illustrated by an [?] episode in the life of Turgenieff…
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