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

Fires & bushfires, 1938

246 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 13

Huge Fires in Sydney Four Factories Were Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 5

Four Factories Were Destroyed…

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Grass Fire Outbreak in Crookwell District Splendid Save Effected By Binda Bushfire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 4

CROOKWELL: Splendid work by the Binda Bushfire Brigade, capably assisted by other men from the surrounding districts, prevented vented serious damage resulting from a fire which broke out on Mr. Joe Carruthers' property on Tuesday last. Over 100 men fought the…

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Bush Fire Brigade Roslyn Not Favorable

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 2

The Crookwell Shire Council at its monthly meeting on Tuesday had before it a letter from the Roslyn Progress Association dealing with…

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Fire Precautions Volunteer Brigade Townspeople's Support

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 7

Advice of the formation of a volunteer fire brigade in Crookwell by the Electrical Engineer (Mr. E. P. Woodward) was given…

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Bush Fire Brigade Store For Equipment

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 December 1938 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Literary Institute on Saturday last. Mr. J. R. Medway was in the…

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The Fire Brigade Should It Go Outside Town Area? Opinions Differ

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 December 1938 · page 5

When the Municipal Council de[?]ed to pay its annual contribution to [?]aros the upkeep of the Fire Brigade on Monday night, Ald. T. P. Leonard…

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Sleepers on Fire Fifty Are Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 5

During burning-off operations in the Goulburn railway yards at South Goulburn yesterday afternoon flames leapt a…

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Volunteer Bushfire Fighters Incensed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 7

CROOKWELL: A number of local residents, many of them businessmen, are incensed at the manner in which they were treated when giving up valuable time to answer a call for assistance to fight a grass fire at Co tta Walla on Monday…

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Fire Threatens Mining Plant Fierce Blaze Burning On Twenty Mile Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 5

Plant worth probably £20,000, owned by the Ravenspur Gold Mining Co., together with several settlers' properties, is threatened by a bush fire which has been…

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Blaze In Cowper St

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 4

Three small sheds and several panels of fencing were destroyed. by a fire which broke out in the yard of Mr. D. Greig's…

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Grass Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 2

members of te Goulburn Fire Brigade were called out for th second time within two days at 1.26 p.m. yesterday when a grass fire broke…

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Heat Wave and Fires Two Fatalities Reported By Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: A pensioner was burned to death at Windsor yesterday when a haystack next to his shack caught fire…

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Fire Now Under Control Mining Company's Plant Safe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 4

Distant peals of thunder gave encouragement this morning to the men who are fighting the bush fire which has been burning in the thick scrub country bordering the…

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BUSHFIRES In Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 8

BRAIDWOOD: Water tanks and fire-fighting equipment were rushed from Braidwood yesterday when the swift advance of…

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Bush Fire Brigade Binda Wants Insurance Levy of 3d PER 100 Sheep Fixed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 3

A levy of 3d per 100 sheep (with a minimum of 2) was fixed at the annual meeting of the Binda and District Bush Fire…

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Big Fire at Gundagai Shop Completely Destroyed. Brigade's Grand Save

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 2

The shop, owned by the Criterion Hotel. Pty. Ltd., and occupied by Mr. Tom Somervllle, situated, in Sheridan-street. Gundagai, was completely…

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Binda District Bushfire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 3

CROOKWELLL A good attendance representative of land holders throughout the district, was present at the annual meeting of the Binda and…

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Hay Ablaze Last Night's Eastgrove Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 4

Members sf the Goulburn Fire Brigade ran 1200 feet of hose from the Mulwaree River at East Goulburn last night to quell a…

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Sultry Day in Goulburn Attention Drawn To Fire Risk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 4

Judging on conditions which prevailed this morning, Goulburn's Christmas weather will scarcely be in keeping with the…

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Frogmore Police Court (Before Mr. F. Gragoon, P.m.) Wednesday, 21st December. Careless Use of Fire Act

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 6

John Keasey, aged 30, was charged that on the 19th day of December 1938, he did ig­nite a fire within ten yards of…

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