Fire Brigade's Call
Shortly after noon to-day the Goulburn Fire Brigade received a call to o fire at the rear of Mr. L. O. Millar's' dispensary in Auburn Street. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
251 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 13
Trawler Under Fire Tragic Story Murder on the High Sea
SYDNEY, Wednesday: "Don't fire! We are only a harmless fishing boat," yelied the skipper of a Sydney-owned trawler as a Japanese submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Malthouse Fire One Section Of Building Totally Destroyed
Irreparable loss was occasioned when valuable machinery, which will be unobtainable until after the war, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Delegates Discuss Bush Fire Prevention
At the Town Hall, Young, on Thursday afternoon the Shire President, Cr. V. P. Bragg, presided at a conference of delegates from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunning News Bush Fire Brigade More Co-operation Needed
A meeting of the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Literary Institute, on Saturday afternoon, when the Chief Captain,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Decides on Fire Breaks
Landholders in Waugoola Shire must provide firebreaks to guard against the danger of incendiary bombs from enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News Truck Fire Morning Papers Destroyed
As the result of an outbreak of fire when a motor truck owned by the Sydney Morning Herald was near Collector early on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gunning Bush Fires Brigade Wants £300 From Shire Council
Chief Capain C. E. Medway presided over a meeting of the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade, held recently. OTHERS present: Messrs. C. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Few Fires at Forbes "Ridiculous" Insurance Rates
Mr. H. K. Ford, estate agent, at last meeting of Forbes and District Chamber of Commerce referred to the fact that Forbes, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incinerator Blaze
A timely save was effected at the timber yards of Burns Bros., Ltd., Verner Street, at about midnight on Saturday because of the prompt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kingsdale Fire Aged Woman's Death
At the inquest held at the Goulburn Court House on Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the death, on August 23, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sabotage Suspected Rubber Salvage Dump On Fire
What is suspected as the work of fifth columnists is reported from Adelong, where a salvage dump was apparently deliberately set on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference of Bush Fire Brigade Delegates From Neighbouring Shires Mooted Co-ordination Sought Against Fire From Possible Enemy Action Greater Financial Help From Shire Council Wanted
Bush Fire Brigades throughout the Crookwell Shire will be preprepared for emergencies which may arise from enemy action. Early preparation as the first measure, plus a large and enthusiastic band of fire-fighters, will give the shire the greatest possible insurance against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Money For Equipment Proposed Obligation on Landowners
The meeting of the RS.S. & I.L.A. on Saturday night was advised that the State Government made available a sum of money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Them Up Eucalyptus Distilleries in Bush Fire Time
Drastic action in connection with eucalyptus distilleries was urged at the annual meeting of Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade by both Sergeant Campbell and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BIG U.S. Liner on Fire Thrilling Rescues At Sea
WASHINTON, Wednesday: The Navy has announced that the transport wakefield, 24,000 tons, formerly the liner Manhattan, which is the queen of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevention of Fire Shire Council Action
Correspondence received at yesterday's meeting of the Mulwaree Shire indicates that strong measures are being taken to prevent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Power Station Destroyed Big Fire At Coonabarabran
COONABARABRAN, Tuesday: Damage estimated at £11,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Coonabarabran power station at 7.30 this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Council Gives Another £100 to Dist. Bush Fire Brigade
That the Crookwell Shire Council subsidise each district bush fire brigade-- there are ten or eleven of them-- on a basis, of £1 for every £1 raised by the brigade "between now and December 31st" is the text of a request by the Executive Council of the District Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.e.s. Takes Over Fire Alarm Siren
Intimating that the Board of Fire Commissioners had agreed to hand over to the N.E.S. the fire siren now, installed at the local…
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