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

Fires & bushfires, 1937

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

Fire at Dance Plucky Ambulance Officer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 7

Burns to the thumb and first finger of his right hand were received by the Superintenent of the Goulburn District Ambulance;…

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Bush Fire Menace the Government's Appeal Prevention Everybody's Job

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 3

Fire is one of Man's greatest servants, but what a terrible master! A lighted cigarette dropped by a thoughtless…

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Another Grass Fire Outbreak

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 1

Absence of wind prevented any possibility of serious damage when it fire broke out in grass on vacant land at the rear of Mr. M. Richards'…

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Fire in Japanese Cinema Many Persons Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 5

TOKYO, Tuesday: Four hundred and fifty persons stampeded when a fire broke out in a village primary school during the showing of at news…

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Bush Fire Danger

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 7

With the prevailing hot weather, picnickers and’ travellers are urged to exercise every care in lighting fires…

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Bush Fire Brigade Patrolling The River Campers to Be Warned

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 2

Mr. T. Glover presided' at the annual meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade held in the offices of Messrs. H James and Co, last Saturday…

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Japanese Fire In Hongkong Territorial Waters Another Protest To Tokyo Latest Variation of Panay Incident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The British Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Robert Craigie, has been instructed to address a Note to the Japanese Government calling attention to the action of the Japanese destroyer in firing on a Chinese…

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Outbreak of Fire Haystacks Burnt

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 7

Several months of unremitting toll by Mr. John Batten were swept away in a few hours last night when a fire destroyed…

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No Bonfires Risk of Fires Proposal Rejected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 3

The Celebrations Committee has decided that, owing to the risk of fire, it cannot recommend the adoption of…

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Grass Fire Stopped By Fall Of Rain at Binalong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 4

BINALONG, "Tuesday: Lightning struck a tree and started a bushfire on Mr. A. Friend's property, about four miles from…

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Fire Risk Dry Grass Danger In Streets City Problem Matter Discussed By Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 3

A statement that two men armed with scythes were attempting to cope with the extensive crops of dry grass in…

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Man Injured While Fighting Grass Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 2

While attempting to subdue the flames during a grass fire on Sunday, which, it is thought, was started by lightning, Michael Leahy, of Brayton,…

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Cigarette Butt Starts Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 5

TOKYO, Tuesday: A burning cigarette butt, igniting a consignment of celluloid toys aboard a train, set fire…

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Fewer Fires Good Work By Brigade Year Reviewed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 4

Although the fire risk has increased vigilant attention and regular inspections by the Goulburn Fire Brigade enabled that…

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Three Men Burnt When Car Catches on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: Three young men suffered painful burns early this morning when the car in which they were returning from Huskisson…

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Tent Caught Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 1

With practically all the skin burnt from his body, Patrick Lydon, an employee at the Mt. Adrah construction works, was admitted to the Gundagai…

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Forest Fires Fought From Air With Bombers New Method

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 3

Fire—the ruthless besieger which burns nearly 40,000,000 acres of forests in America each year—is being attacked directly…

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