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

Fires & bushfires, 1928

198 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 10

Big Sugar Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

Serious damage was done by a fire which broke out last night at the refinery works of the Colonial Sugar refinery Co. at Pyrmont. More than an…

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New Fire Engine To Arrive This Month

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 2

Goulburn's new fire engine, a 30 horsepower fire fighting unit, embodying the latest features and most modern equipment, will…

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Suspicious Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 4

The Sydney police are investigating a fire which occurred last night at a house owned by Walter ,Stone, at Auburn. When the outbreak was…

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Midnight Blaze in Boorowa Donohoes' Butcher's Shop Gutted

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 6

Many of the Boorowa residents were startled in their homes on Sunday night, by the ringing of their telephones to give them the…

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Fire at Gilgandra. Newspaper Office Gutted

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

A disastrous fire broke out in premises occupied by the Gilgandra "Weekly" newspaper in the main street of Gilgandra last week. It is…

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Thrilling Scenes Disastrous Paddington Fire SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

A fire in Elizabeth street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon, which destroyed several small shops and two factories and resulted in the injury of…

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£10,00 Fire Many Shops Destroyed at Trangie

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

A portion of the main street of Trangle was gutted by fire on Wednesday morning, and the loss is estimated at over, £10,000…

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Suspicious Fire at Lord Lascelles' Castle Work of Incendiarists? LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

"Portunina" Castle in the County Galway (Ireland), the Irish home of Lord Lascelles (husband of Princess Mary), was the scene this…

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Fire at Showground

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 5

A fire occurred at about 8.45 this morning at the show ground. Capt Way and six firemen went on the engine to the scene. They found…

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Wild Week End Gales and Fires Wreak Havoc Enormous Damage Done

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 2

Weeks of unsettled and unpleasant weather culminated in a violent disturbance which swept the whole State at the week-end. Goulburn and district experienced its worst duststorm for years. Damage in the city was surprisingly light In view of the fury of…

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Disastrous Fire Nelligen Buildings Suffer NELLIGEN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 6

A fire occurred at Nelligen on Wednesday which resulted in the complete destruction of five buildings in the main street…

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Yass Bush Fire Brigade

The Yass Courier · Monday 15 October 1928 · page 5

The annual meeting of the members of the above Brigade was held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday afternoon. Present Mr. A. D, Shaw (in the chair),…

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Items of Interest Fire Fighter's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 2

Walter Charles Bright, aged 45, died this morning as a result of injuries received last week, when a limb from a burning tree fell on him while he…

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Arrived at Last Goulburn's New Fire Engine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 2

Goulburn's new fire engine arrived in Goulburn yesterday and was immediately made ready for running. Standing in the place of the old…

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Early Morning Blaze. Stables Alight a Good Save

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 1

Mr. Nat. Churchill got an early morning call on Friday last to find the stables at the rear of his residence in Robertson street burning merrily…

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Tug Catches Fire German Crew's Ordeal COLOMBO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 4

The Captain of the German tug, Max Berendt, related a story of a fire aboard compelling the tug to put into Colombo with a dredger in Low…

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New Fire Engine Formally Handed Over Ceremony at Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 4

After formally installing the new fire engine at the Goulburn Fire Station this morning Fire Commissioner E. E. Collins…

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Federal Elections The Fight for Werriwa MR. H.P. Lazzarini Fires a Shot in Boorowa in Expounding the Case for Labour

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 6

Sir. H. P. Lazarini, the endorsed Labor candidate for Werriwa, in the approaching Federal elections, on Saturday…

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New Fire Station Opened. A Very Substantial Structure

The Yass Courier · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 5

An important public function took place on Thursday afternoon last, being the official opening of the new Fire Station in…

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On Fire Famous Cathedral Art Treasures Threatened BRUSSELS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

The old Romanesque Cathedral of Pournia is ablaze. The cathedral contains pictures by the famous painters Reubens and Jorgeans…

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