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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 7 of 10

Divers Left to Drown Ship Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 4

DARWIN, Wednesday: Three Japanese pearling divers had to be abandoned at the bottom of the ocean when the vessel from…

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Wireless for Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 3

LONDON: Radio communication between London fire brigade chiefs and the various headquarters while big fires are raging may soon be in use…

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Destroyed by Fire Early This Morning Very Little Saved

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The Town Hall and the Council Chambers at Eastwood were almost destroyed by a fire shortly before 3…

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Eastwood Town Hall Destroyed by Fire Early This Morning Very Little Saved

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The Town Hall and the Council Chambers at Eastwood were almost destroyed by a fire shortly before 3 o'clock this morning…

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Blayney Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 1

BLAYNEY, Monday: The police investigating the explosions at the Blayney theatre on Saturday morning believe that foot-prints at the side…

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Cross Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 1

A large wooden cross on the site of St. Mary's Anglican Cathedral, Canberra, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. Police…

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Big Blaze Damaging Fire at Queanbeyan Joiner's Shop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 1

Fire gulted a joinery shop, together with its contents, comprising machinery, timber, paints and glass, last night…

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Children's Escape Home on Fire

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

GILARGAMBONE, Wednesday: While their mother was in hospital and their father shopping in the township yesterday afternoon, two children…

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Fire in Pitt St. Forty Typistes Leave Amid Smoke

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: When a fire broke out in the Dugsdale Plane Printing Works, Lombard Chambers. Pit Street, Sydney, to-day, dense smoke…

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Long Service Volunteer Fire Fighter Brigade Social

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 1

To mark his 22 years' service as a volunteer fireman, Mr. H. E. Smith, who is leaving Goulburn to take up residence in Sydney,…

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Wool Burnt Four Trucks On Fire DAMAGE £6000

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

MOREE, Wednesday: Four trucks of wool and a truck of hay were destroyed in a fire, which suddenly started in the wool in a truck at…

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Blayney Theatre Fire Anonymous Letters

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

BLAYNEY, Thursday: Statements that he had received anonymous letters containing threats against his property were made by Patrick…

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Fire in a School Juvenile Blamed

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

SYDNEY, Thursday: When a fire broke out in the staff room of the Dumbleton Public School this morning, staff records were among tile…

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Blayney Fire Committed For Trial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 5

DLAYNEY, Friday: The inquiry into the fire and explosion at the new picture theatre at Blayney concluded yesterday, the Coroner…

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Binalong-Galong Diggers' Ball a Great Success a Night in "Hell Fire Corner"

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 9

The annual Ball at Binalong organised by the Binalong-Galong Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last Friday night was an…

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Bundanoon Guest House Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 October 1937 · page 3

MOSS VALE, Monday: "The Old California," one of the oldest guest houses, and at one time the leading guest house at Bundanoon, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon…

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Fatal Burns Goulburn Child's Death Spark From Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 October 1937 · page 3

Barry Matthews, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Matthews, of Bourke Street, who was severely burned at his parents' residence…

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Big Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 3

Damage which, it is estimated, exceeded £100,000, was done by a fire which destroyed the factory of Pabco Products Ply., Ltd., in Wentworth…

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Bush Fire Control Organisation of Brigades

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 2

Every summer heavy losses are sustained in rural districts as a result of tire. Some of this loss is inevitable, but a large proportion might…

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Blayney Fire Did the Shoes Have Rubber Heels?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 7

BATHURST, Thursday: When the trial of Vinvent James O'Nell on a charge of having sot fire to the theatre at Blayney was resumed to-day,…

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