Bush Fire Brigade
The attention of landowners is drawn to an advertisement in this issue calling a meeting to be held in the Harden Mechanics' Institute next…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
449 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 19 of 23
Big Blaze Fought by Soldiers
A fight for life among blazing and exploding petrol in a mechanical transport park in Palestine has gained the Medal…
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A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in O’Brien Street, North Yass, owned and occupied by Mr. John Hall and his wife, was partly…
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Councils are given special powers for the prevention of bushfires and the protection of property. A council may direct the owner or occupier of…
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PARKES, Friday: The promises' of Anderfield and Reid, timber merchants, were gutted by fire this morning, and the loss will…
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A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in O'Brien Street, North Yeas, owned and occupied by Mr. John Hall and his wife, was partly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BUSHFIRE Prolific Growth Indicates Grim Menace Marsh Mallow Nearly Nine Feet High
It is suggested to wind up the Yass Bushfire Brigade, owing to the apathy shown by district landowners…
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TARALGA: With a view to furthering the organisation of the Bushfire Brigade a public meeting held recently at the Federal Hall was very…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: A fire broke out early this morning In the Acme Wood Company's factory at Alexandria. Flames spread rapidly and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting Mr. P. M. O'connor Re-elected President
The annual meeting of the Murrumburrah-Harden Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Mechanics' Institute, Harden, on Saturday last. Present:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Iron Causes Fire at Hotel
An electric iron was left switched on in n room at the Locomotive Hotel, Junee, on Tuesday night. Later a Are was discovered and a quantity…
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The sounding of the fire siren yesterday afternoon about 3.20, caused a stampede of citizens into the streets to locate the whereabout of…
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Landowners are reminded that a meeting of the Yass District Bushfire Brigade will be held on Saturday night, at 8 p.m., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BUSHFIRE Large Meeting Decides District Brigade to Function Shire Council to be Asked to Make Grant
If the meeting held last Saturday night is any indication, Yass District Bushfire Brigade will be very much alive this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lagoon St. Fire
An electric Iron, which, It la understood, had been left switched on all night, was responsible for a small fire at a Lagoon Street residence…
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When a police constable entered the house of Miss Edith Elizabeth Salmon, 69, at Meadows Lane, Handbridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Risks at Hospitals Kenmore Is Criticised
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Director of the Mental Hospitals, Dr. Wallace, refers to the fire risks at mental hospitals in…
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YOUNG: A decision to ask the Shire President, Cr. Chas. Crichton, to convene a meeting of land-owners for the purpose of…
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Fire completely destroyed a motor lorry and its load of fire-wood on the Crookwell Road seven miles from Goulburn at…
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CROOKWELL: During question time at the Shire Council meeting on Thursday Cr. Dooley, asked when the people were to…
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