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

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Night of Horror Tanker and Steamer Sea of Fire Round Ships Death Roll Over 40 BOSTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 3

Throughout the early hours of the morning details came trickling in here of a collision between the coastal steamer Fairfax, carrying 70 passengers, and a tanker believed to be the Pinthis, carrying a crew of 19, of the Shell…

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"Brilliant^ Fire" As a Lady Reporter Saw It

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 1

A fire broke out in a large and the editor of the local paper, not having a reporter available, sent the girl who "did" the society gossip…

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£4000 Fire at Sydney Garage Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 3

A fire occurred this morning in Coe's garage at Darlinghurst, which, together with eight cars and a truck, were severely damaged…

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C. McGIRR Loses in Shop Blaze

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 8

A fire severely damaged a building comprising two shops in Clorinda Street. Parkes, owned by Mr. Greg McGirr. He will be a heavy loser as…

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Fire Buddha Holy Object of 800 A.d. Tokyo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 6

Three, noted archaeologists, especially selected because of their extreme piety, were recently a Towed to gaze upon an object which has been…

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Fire Walking "Sun God" Feast WASHINGTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 4

"Fire-walking," a religious ceremony in which devotees fread on live coals or hot stones, has been prohibited on the rubber estates of Kedab…

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Tragic Fire Girl Killed in Fall Mother Rescued Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 4

Trapped by a fire in Vauxhall House, Bathurst Street, late yesterday afternoon, Rosabella Miller, aged 18, dropped 80ft. to the…

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Less Fire Risk New Act Framed Council's Wide Powers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 6

'Nearly all the fires in this district during the last few years have been caused through carelessness," said Cr. L. A. Sykes,…

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Timely Discovery Early Morning Blaze

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 2

A fire broke out in a store shed at the rear of Thos. Williams, Ltd., at 229 Auburn Street, shortly after one o'clock this morning,…

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Fire Tragedy Mother and Daughter Story at Inquest Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 5

The inquest opened to-day concerning the death of Rosabelle Miller in the fire at Vauxhall House, Bathurst Street, and of her…

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Blazing Car Victoria Street Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 3

A Fiat motor car belonging to Mr. L. R. Nichols, of Victoria Street, was damaged when a fire broke out in a shed used as a…

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FIRE-PROOF Aeroplane Wings LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 1

Fireproof clothes for airmen and fireproof wings for their machines are to be introduced in the Royal Air Force…

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Railway Station Destroyed by Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 3

The railway station at Quaker's Hill was destroyed by fire this morning. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. The buildings burned were…

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Narrow Escape From House on Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 3

Three people had a narrow escape when their weatherboard home at Narrabeen was destroyed by fire. They had scarcely time to make an…

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Charge of Arson Marlborough Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 5

At the Newtown Police Court today Gilbert Henry Allen the proprietor of the Marlborough Hotel, Newtown, was charged with arson…

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Car on Fire Stir in Auburn Street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 3

Catching on fire, while being driven along Auburn Street shortly before 1 p.m. to-day, a single seater car was badly burned…

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Home Burnt Out Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 3

George Walsh and his wife had a narrow escape when their house at Banks own caught fire early this morning. They were awakened by…

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Tragic Fate Death of 200 Pilgrims Fire at Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 August 1930 · page 5

In the "Petit Parisien" Albert Londres, an eye-witness, gives a vivid description of the burning of the French steamship Asia,…

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Revenge by Fire Shower of Paraffin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 1

The starling experience of a woman man when her landlady threw petrol over her, began to strike a match to set her on fire, and was herself…

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Kitchen Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 August 1930 · page 2

Premises at 129 Auburn Street, occupied by Mr. Con Nesbitt, hairdresser, were threatened for a time last night when a chimney in a…

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