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

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Of This and That. Destructive Sydney Fire

Taralga Echo · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 2

A block of buildings known as Chalmers House in Chalmers-street, Sydney, facing the Central Railway Station, were complete destroyed by…

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£10,000 DAMAGE Big Fire at Wee Waa Wee Waa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 7

A fire on Wednesday night started. In Browne's bakery, and spread to Comino's picture theatre, Gilmore's fruit shop, and Spencer and Collett's…

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Fire Brigade Send-off Fireman Roberts Farewelled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 4

Members of the Goulburn Fire Brigade gathered at the station on Wednesday evening last "to" farewell fireman V. Roberts, the as severed…

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Fire at Wollongong Wollongong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 2

A fier occurred yesterday morning in the premises in Keira-street, occupied by R. Booth, carrier A motor lcrry and some goods were destroyed…

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Desperate Man Fires at Point Blank Range MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 2

A man armed with two sawn off pea rifles this morning fired point black at Percy Wallace secretary to the Business Agents' Association, as…

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Motor Notes of Interest to Car Owners and Drivers Fires on Cars Don't Use Water

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 5

It is a good thing to know how to act when a car catches fire and many people allow their vehicles to be burnt simply because they are…

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Bed on Fire Couples' Narrow Escape SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 2

Charles Kelly and his wife, who occupied a room in a residential flat at Elizabeth Street, City, had a narrow escape from death about two o'clock…

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Destructive Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 2

A destructive fire originated in Cooper's joinery works at Rozelle at five o'clock this morning, and before the flames were subdued the whole…

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Tree Fire Wardens

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 3

Cascara trees make good fire wardens, and frequently used for that purpose in the forests of the northwest of Oregon (U.S.A.) Banks of…

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Incendiarism Alleged Grocery Shop Fire SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day David Alexander Brown, 45, was charged with having maliciously set fire to a shop in Sutherland Street,…

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Biggest Fire Engine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 1

Able to throw a jet over the biggest block of buildings in England, and equipped with its own a pump, water-tower, searchlight, and…

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Most Modern Fire Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

A motor fire appliance which will probably revolutionise fire brigade practice throughout the world has been ordered from a British firm by…

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Tent on Fire Engineer's Discovery Incident at Breadalbane Camp

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 2

About a fornight ago an attempt was made to burn down the tent occupied by Mr. F. V. Wickner, the on…

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£25,000 FIRE Is Warialda Wiped Out? WARIALDA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 6

The main buildings of the town of Warialda, in the far north-west of N.S.W., were completely destroyed by fire at daylight yesterday morning…

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Hotel Set on Fire Three Separate Attempts Newspaper Man Charged FORBES

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 4

Henry Robert Steele, 34, described as Publicity Manager for "Beckett's Newspapers Ltd.," was arrested here last night in Connection with the…

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Early Morning Blaze Firemen Get Electric Shock SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

A fire occurred early this morning in a building at Redfern, occupied among others, by Herbert Caddy, boot boot and shoe manufacturer Before the…

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N.Z. Blaze Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 4

A fire at Ayondale Now zealand destoryed Stuarts Garage and eight cars valued at £3000 when taken from the River Tweet…

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Sydney Death Trap Fire Chief's Comment SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 2

The chief of the Fire Brigade, Mr. Jackson, said to-day that if last night's fire at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Goulburn Street had…

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£200,000 LOSS Elizabeth Street Fire SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 2

It is estimated that the fire which destroyed Elizabeth Building city late on Sunday night, caused damage to the amount of nearly £200,000. The…

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Suspected Fire Fiends Nice

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 4

The police here have arrested a man and a woman, who were travelling in a motor-car. They are suspected of being the authors of French forest…

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