Fire on Gundagai Railway Bridge
A fire broke out on the railway bridge at Gundagai on Sunday afternoon. It had a firm grip on the woodwork of the bridge, but the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
500 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 21 of 25
Fire Damages Empty Cottage Mischievous Boys Blamed
Damage estimated at in the vicinity of £150 was done by a fire that occurred at 10.25 last night at an unoccupied weatherboard…
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Teachers and pupils at the North Goulburn Public School formed a bucket-brigade during the lunch hour to-day when a…
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TUMUT, Monday: Fire last night destroyed the printing works of the Tumut and Adelong Times and the Adelong and Tumut Express…
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A fire occurred at the “Tumut Times and Adelong Express” office in William Street, Tumut, about ten o’clock on Friday night and all the…
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To the last meeting of the Gunning Shire Council the engineer reported that fire-drums had been placed along the Hume Highway for…
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GUNDAROO: Members of the Bush Fire Brigade held their annual meeting on Saturday last, but the attendance was limited…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Firemen and volunteers had a hard fight yesterday to save the mountain town of Lawson from bushfires which surrounded it…
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The first outbreak of fire occurred on Monday at the town common, when about 20 acres of grass caught fire. No damage was done. The…
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A large quantity of garden rubbish, a small area of adjacent grassland and about 30 feet of box-thorn hedge were damaged by…
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A fire which broke out on Friday evening in the office of the "Tumut Express" caused considerable damage. Stocks of paper…
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When a motor lorry on which he was tiding turned over at Beggan Beggan Station, Leslie John Fairall of Harden, had his head crushed…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Monday: Five members of the Royal Australian Air Force were incinerated and a sixth so gravely injured that he is not expected to live when a plane caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BUSHFIRES Shire Council and Brigades Position Apparently Still Unsatisfactory
The position between the Shire Council and the Bushfire Brigades’ Council still seems indefinite as regards securing…
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YOUNG, Tuesday: The local cool stores were destroyed by fire this morning. The flames, aided by the strong…
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Car stealing has again become rife in country districts, and during the past few days vehicles have been stolen from…
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A fire that occurred at the home of Mr. W. Hayes, in McLerie-st., about 2.45 on Saturday afternoon is believed to have been caused…
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One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Young occurred shortly after 11.30 last night when the Cool Stores, in Nasmyth Street, were completely destroyed. The…
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"We will have to make an example of you as a lesson to other people. Fires must not be lit without proper precautions being…
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Police Constable Graham, recently appointed to Tuena, is concerned regarding the absence of any organised and equipped bush…
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