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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 5 of 14

Yass Fire Brigade

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 2

The Yass Fire Brigade is taking part in the Volunteer Fire Brigades Demonstration at Wagga on October 11, 12 and 13 next. They will…

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Fire at Rockdale Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 3

A fire broke about in a row of shops and dwellings on the Prince's Highway, Rockdale, early this morning. Brigades were soon on the scene…

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Bush Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 4

A tree being struck by lightning, was the cause of a fire breaking out on Mr. R. Wright's property, Binalong, on Saturday. About sixty acres of grass…

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Suspicious Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 3

An inquiry was held at Windsor, concerning tile destruction by fire of the home of Leslie Harold Day, at East Kurrajong…

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Bush Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 3

It is reported that more than 4000 sheep were destroyed in a bush fire which began on the Kildanan station, 14 miles from Goondiwindi…

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Lightning Causes Fire 50 Acres of Grass Burnt

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 4

A grass fire occurred in the Narrawa district on Sunday afternoon, the cause of which is attributed to lightning…

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Peculiar Position Comments in Court Fire Lighting Regulation

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 2

According to reasoning in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning those people who reside in Goodradigbee Shire and…

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Fire at Galong General Store Destroyed Owned by Former Yass Resident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 2

A general store at Galong, owned and conducted by Mr. Hughie McLean, a former well known resident of Yass, was completely…

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Grass Fire Damage at Kippilaw

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

A fire started on the Breadalbane Reserve at about 3.30 yesterday afternoon and crossed the fire break into Mr. F. J. Chisholm's "Kippilaw"…

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Danger of Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

We make an earnest appeal to townspeople using the country roads to be particularly careful of the use of fire. The whole of…

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Crookwell Grass Fire Narrawa Outbreak

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

On Sunday afternoon lightning caused an outbreak of fire on Riverview property. About 50 acres of grass were burnt…

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Fires in District Week-End Outbreaks Mysterious Car at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

The Goulburn district is still under the menace of the fire fiend and at any time big fires will be breaking out unless rain comes soon. Firs occurred at Tirranna, Little Lerida, and Taralga…

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Fire at Tirranna Large Area Swept

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

Fanned by a high, variable wind, a fire which broke out on Mr. Norman Gibson's Burrungurroolong Estate. Tirranna Estate, owned by Mr…

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Grass Destroyed Crookwell Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 2

Crookwell.—Six thousand acres of grass were devastated by a bush fire in the Fullerton district yesterday. No losses of property…

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Binda Fire Brigade Organisation Outlined

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 8

A committee meeting of the Binda Fire Brigade was held in the Memorial Hall on the 10th inst. at 8 p.m. Present: Messrs. W. J. Armstrong…

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Fire at Tallong Forty Men in Fight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 3

A bad bush fire broke out on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., east of Mr. R. Kettle's orchard, and in less than an hour it was…

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Fires Sweep Through Fullerton Homesteads Saved After Stern Fight Narrawa, Yalbraith, Fullerton

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 7

Fires in the Narrawa, Yalbraith and Fullerton districts on Sunday and Monday, the most disastrous this season, caused extensive damage to…

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Bush Fires Outbreak On Bogalara Fire on Murrumville Yesterday

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 2

One of the most serious bush fires to date this season broke out on Mr. Gordon Shannon’s Bogalara property last Friday morning. The origin of…

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Kenmore Fire Lucerne Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 2

Sparks from a railway engine are believed to have caused a fire which yesterday destroyed about 20 acres of dry lucerne in a…

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Grass Fire Outbreak at Bigga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 3

Our Bigga correspondent reports that a grass fire occurred on Eurimbia, the property of Mr. McMeechan Reid's lat, on Wednesday afternoon…

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