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

Fires & bushfires, 1933

193 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 10

Engine Sparks Cause of Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 3

In a Yass District Court case before Judge Coyle and a jury of four, a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff against the Railway…

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More Bush Fires

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 2

Yesterday three more fires broke out on the property of Mr. J. Coddington, near Currawong. This makes, nine fires during the past…

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Fire Alarm Minor Outbreak

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 3

At 9.30 on Saturday night, Mr. Jim Bullman gave the fire alarm and the sounding of the siren caused an unprecedented rush to the Fire Station,…

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Bush Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

On Tuesday, about 11 a.m., an out-break of fire occurred at Crookwell. The fire started on a reserve at the Junction of the Wheeo and Bigga…

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Lorry Lost Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

Mr. E. Russ, of Kingsdale, had the misfortune to lose his Chev. motor lorry by fire last Friday. He was travelling along the Crookwell Road…

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Crookwell Butterfly Fair Outbreak of Fire Proposed Water Scheme

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 1

The annual Methodist Fair, this year called the Butterfly Fair, was officially opened on Tuesday by Mrs. S. A. Cullen wife of the president of…

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Barrallier Bush Fires Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 3

On Monday night 10 points of rain fell. This has checked the bushfires which were burning in different parts of the district, and threatening…

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Bush Fire Brigades Report by Shire Clerk

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 6

The Shire Clerk (Mr. L. S. Gibson) tabled the following report, which was adopted, at last Council meeting:--…

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Big Fire At Trundle Portion of Town Now Blackened Ruins Trundle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 3

Seven shops and their contents, comprising a portion of the main business block of Trundle, 38 miles north-west of…

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Grass Fire Orchard Damaged

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 2

At 3.15 on Tuesday afternoon the Fire Brigade received a call through the local exchange to a fire in Dutton Street. The cause of the fire is…

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Did Moth Cause Picture Theatre Fire?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 4

At an inquiry at Alpha (Q.) into a fire which destroyed the talking equipment at the Alpha Picture Theatre recently an expert, giving evidence,…

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Grazier Fined For Leaving Fire Location Bounded on Three Sides by Water

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

Before Mr. M. E. Soane, P.M., yesterday morning, Lance Edward Vallance, grazier, “Tewallewah,” Harden, was proceeded against for leaving a…

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Fire at Bathurst Railway Workshops BATHURST

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 6

A railway workshop, comprising 18,000 square, feet of floor space, as seriously, damaged by fire earl this morning…

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Fires in Victoria Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 3

Bush f res are attaining serious proportions in South Gippsland. At Carrajung dairy farming areas are threatened and the Carrajung school…

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Fines Imposed Leaving Fire Alight Penrose Grazier in Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 6

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. H. Booth and N. T. S. Binney, Js.P., Andrew Aubrey Quigg was charged that on…

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Bush Fires at Binalong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 1

A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon about five miles from Binalong in a paddock adjoining the Burrowa Road, the property of Mrs. R…

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Tallong Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 5

A t re which might have caused great damage started between Marulan and Tallong through, it is believed, an old age pensioner throwing…

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Big Melbourne Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 5

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire in Marks's Buildings, Russell Street, early, this morning. Steel lined doors throughout the…

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Bush Fires

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 3

A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon about five miles from Binalong in paddock adjoining the Borrowa Road, the property of Mrs. R…

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Bush Fire in the Town Lucky It Was at Night! Grass in the Park Catches Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 2

Residents of the town were startled by a grass fire Which started in the Park on Tuesday evening last, and spread with…

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