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

Fires & bushfires, 1936

221 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 12

Warning Against Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 5

Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled generally and warm to hot with scattered rain and thunderstorms developing; isolated severe squalls…

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Bush fire Brigades a Timely Reminder of Their Value

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 4

Early as it may seem to speak of bush fires, it is not by any means too early to urge the wisdom of measures for their prevention and…

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Tarago Fire Inquiry to be Made By Coroner Police Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 5

An inquiry will be conducted shortly by the District Coroner, Mr. W. F. Britz, into the destruction by fire on Saturday…

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Run for Life Employees Escape in Big City Fire Saving the Buses

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: When a fire broke out at the Weddington Body Co., Ltd., works at 78 Parramatta Road, Camperdown,…

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Tarago Fire Action By Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 1

The "Woolowolar" homestead, which was destroyed by fire on Saturday, concerning which an inquiry is to be held, was on the estate of…

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Just in Time Escape From Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: When a fire broke out in Robert Street, Rose Day, early this morning the inmates found themselves entirely cut off by the…

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Three Firemen Killed At Big Dublin Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 7 October 1936 · page 5

DUBLIN, Tuesday: When the fire brigade chief called the roll after a fire which destroyed the Exide batteries factory here to-day,…

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Alarm of Fire Fire Brigade Hastens to the Scene

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 3

At 11 p.m. on Thursday night, the siren at the local Fire Station sounded loud and shrill, and the engine and brigade hurried along…

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Fire Menace Brigades' Value

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 3

Early as it may seem to speak of bush fires, it is not by any means too early to urge the wisdom of measures for their…

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Bridge on Fire Outbreak at Berrima Moss Vale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 7

An S.O.S. call was received at Moss Vale from Berrima township abort 7 o'clock last night when it was reported that…

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Bushfires Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: Bush fires which were responsible for considerable damage in many parts of the County of Cumberland yesterday have now…

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Alleged Carelessness Bath-heaters Burnt Out Steriliser, Too

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 October 1936 · page 6

The chairman of the District Hospital Board, Dir. Guyatt, stated at Friday night’s meeting that the g[?] bath-heater in the nurses’ quarters…

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Fire on the Burrowa Road

The Young Chronicle · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 2

A fire on the Burrowa Road occurred on Wednesday evening, as a result of which Mr. Arhtur Johnson lost his shed, tools, and harness,…

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Oberon Fire "Deliberately Started"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 3

OBERON, Friday: At the Oberon Courthouse the District Coroner (Mr. C. D. Doust) held all inquiry into an outbreak of fire on September 23 in a…

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Caught in Lift While Fire Was Raging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Tense moments were experienced by two women, Mrs. Christina Boswell and Mrs. Caroline Atherton,…

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Fire Drill For Hospital Nurses Course Soon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 4

Members of the nursing staff at the Goulburn District Hospital will shortly commence a series of fire drill exercises, under the…

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4 Perish When Fire Breaks Out at Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 5

PALERMO, Monday: Four people lost their lives to-day when a fire broke out aboard the liner Vulcania. Two stewards were suffocated…

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Tarago Fire Inquiry Coroner Returns Open Verdict Loss of Homestead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 1

That the Woolowolar homestead at Tarago had been destroyed by fire on Sunday, September 27, but how it originated, or whether the cause was accidental or otherwise the evidence adduced did not enable him to say, was the…

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SPARROW Did It Start Fire?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: A novel reason was suggested to the fire brigade yesterday for a fire which broke out under the eaves of the roof at the…

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Bush Fires On the Clarence Sun Blotted Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday: Widespread bush fires continue in the Clarence River district. Amongst the precautionary measures…

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