Did Not Extinguish Fire
Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., at the Murrumburrah Police Court, Joseph Coddington was charged with having left a fire in the open air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1940
500 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 25
Heavy Fire Losses Wide Havoc In Victoria
MELBOURNE, Friday: Damage in the bush and forest fires which swept Victoria on Wednesday probably exceeds £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blackheath Hotel Fire Guests Escape In Night Attire
SYDNEY, Friday: After a loud explosion, a fire broke out last night in the Ivanhoe Hotel at Blackheath, and destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Fires First Shot in War Norwegian Ship Brought Back to Port SYDNEY
Sydney fired its first shot in the war to-day when a coastal fortress gun put a shell across-the bows of a ship leaving the Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Labor Party Dumped the Wheatfarmer" Minister's Defender Fires Second Broadside Opposition Leader Charged with Twisting the Facts
An accusation that Mr. McKell twisted the facts in his defence of the attack he made on the Minister for Agriculture (Major A. D. Reid) at Young, and had turned a national subject into a party political one is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Fire Averted
Prompt action by the officer in charge of the Goulburn Water Works yesterday prevented what might easily have been a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire on Gum Flat
Forty acres of grass were burned on Mr. J. Michell’s property, “Gum Flat;” adjoining Narrengullen station, Saturday forenoon. No stock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Heavy Loss At Braidwood
Bushfires in he Braidwood district ,last week destroyed thousands of acres of valuable grass and hundreds of miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was Not a Bush Fire Smoke Pall Caused Alarm
Huge clouds of smoke which for short time early on Friday night darkened the sky on the southern side of the town, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two More Calls for Fire Brigade One Blaze Was Outside Area
After a brief respite the Young fire brigade received further calls on Friday night. The first summons came shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Fires At Canberra
The Canberra Fire Brigade received many calls to grass fires' last week: There is now no doubt that some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fire On Rioters
LAHNORE, Tuesday: The police fired on members of the Khaksar (army of spades), a militant religious organisation, who defied the ban…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Starting Bush Fires a New Theory
Many and varied have been the supposed causes of the start of bush fires—glass bottles, wax matches, lightning, tree limbs rubbing together,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mysterious Fires Canberra Man Arrested
Following frequent outbreaks of grass fires in the Russell Hill area during the past few weeks the Canberra police began…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Fire Grandstand Damaged
SYDNEY, Thursday: A fire which broke out in the top deck of the Coronation Stand at the Showground last night caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grass Fire At Kingsdale
KINGSDALE: A grass fire broke out in Carr's paddock, near Mr. Jack Gray's lime kiln, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Display Off Goulburn Misses Event
Owing to the war the Board of Fire Commissioners has decided to postpone the Volunteer Firemen's Demonstration which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Grassland At Gurrundah Swept
It is unofficially estimated that at least 1000 acres of grass and timber-land in the Gurrundah district were destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tournament Gurrundah Fire Praise for Brigades Serious Outbreak Checked
Calls which met with prompt responses went out in all directions early on Monday afternoon last when it was discovered that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Wind Saves Towns
SYDNEY, Thursday: A sudden change in the strong westerly wind saved the townships or Mulgoa and Wallacia from a…
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