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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 6 of 11

A False Fire Alarm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 6

The clanging of the fire bell was heard in Goulburn at 11.45 on Thursday morning. Within the space of a couple of minutes the fire engine was…

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A Suspicious Fire Car Burnt Near Tarago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 6

Some months ago a motor car be longing to a former resident of Goulburn was destroyed by fire on the road near Tarago, and the police spent…

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Epidemic of Fires

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 9

FORBES.—The fruit shop of W. Twogood was set on fire on Friday night last, by an unknown person, for the fourth time within a few…

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Big City Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 2

a fire at the establishment of Messrs. H. H. Groth and Co., George-street, Sydney, early yesterday morning caused damage estimated at…

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Obviating Forest Fires An American Example

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 1

Probably the most widely known and striking example as to what forests are, and can become through fire is shown on the trail from Banff to…

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Fire in Train Guard's Prompt Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 4

A serious railway accident was narrowly averted at North Goulburn yesterday afternoon through the promptitude of a guard by applying…

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Auburn Street Fire Danger of Lighting Rubbish Serious Blaze Averted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 August 1926 · page 2

Yesterday morning, before going to lunch, Leslie Williams,. electrical, contractor, of 193 Auburn-street, lit a pile of Papers in his back yard…

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Fire at Goulburn Club Saved by an Electric Bell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 2

Yesterday morning the fire brigade received a call at eight o'clock from the Goulburn Club in Market-street. On arrival at the premises Station…

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House Destroyed by Fire

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 4

A destructive fire look place last night the fine dwelling of Mr. F. W. Rose, of Cunningar, being burnt to the ground…

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House Destroyed by Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 8

A destructive fire took place recently, the fine dwelling of Mr. F. W. Rose, of Cunningar, being burnt to the ground. The furniture was…

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Set Fire to Powder Magazine Spite or Drunken Freak?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 7

George Davidson Henderson, 51, was charged at the. Darlinghurst sessions with having maliciously set fire to the Hoskins powder magazine…

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Fire at Tumbarumba

The Yass Courier · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 3

Mrs T. Griffiths, sen., had the misfortune to lose her residence and most of the contents by fire on Friday night last. The occupants of the…

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Set Fire to Dwelling Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 4

Thomas Murray, who had been found guilty at the Central Court of having set fire to a dwelling in Botany Road with intent to injure,…

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Cinema on Fire Fifty People Burnt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 2

London, Monday.—About 50 people were killed when a barn, used by a travelling cinema show in Ireland was destroyed by fire…

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Nearly a Blaze

The Yass Courier · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 4

Striking a match at the rear of a motor car in front of Mr Frank Wood’s bowser, to see if the petrol was going into the container of the…

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Fire on Electric Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 September 1926 · page 2

A fire occurred on an electric train yesterday at Oatley, owing to the fusing of electric wires in the control box…

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Seven Killed Big Passenger 'Plane Catches Fire Cause of Disaster a Mystery LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 October 1926 · page 2

A giant four engined passenger aeroplane, travelling from Paris to Croydon, suddenly burst into flames and crashed into a field at Penshurst…

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Loughlin Opens Fire Labour's Internal Fight Activities of Communists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 October 1926 · page 4

Mr. P. F. Loughlin, M.L.A., Minister for Lands and Deputy, Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, submitted the…

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Big City Fire Enormous Damage Wool Premises Gutted SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 October 1926 · page 2

One of the most spectacular fires that has occurred in Sydney for a considerable time took place this morning when buildings in Mountain…

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Big Bush Fires on Nine Mile Frontage Serious Damage on North Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 6

Thousands of acres of timber and grazing lands in the far North const of New South Wales have been Govastated by fire within the last two…

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