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

Fires & bushfires, 1939

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Fire Display Goulburn Team

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1

Goulburn's representative team to take part in the Fire Brigade demonstration at Katoomba left by train on Friday night, and will…

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Fire Brigade (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 3

Sir,—I notice in your last issue that there is a movement in the local Council to have Captain Way replaced by a younger man on account of…

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Mysterious House Fire Occupants Away On Honeymoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 4

A weatherboard house at 162 Kinghorne Street, owned by Mrs. J. E. Campbell, was severely damaged by fire early…

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Bushfire Sequel Two Fined At Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 1

CROOKWELL: At the Crookwell Police Court on Thursday Charles Allport, a charcoal burner, was fined £5 when he…

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Bushfire Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 4

The fund sponsored by the Goulburn City Council for the relief of bushfire sufferers has now almost reached the £100 mark and only…

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Fire and Floods Havoc In Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

QUEENSLAND, Tuesday: Widespread damage is reported in many parts as a result of bushfires. Many places are short of water…

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Kinghorne St. Fire Arson Suspected By Police

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

Complete mystery still surrounds the origin of the fire which broke out in a weatherboard cottage in Kinghorne…

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Seven Planes Burnt Fire At Essendon Aerodrome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A fire which broke out in the hangars of the Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., at the Essendon…

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Captain's Flat Bushfire Brigade Re-Formed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 2

CAPTAIN'S FLAT: A representative meeting of landholders and residents, held in the Lake George Hall, decided to re-form…

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Bush Fire Brigade for Grabben Gullen More Information Wanted

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

At the inaugural meeting to form a Bush Fire Brigade on Friday night, a committee was formed to secure more…

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Goulburn Fire Mystery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

There have been no developments in relation to the mysterious fire which broke out in a weatherboard cottage in…

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Grabben Gullen Move To Form Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

GRABBEN GULLEN: At the inaugural meeting held on Friday night to form a Bushfire Brigade a committee was…

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New Zealand Mystery Human Bones Found After Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sensational developments are expected from police inquiries, into the reported death in New…

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Fire Display Will Next Be Held In Goulburn?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

Although the ballot will not be held until Friday, high hopes are held in Goulburn that this city will be selected as the venue…

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Gunning Shire Council Votes £50 to Fire Brigade

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Gunning Shire Council authority was given to spend up to £50 on fire fighting equipment for the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade…

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Redground Fire Has Court Sequel P.m. on Shire Council's Responsibility

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 2

There was an echo of the disastrous fire which originated on a property north of Redground road on Saturday, January 14…

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Fire and Flood

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. Thatcher, of Cavan, said to-day that the six chains of fencing the bushfire left on his property has been washed by the flood this…

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Fire Brigade Captain (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

Sir,— I notice in the local paper the motion of some of the aldermen to try and get another captain to replace Captain Way for the only…

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Goulburn Men Not Placed Fire Display At Katoomba

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5

Goulburn volunteer firemen were unplaced in the first competitive event at the Fire Brigades' demonstration at…

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Relief Fund For Bushfire Victims Public Meeting Convened

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 7

A public meeting has been convened by the Mayor of Yass, AId. E. J. O’Connor, and the President of Goodradigbee Shire,…

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