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

Fires & bushfires, 1938

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Bathurst Fire Small Boy Suspected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 7

"The worst case of its kind ever seen in Bathurst" was the opinion expressed by police and fire brigade officials who were…

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Goulburn to Send Team Country Fire Brigades Event

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 5

Although the question of finance has yet to be met, it was stated yesterday morning that the Goulburn Fire Brigade has entered a…

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Fire Destroys Two Shops At Crookwell Shopping Area Threatened by Big Blaze Goulburn Brigade Makes Dramatic Save FIREMEN'S 60 M.P.H. RUSH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 1

Fanned by a strong westerly wind, which sent the flames leaping hundreds of feets into the air, a fire which broke out in the centre of Goulburn Street, Crookwell, on Friday night, threatened the whole shopping area with destruction…

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Albury Blaze

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 8

Great difficulty was experienced by Albury firemen in fighting an outbreak in Kiewa Stree Smoke was so thick that Sub-Station Officer Dwyer…

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We Must Have a Fire Brigade

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 4

Crookwell has witnessed two disastrous fires within a a few months, the most recent having occurred on…

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A Tragedy No Fire Protection Public Meeting Suggested

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 3

Relative to the fire which occurred on Friday night Mr. Jack Storrier writes: This is the second fire that…

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Friday's Fire Damages Estimated In Cold Figures, £3,870

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 4

Now that the excitement caused by last Friday night's conflagration in Goulburn Street has abated it is possible to sum up…

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Crookwell Once Had a Fire Brigade, So We Are Told

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 4

Writing in to-day's issue on the subject of last Friday night's fire and the urgent need of forming and equipping a…

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Business Block Threatened by Fire Magnificent Work of Bucket Brigade Two Shops Destroyed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 1

Only the magnificent work of a bucket brigade saved the possible destruction by fire of the whole of the business premises from the…

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Big Crookwell Fire

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 2

Fanned by a strong westerly wind which sent the flames leaping hundreds of feet into the air, a fire which broke out in the centre of…

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Big Fire at Crookwell

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 6

Fanned by a strong westerly wind, a fire broke out in the shopping centre at Crookwell on Friday night and destroyed two shops and…

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Fire in Cottage Articles Soaked with Kerosene

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 3

BATHURST, Monday: Six separate fires were discovered in a cottage in Piper Street, Bathurst, which was owned and occupied by S. J. Wilds…

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100 Lives Lost in Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 5

MARSEILLES, Sunday: It is believed that 100 persons lost their lives in a fire which burnt out five acres of buildings in the…

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Radio Station Destroyed By Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The weather bureau and radio station at the rear of the Archerfield hangars were destroyed by fire…

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Bush Fire Brigade More Implements Purchased

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Literary Institute on Saturday afternoon. There was only a…

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31 Killed in Fire in Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 5

OSLO, Sunday: The death roll as the result of a fire in a photographer's flat is now believed to be 31. Twenty-nine bodies have been…

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Fire Brigade at Crookwell? Action Taken By Shire Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 1

CROOKWELL, Friday: If the plans set in motion at Thursday's meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council are brought to fruition…

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Fatal Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 5

AUCKLAND (New Zealand), Tuesday: Fire destroyed a boarding house, and one man, whose name was not ascertained, lost his life, while four…

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Binda News Fire Destroys Home

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 4

Mr. F. Druett suffered a loss at the week-end when his home at Junction Point was destroyed by fire, the origin of the outbreak…

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Fire Brigade Report Asked for Council's Decision

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 7

The Crookwell Shire Council at its last meeting decided to ask the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales for a…

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