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

Fires & bushfires, 1930

214 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 11

Shop Fire Timely Discovery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 2

Prompt discovery of a fire last night at the premises occupied by McCombie and Turner, New System wieless agents at the corner…

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Just in Time Rescued from Fire Narrow Escape Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 September 1930 · page 5

Trapped in a blazing building in Parramatta Road, Annandale, early this morning, Miss J. Dowd was rescued by firemen in a state…

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Maroubra Fire Flats Threatened Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 September 1930 · page 3

A fire broke out this morning in a vacant weatherboard cottage at Maroubra. The flames spread to the adjoining flats occupied by about 20…

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Parliament House Saved From Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 3

The automatic fire alarm installed in Parliament House, Macquarie Street, saved the building from destruction by fire early this…

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GANMAIN Swept by Fire £10,000 Damage Many Shops Go Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 5

The main street of Ganmain, nine miles from Coolamon, was swept by fire at 4 o'clock this morning, which resulted in the…

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Two Fires Brigade's Busy Time

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 2

Oil dropping on overheated brakes is thought to have been the cause of a motor car catching alight in Auburn Street at…

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Big Fire General Store Gutted DUNEDOO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 3

O'Brien's general store at Dunedoo was gutted by fire at an early hour this morning. The blaze was the biggest in the history of the town…

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Outbreak of Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 3

The fire bell sounded at 2.15 to-day. The outbreak was at the back of Mr. J. Locke's premises in Auburn…

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About a Hall Feelings Grew Warm Then Fire Broke Out Auckland (N.z.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 3

Two young farmers, Roy McLeod and George King, pleaded. guilty here yesterday to having tried here yesterday to having…

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Destructive Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 5

A message from Richmond states that a fire, which broke out at 3.30, destroyed "Mountain View," the oldest established boarding. house at…

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Lorry Fire Outcome in Court SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 3

A story of an attempt to defraud an insurance company of £100 was told at the Parramatta Sessions to-day when Clifford…

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Van on Fire Train Stops in Tunnel Passengers' Alarm London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 1

Passengers in a Southern Railway train were nearly suffocated by smoke when a passenger pulled the communication cord in…

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Fell Into Fire Horrible Accident NEWCASTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 3

Mervyn Jones, a small boy, was Playing on a refuse coal heap at Redhead, near Newcastle, when he Crashed through the thin…

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Last Sad Scenes 101 Guns Fire Salute French Tribute to Dead Bodies Taken to England Beauvais

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 3

Very touching scenes marked the start of the last journey of the airship victims. The simple township were poignantly overwhelmed with grief as 25 munition waggons removed the coffins to the railway station…

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Alleged Arson Parramatta Fire SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 3

The inquiry opened to-day at Parramatta concerning a fire Which broke out on the premises of John Charles Skelton, spirit…

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The Fire Brigade Satisfactory Tests

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 2

Mr. B. Barber, acting divisional inspector of Southern District Five Brigades, was in Yass on Friday. The following report was made on the…

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Brisbane Fire Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 3

A fire broke out late last night in the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Co's building in Queen Street. The brigades were soon on the scene, but…

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Backyard Fire Blaze Causes Scare

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 4

Blazing rubbish at the rear of the Church of England's Home resulted in the Fire Brigade turning out at 8.20 this morning…

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The Post! Where Are The City's Fire Hydrants? Safety Menaced To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 2

Sir,—In a recent issue of the "Evening Post," Ald. R. D. Gray drew the City Council's attention to the complete covering of fire hydrants in…

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Furniture Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 3

James Kwong Sing's furniture factory in Surry Hills was partially destroyed by fire late last night. The damage is estimated at several…

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