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

Fires & bushfires, 1938

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House Razed by Fire at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

CROOKWELL: An unoccupied weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. O. Crossley, was totally destroyed by fire at Brooklands…

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Big Fire at Molong £10,000 Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 7

MOLONG, Tuesday: Nancarrow's general store was destroyed by fire early this morning, damage being estimated at about…

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Midnight Blaze Brooklands Cottage Destroyed Adjoining Residence Endangered

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 3

Fire totally destroyed an unoccupied weatherboard cottage at Brooklands in the early hours of Saturday morning last…

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Council Divided Question of Fire Restrictions Cr. King Satirical

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 1

Council last Thursday lifted the burning-off restrictions as from to-day. The move was strongly opposed by Crs. Dooley and King…

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Bush Fire at Binalong

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

A fire broke out oil Sunday week in Mr J. Mehaffey's paddock, four miles from Binaolng. Fanned by a strong wind it travelled on to Miss…

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Fire Destroys Car

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 2

At Temora on Friday morning tho Rev. Alexander was voting. Mr Pratt near the Temora showground and left his car in front of the…

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Fire Brigades Goulburn May See Big Display

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

There is every possibility that Goulburn, providing it can accommodate the 1000 visitors expected, will be chosen as the venue for…

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Big Fire at Molong £10,000 Damage

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

MOLONG, Tuesday: Nancarrow's general store was destroyed by fire early this morning, damage being estimated at about £10,000…

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£10,000 Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Two firemen were overcome by smoke in a blaze which completely destroyed two floors of a four-storied building in…

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Baxter's Tannery Destroyed by Fire Damage Estimated to Exceed £12,000 Firemen's Courageous Fight in Hopeless Task

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 2

An historic building, together with valuable machinery and stock which is estimated to be worth, on a most conservative basis, about 12,000, were destroyed in the early hours of Saturday morning when the most disastrous fire witnessed in Goulburn in the past 30 years, gutted the tannery and leather dressing shops attached to the famous boot factory…

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French Fire on Rebels

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 5

Paris, Wednesday: French anti-aircraft guns ,fired on insurgent planes returning along the French frontier after bombing Port Bou…

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£40,000 Fire at Alexandria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused early this morning by a fire in the recently constructed linseed oil factory of…

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£20,000 Fire Tannery Stock at Goulburn Firemen's Peril

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

Building, machinery, and stock valued at £15,000 to £20,000, were totally destroyed early on Saturday morning, when a fire broke out in…

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Fire Cause Unknown Baxter And Co's Loss Open Verdict

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 1

An open verdict was returned by the Deputy-Coroner, Mr. E. F. Thomas, after inquiring yesterday…

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Fire at Tumut Tweedie's Buildings Destroyed. Nine Businesses Affected

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Tumut late on Sunday night, when Tweedie's Buildings, at the intersection of Wynyard and Fitzroy streets, were…

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£4000 Damage in Fire at Tannery

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 10

GOULBURN, saturday. The tannery of Baxter Ltd. was damaged by fire early to-day. Damage is estimated at £4,000…

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Goulburn Has a "Raw" Deal Fire Brigade's Big Day To Be Held At Katoomba for Second Time Within Three Years

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

Katoomba's selection, for the second time within three years, as the venue for the N.S.W. Volunteer Fire Brigades Demonstration, was the subject of a heated…

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Fire in Castlereagh St

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: Fifty employees escaped from the first and second floors of Westcott, Hazell's building in Castlereagh Street this…

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Motor Ship on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The Swedish motor ship Tisnaren, bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo, with a carge of copra and wheat, caught fire in the…

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£40,000 Fire at Alexandria

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 10

SYDNEY: Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused on Thursday morning of last week by a fire in the recently constructed linseed oil…

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