Crookwell Home Fires
CROOKWELL: The sharp drop in temperature experienced here on Thursday was responsible for fires being lit in many home. The cool…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
449 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 23
New Year Party Fire Brigade Revel
Prominent among the New Year celebrations in Goulburn on Saturday night was the annual Fire Station revel, at which members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Newsprint Outbreak At Parramatta
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Newsprint valued at £300 was. destroyed, and valuable machinery was damaged when an old building in George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Match Factory Big Explosion Endangers Lives
SYDNEY, Tuesday: About 5 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the premises of Matches Australia, Ltd., and spread to the adjoining works of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday Campers' Heavy Loss In Fire
BARRALLIER: Property worth £175 was lost in a fire which broke out in the holiday camp of Mr. J. M. Christansen and party. The flames destroyed a motor cycle valued at £150, £5 in notes, portion of the camp outfit,…
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That Goulburn, as a result of the excellent services rendered by the officers and volunteer members of the Fire Brigade, is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire at “Glengarry”
There was an outbreak of bush fire on Mr. Pat Garry’s property, “Glengarry,” last Tuesday, which damaged about four or five hundred…
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BINALONG: A fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon on Mr. P. J. Garry's Glengarry property. Fanned by a fierce wind, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Suppressed in Council Chambers
“Hot” air is common enough in the Council Chambers, but although all the aldermen and officials were absent on New Year's day, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Bush Fires Cause Big Loss at Binalong Swept Through 800 Acres Wheat and Oats Destroyed
Three hundred men from Binalong, Gating and Bowning spent Saturday night fighting a serious bush fire which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Hurt In petrol Fire
SYDNEY, Monday: When fiercely burning petrol sprayed over them yesterday, four Wahroonga residents—a mother, her two sons,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Sydney Arcade Shops Gutted
SYDNEY, Monday: Damage estimated at 15,000 was done by a fire which occurred in Sydney Arcade, between George and King,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty Homes Destroyed Disastrous Blaze In Victoria Battle with Flames Many Families Spend Day Of Terror
MELBOURNE, Monday: Sixty homes at Dromana were destroyed, and other property worth thousands of pounds damaged, in a series of disastrous bush…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The disastrous bushfires raging in the Gippsland district show no signs of abating, and appear to be increasing in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theatre Blaze £225 Damage At Gunning
GUNNING: Film worth £125 was destroyed and about £100 damage resulted to the talkie plant when a reel of film caught…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning Starts Fire Near Gunning
GUNNING: Set alight by lightning, a fire broke out on Mr. M. J. Heffernan's property at Biala on Sunday morning and spread over an area of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men Trapped By Bushfire Two Forestry Officers Perish In Flames
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Trapped between walls of fire by a change in the wind, two forestry officers were burned to death when fighting bush fires near Toolangi on Sunday. They were Charles Isaac Demby, 55, forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfire Damage at Binalong
Three hundred men from Binalong, Galong and Bowning spent Saturday night fighting a serious bush fire which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Brigade Formed at Laggan Mr. S. A. Cullen Captain
A bush fire brigade has been formed in the Laggan district, and a levy of 6d per 100 acres will be imposed on landholders desirous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Ranges Big Outbreak Near Towrang
Several grazing properties between Towrang and Greenwich Park were seriously menaced yesterday by a fire which broke out…
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