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

Fires & bushfires, 1939

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Two Outbreaks Of Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 1

Two fires broke out within an hour of each other in Goulburn early this afternoon, but the brigade had both under Control before any…

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BUNGENDORE Fire Brigade Prepares

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 1

BUNGENDORE: At a recent meeting of the Bungendore District Volunteer Bushfire Brigade it was decided by the management…

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Fire on Rubbish Tip

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 2

A fire which broke out on the old rubbish tip on the bank of the Yass River this morning was extinguished by the Fire Brigade…

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Grass Fires Two Goulburn Outbreaks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 4

Property was threatened for a time when a grass fire broke out on a vacant allotment at the rear of the Goulburn Technical…

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Two Fires in Wheat Paddocks Damage At Lake Cargellico

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 5

LAKE CARGELLICO, Friday: Sparks from a tractor are believed to have started two fires in A. Regan's wheat paddocks yesterday…

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Girl Drove 50 Miles to Give Fire Alarm Dunedoo

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 7

Miss Molly Rayner drove 50. miles to Goolma to give the alarm when a fire broke out in A. H. Fortescue's wheat paddock at Mebul and…

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Prevention of Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 1

The Bushfires Advisory Committee makes an earnest appeal to all picnickers, campers, bushwalkers and motorists to…

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Fire Fighting Advice To Brigades

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 6

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an informative booklet on the constitution of Volunteer Brigades, essential equipment…

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Bush Fire Splendid Work By Taralga Brigade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 7

TARALGA: The first bushfire outbreak occurred here on Boxing Day on the property of Mr. M. W. Charteris, of Summerice…

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Serious Fire Averted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 1

Prompt action on the part of a passer-by who noticed smoke issuing from the rear of a cottage at 76 Clinton Street…

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