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

Fires & bushfires, 1932

273 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 14

Fire Brigade Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 August 1932 · page 3

With the donation of less than another pound, the Goulburn Fire Brigade will have realised the amount necessary to defray the expenses of…

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Fire Display 70 Brigades Entered

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 September 1932 · page 2

Interest is becoming very keen in the various country towns relative to the forthcoming Interstate Fire Brigbades Competition,…

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Fire Brigade Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 5

As a result of two further donations the fund established for the purpose of enabling the Goulburn Fire Brigade team to participate in…

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Big Fire in Queensland Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 3

A block of ten shops in the main street of Kingaroy was destroyed by fire late last night. Owing to the absence of the fire brigade little could…

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Fire at Mascot Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 5

A fire at Mascot late last night destroyed two rooms of a weatherboard cottage, the occupier of which, together with his family, were away on…

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Damages Claimed Against Transport Commissioners Gunning Soldier Settler Declares Engine Caused Bush Fire Alleged Negligence in Construction of 57 Class Engines Denied

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 1

A case of State-wide interest because of the principles involved was commenced before Judge W. T. Coyle in the District Court last. Friday, when a Gunning grazier sued the Transport Commissioners of N.S.W. for £238/11…

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Pit on Fire Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 2

The pit top buildings at the John Darling collieries, Belmont, caught fire to-day. The extent of the damage is not yet known but it is not thought…

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Fire Brigade Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 3

With an additional donation of £1/1/ from the firm of S. A. Burns Ltd., the fund opened to defray the expenses of the Gouburn Fire…

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Chimney on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 2

The Goulburn Fire Brigade received a call to the Goldsmith Street. Methodist Church shortly after 6 o'clock last night to extinguish a…

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Fire Chief Visit to Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 3

Chief Officer T. P. Nance, O.B.E., of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, who has been visiting his son, Mr. T. Nance of Goulburn, paid an…

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The Talkies Programme for Friday and Saturday Next "Letters of Fire"

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 1

"Letters of Fire," the First National melodrama of newspaper malpractice, starring Edward G. Robinson, and coming to the Crown…

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Fire Brigade Satisfactory Inspection

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 2

Inspector J. A. Meeve arrived from Temora yesterday morning at 9 o’clock. He inspected the local Fire Station premises which he found clean…

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Set Himself on Fire Drug Smuggler's Act Alexandria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 3

After a fierce fight in which duna[?] bombs were used, coast guards near Burollos captured a smuggler's craft containing hashish valued at…

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£95 Damages A 57 Class Engine Starts a Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 8

Before Judge Coyle and a jury of four, in the Yass District Court, Wilford Edwin Lawton, of Wilton End, Yass Road, Gunning, a soldier…

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Fire Brigades’ Competition

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 October 1932 · page 2

On Tuesday night the team from Yass Fire Brigade that is competing at Wagga, Messrs. H. Burden. A. Hatfield. W. Mote, C. Carey and G…

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Ready for Call Fire Volunteers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 3

The Goulburn Fire Brigade team of five members left Goulburn for Wagga yesterday to take part in the Brigades'…

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Country Fire Hotel Destroyed Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 3

The Grand Hotel at Lawson, a weathenboard structure containing between 30 and 40 rooms, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Fire Brigades Wagga Display

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 2

In the Hoss ReEL event at the Wagga Fire Brigade's Demonstration the Goulburn tean's time was 48 2-5s…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration At Wagga Yass Has Good Win in One Event

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 2

Yesterday the Yass Fire Brigade team competing at Wagga had a splendid win in the Gar-ford Motor Engine (Suction)…

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Fire Brigade Successful Team Welcomed Home

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 2

After a successful week at the Flue Brigades’ demonstration at Wagga, the Yass Fire Brigade team returned on Friday afternoon. The…

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