Parkesbourne Bush Fire Brigade
PARKESBOURNE: At a well attended meeting of Parkesbourne and Merrilla residents it was unanimously decided to form an organisation…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
500 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 23 of 25
Bush Fire Pastures Swept At Roslyn
Between 800 and 1100 acres of pastures were burned out and a Considerable quantity of fencing destroyed by at bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUSHFIRES Bowning Brigade Adopts Last Years’s System
At a meeting of the Bowning Bushfire Brigade held on November [?], Mr. Roy Glover presided and there were present Messrs. A. J. Shannon,…
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The members of the Gunning Bushfire Brigade met on Friday afternoon last. Chief Captain C. E. Medway occupied the chair and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Boorowa Branch of the above will be held at the office of the secretary( Mr. S. D. Bobbin) on Saturday, 23rd…
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A Fire Brigade meeting was held on the night of the 13th, to elect a new secretary in place of Mr. C. Chudleigh, who is leaving the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lightning Strikes Crop Fire at "Springfield."
A flash of lightning that preceded the rain in yesterday afternoon's storm at Young started a fire that caused a fair amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Got Away on Me" Fire That Did £2910- Damage Drover Fined
Taking into account the fact that defendant hod been careful -- as, the magistrate said, most drovers were -- Mr. Bromhead,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Bushfires
There were two outbreaks of bushfires last week in the district. Lightning struck a tree at Yeumburra on Thursday and a small area of grass…
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Murrungal Shire Council asked the Young PP. Board in a letter before Saturday's meeting of that body whether the Board would bear half-cost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cool Stores Fire Inquiry to Be Held on
At two o'clock on Friday afternoon, the Coroner (Mr. G. S. Whiteman) will hold an inquiry at the Court House into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Bombs for Hamburg R.A.F.'s Long Visit Explosives and Fires Among Wharves
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P. and B.O.W.): Hambrug bore the brunt of widespread R.A.F. attacks on German docks and shipyards last night. The Blohm and Voss shipbuilding yards, there, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuena News Bush Fire Brigade Formed
At a public meeting held recently it was unanimously decided to form a hush fire brigade. The following were elected to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Suburban Brigade to Be Formed Poor Attendance at Meeting
A public meeting called for the purpose of considering the formation of a fire brigade to cover an area outside the town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CROOKWELL Suburban Fire Brigade
CROOKWELL: A public meeting, called for the purpose of considering the formation of a suburban fire, brigade to safeguard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gunning Fire Brigade Deputation To Council
GUNNING: A deputation from the Bush Fire Brigade, which was represented by Messrs. S. T. Starr and J. Morgan, waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roslyn Fire Homestead Threatened Extensive Damage
Between 900 and 1,000 acres of pastures were burned out and a large quantity of fencing destroyed when a bush fire swept across…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Finding Cool Stores' Fire "No Evidence Of Incendiarism"
Evidence that the flames at the Cool Stores were only a few feet high when she first saw them, and that they were coming from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Early Days An Inquiry Followed Every Fire
The fact that, in the early days, every fire (large or small) was automatically followed by an inquiry was revealed in the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting The Bush Fire Menace Two More Brigades Form Up
Bush fire Brigades can have only one captain. The other officers bear the title of lieutenants. This was pointed out at the…
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