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

Fires & bushfires, 1926

204 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 11

Country Fire-swept Big Blaze Near Collector

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

On Monday last, writes our Collector correspondent, a bush fire broke out on Mr. Harry Grainger's property. Fanned by a gusty wind the flames…

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Homes Devastated Raging Fires in Victoria SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 6

Intense heat prevailed through out the State over the week-end. Wilcannia registered 113 degrees, White Cliffs 112, while many other…

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Woolshed on Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

A message from Gundagai states that a big wool shed on Wambidgee Station is on fire and is burning fiercely…

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Devastating Fires Destruction of Timber

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

The bush fires in the Albury district have swept over 100,000 acres of grass and timber country. A forestry officer expresses the…

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Taralga News Butter Factory Profits Bush Fires in District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 8

The half-yearly meeting of the Taralga Butter Company was held in the factory on Friday last. Mr. C. D. Keith, chairman of the…

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Albury Fires Slackening

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

Advice from the fire front at Woomargama, 25 miles from Albury states that the fire is not bburning so fiercely…

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Fire and Burglary Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

A fire broke out in a shop at New -town late last night, and on examination the premises showed that the back door had been forced and some…

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Grass Fire in Sloane-street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

Some grass in a vacant paddock in Sloane street south caught alight during the lunch hour on Friday. The alarm was given at 1.45p.m…

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Woolshed Ablaze Fire on Chatsbury Station Suspicious Circumstances

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 3

Suspicious circumstances surround outbreaks of fire which occurred at the woolshed on Mr. A. Carr's property, Chalsbury, on Tuesday night…

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Fire

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

He would not a careless word Do injury to a man, Nor [?]tch from lits one treasure More than honor truly can ;…

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Bush Fires and Wireless

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

The Radio Broadcast Bureau has been informed that a line of buses plying between Mittagong, Bowral, and Moss Vale are being equipped…

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Dry Times Ahead Position Around Braidwood Bush Fires Raging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 5

BRAIDWOOD: Braidwood has been sharing in the heat wave. On Monday the official registration was 105 degrees, which is the highest recorded…

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Big City Fire Chief Officer Injured Over £80,000 Damage SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 6

A disastrous fire occurred this morning in Clarence-street, city. Aberdeen House, a seven storied building has been completely gutted…

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Braidwood Fires Still Burning Fiercely BRAIDWOOD

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 8

To the east and west the town is bounded by burning mountains. Dense clouds of smoke are hovering over the place during the day, while…

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Big Fires Sweep Monaro Mountains Are Ablaze Mt. Kosciusko Encircled by Flames

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

How large an area is affected by the bush fires that have been raging in the southern portion of the State can only be surmised…

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Gunpowder Explodes Thrown in Fire by Mistake Woman Severely Burned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 8

Braidwood.—Mrs. T. Daly of Jembaicumbene met with an unusual accident last week. Whilst engaged in cleaning up the…

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Bush Fires Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 6

Bush fires are still sweeping the whole countryside on a front five miles long between plenty Ranges and Mornington…

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Thirty-two Lives Lost in Victorian Bush Fires Tales of Remarkable Heroism MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

Thirty-two persons are Known to have lost their lives in bush fires and many others are believed to be dead…

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Queanbeyan Fire Three Thousand View Spectacular Blaze Car and Sheds Destroyed QUEANBEYAN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

All Queanbeyan turned out when the clanging of the fire bell was heard shortly before ten o'clock on Sunday night…

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Back-yard Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

A small but fierce outbreak of fire occurred on Monday afternoon at the rear of the premires occupied respectively by Mesas H. Pursehouse,…

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