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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 13 of 13

From Everywhere Bushfires

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

Considerable damage has been done by fires which began in the Goonoo Forest between Mendooran and Dubbo, three weeks ago, and now…

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Fire on Bus

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 December 1938 · page 3

Several people travelling from Goulburn to Kenmore this morning by a bus received a shock when flames suddenly appeared…

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Campers' Bad Luck Fire Cleans Up Everything

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 December 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: When a bushfire destroyed their camp near Come yesterday, forty-five young men and women, members…

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Grass Fire at Ifield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 4

A spark from an incinerator is believed to have caused a grass fire which threatened a garage and a shed at the rear…

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Grass Fire at Kingsdale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 1

KINGSDALE: An outbreak of fire occurred in the yard of premises occupied by Mr. H. Hogan, junior, on Christmas Eve…

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Coolah Has a Big Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 7

COOLAH, Thursday: Early this morning a 22-roomed guest house, two cottages and several smaller buildings were destroyed by fire…

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From Everywhere Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 December 1938 · page 4

In the Punjab, India, a subject wrote to the state fire brigade that his house was on fire. The fire chief acknowledged the letter, got official…

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