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

Fires & bushfires, 1939

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Care with Camp Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 1

"Now that the camping and picnicking season is with us again, I think it is necessary that all motorists should be asked to take…

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Workshop Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 4

A fire broke out in the workshop of Messrs, Lee and Thomas engineers, 51 Bradley Street, shortly after midnight last night. The Goulburn…

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Grass Fire Menace

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 4

That the arrival of summer has again substantially increased the fire risk in Goulburn is proved by the fact that within…

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Back to Winter Extraordinary Change Fires in November

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 2

While the mercury soared to 88 degrees last Sunday, which was the hottest day experienced, this summer, and people flocked to the baths and…

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Bushfire Prevention Landowners Co-operate Working Bees to Make Breaks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 2

A very large and representative meeting of landholders in Section No. 1 of the Yass Bushfire Brigade was held at Cavan tennis courts last…

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Bushfire Danger Mr. Mares’ Warning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 2

A warning against the danger of bushfires in New South Wales this summer was issued by the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, this week…

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Bushfire Danger Warning to Motorists

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 6

“Now that the camping and picnicking season is with us again motorists should take particular care when using fires at camp-sites or…

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Bushfire Brigade Purchase of Equipment Distribution of £50 Shire Grant

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 4

A meeting of the group captains in charge of the various centres in…

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Soviet Planes Bomb Towns of Finland Fires Rage In Helsinki Land Attack at Three Points Democratic Nations Shocked By Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 5

Fires Range In Helsinki…

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Blaze at Penrose Big Lodging House Razed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 December 1939 · page 4

Damage estimated at £2000 was caused when a fire demolished Mr. E. J. Knight's boarding house, known as Silver…

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Bushfire Brigades Intensive Organisation Landowners Realise Danger

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 December 1939 · page 2

The Yass District Bushfire Brigade organisation which covers a very large area has never been more intensively organised than…

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Bushfire Menace

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 December 1939 · page 2

The weather to-day brings home graphically the terrible menace of bushfires and the demand for fire fighting equipment is keen and…

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Bushfire Prevention Campaign Activities

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 December 1939 · page 4

Reports from country districts recently received by the Bushfires Advisory Committee and from Field Officers of the Rural Bank indicate a…

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Bush Fires on Coast Fight By Orchardists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Orchardists at Somersby, Point Clare, and other places to the south of Gosford, were fighting bushfires last night in efforts…

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Gunning Bush Fire Brigade Group Captains Meeting

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 7

A meeting of the group captains in charge of the various centres in the whole of the Gunning Shire was held in the Literary Institute…

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Fire Ravages Wheat Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A message from Coonabarrabran states that 200 persons fought a disastrous fire for four and a half hours…

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Golspie Prepares Fire Brigade Formed Link with Taralga

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 1

A sub-branch of the Taralga Bush Fire Brigade has been formed at Golspie under the captaincy of Mr. George Croker…

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Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 4

The sudden visitation of summer, with all its possibilities, is a reminder of the need to give full attention to the prevention of…

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Gunning News Boy Scouts Xmas Camp Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 4

A meeting of the parents of members of the Boy Scouts Association was held in the orderly room on Friday night last. The president,…

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Oil Depot Fire Prompt Action By Guard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 4

Goulburn early to-day had its narrowest escape from a disastrous fire when flames threatened more than 1200 gallons…

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