Damaging Fire 3000 Acres Swept
WAGGA: Three thousand across of stubble and grassland and several miles of fencing were destroyed when a devastating fire occurred at Grong…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
500 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 25
Big Fire Kills 400 in Korea
TOKYO, Sunday: A forest fire in the famous, Diamond Mountain area in Korea killed 400 persons and is threatening shrines and temples…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warm Weather at Crookwell Danger Of Fire Is Increasing
CROOKWELL: The delightful summer weather experienced over the Christmas holiday period continued last week, with the mercury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade's New Year Party Annual Gathering Is Again A Happy One Tribute to Work
Although held a day earlier than usual, the annual New Year party of the Goulburn Volunteer Fireman and their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai District Bush Fire
Fanned by a strong westerly wind, a bushfire which started on Borambola Park soon got out of control and swept through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TARALGA Second Fire Outbreak
TARALGA: Another bush fire, the second this season, occurred .here yesterday, but the damage was not great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfire Brigade Central Management Committee
The authorisation by the Goodradigbee Shire of the various sections of the Yass Bushfire Brigade may have created some confusion in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Bush-fire at Hillston 70,000 Acres Burnt Out HILLSTON
A bush fire which already has burned out 70,000 acres of good grazing country threatens to do untold damage as it sweeps along a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigades Problem Of Vice-Captains
A peculiar position at present confronts bushfire brigades in the Mulwaree Shire, where the various organisations which have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire
Shortly before the lunch hour yesterday, the Young fire brigade received a call to a grass fire that had broken out at Mr. Dave French's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rescued by Mother Farmer Falls Into Fire
A middle-aged farmer fell into an open fire after he had collapsed at his Rhyanna home, Yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Currawang Bush Fire Brigade
CURRAWANG: A meeting of the Currawang District, Bush Fire Brigade was held recently at the public school. There was a the public…
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Flames spread rapidly when grass growing in the street at the rear of St. Saviour's Cathedral caught fire on Friday afternoon at about 6 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Case of Bush-fire Special 'Phone Facilities Sought
Burrangong Shire Council acceded at yesterday's meeting to a request from Bribbaree Bush Fire Brigade, which was submitted by Cr. T. C…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10 Fires Last Year
The Young fire brigade received calls to ten outbreaks during 1939, the most important being the blaze at the mill. There were calls to three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Grass Fire
Grass fires are a fairly common occurrence at Young these days. There was another one yesterday afternoon, the outbrtak being on the bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Destroyed by Fire
In the early hours of Saturday morning fire destroyed the primary section of the Grenfell public school. The high school and manual training…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigade Annual Levy Unaltered Mr. W. J. Armstrong Again Captain
There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Binda Bush Fire Brigade, held last month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Churches
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Detectives are searching for a .man who is believed to have started fires deliberately in, three Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Care with Camp Fires
"Now that the camping and picnicking season is with us again, I think it is necessary that all motorists should be asked to take particular…
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