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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
449 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 23
Sweeping everything their path as they raced along before a 60 mile an hour gale, which provided a grim climax to a fortnight of scorching heat, bushfires ravaged vast fracts of country on the Southern Tablelands last Saturday, wiping out homes, farm buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A serious fire was narrowly averted in Auburn Street premises on Saturday morning, when Rubbish behind the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Goulburn Police Court this morning, Cyril James Hayward, 39, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Monday: The worst heat wave in the history of New South Wales and Victoria reached a terrible climax…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ald. M. S. Nash was at the Pudman-Blakney Creek fire, which started on Saturday afternoon and was suppressed yesterday morning. About…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: Bushfires are raging in New Zealand and it is reported that telephone and telegraph services in both the north and south…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WEST WYALONG, Tuesday: Guests escaped from the Tallimba Hotel, Tallimba, in their night attire, when the building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Tuesday: Although the Commonwealth Government has no power to convene a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: As a result of the bushfires last week, more than 500 claims for bushfire damage have been lodged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the blazing heat of Saturday afternoon the spirit of the fire-fighters was amazing. Some had lost their homes but they were fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →During the past month the Crookwell Shire Council's endeavours to form bush fire brigades throughout the district has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Both the Burwood-Redbank match (at Redbank), and the Kempton-Limerick match (at Kempton), were abandoned after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CROOKWELL: The bushfires, experienced last week-end brought crookwell a little notoriety, at least that is what one Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BINALONG: A grass fire broke out here on Friday night on the property of Mr. J, M. Chaffey, about four miles from town,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five leather fire beaters were taken from the stock in Mr. Keith's store on Saturday last, as there was a shortage of these at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James John Joseph Quinlan, 50, at Tumut Creek on Monday, was fined £30, or 60 days' hard labour, on a charge of leaving a fire in the open…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway bridge on the loop line between Picton and Mittagong, 1 miles from Sydney, was extensively damaged by bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notwithstanding the magnificent work done by volunteers who were engaged in the task of fighting the fires which occurred in the Crookwell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The explanation of a phone call for assistance to extinguish an outbreak of what was thought to be a big bush fire at Cotta…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Several Cooma district residents had a terrifying experience in Saturday's fire. Their farm and home were destroyed and…
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