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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1944

357 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 13 of 18

Bus on Fire Prompt Work By Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 1

At about 9.15 on Saturday night one of the motor houses of the Goulburn Bus Service caught slight near the intersection of…

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Flight in Italy Equipment Set On Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: The Eighth Army troops, continuing their rapid advance in Italy, are now in the outskirts…

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Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 June 1944 · page 3

At 5.57 last night the Goulburn Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire in Clinton Street, When they arrived the chimney…

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Items of Interest Fire at Yass

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 2

What could have been a disastrous fire was averted at the Club House Hotel, Yass. The linen press on the first floor and also the roof were…

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Verandah of House on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 3

Shortly after 10 o'clock last night the Goulburn Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a house at 152 Bourke Street. The rear of…

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Gas Unit and Grass Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 6

The Acting Secretary, Forestry Commission, in report to the Snowy River Shire Councils letter of April 19 advised that the…

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Woman on Fire, Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON: Discovering that her night clothes had caught fire, a Norfolk woman dashed out of her home and threw herself into a…

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Ship on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Wednesday: When the cargo in the hold of ship on which they were working at Darling Harbor caught fire eight wharf labourers…

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Woman's Death in Fire Newtown Tenements Burnt

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: Trapped in smoke and flames, which gutted her home in Watling Street Newtown Mrs. Madeline Kelly, 60,…

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Council Will Subsidise Bush Fire Brigades on a Basis of 331-3 Per Cent

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 1

Crookwell Shire Council last Thursday afternoon devoted approximately three hours debating the question whether it would or would not vote money .from its funds to assist…

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Bush Fire Unit To Be Retained Shire Council’s Decision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

The bush fire fighting unit loaned by the Bush Fire Advisory Committee, is to be retained by the Goodradigbee…

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Unusual Fire at Cootamundra

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 2

The Cootamundra fire alarm rang at 7 o’clock on Thursday night last for what appeared an unusual fire in the experience of members of…

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Tyre Service Gutted by Fire Valuable Stock Including New Rubber Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 1

Devastating in its consequences in these days of rubber shortage a fire which completely gutted the premises occupied by the Goulburn Tyre Service in Clinton Street occurred on Saturday morning…

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Recent Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 3

On arrival of the fire loss assessor Mr. H. V. Carter, members of the Goulburn Fire Brigade have ceases watching duty on the Goulbrun Tyro…

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BINALONG Annual Meeting of Bush Fire Brigade

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 4

Mr. E. P. Browne presided at the annual meeting of the Binalong Bush Fire Brigade on Saturday, July 15. The following were…

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Chimney Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 1

Chimney fires, one on Friday and another on Sunday, were both competently handled by the brigade…

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Big Wharf Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: A shed on a Sydney. wharf was almost completely gutted by fire which broke out at 11 a.m. to-day and menaced two ships…

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Adelaide lnvention To Eliminate False Fire Alarms

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 2

Street fire boxes throughout the Adelaide metropolitan area will soon be equipped with a remarkable South Australian invention,…

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Springfield Chimney Fire Obstinate

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 2

A serious chimney fire occurred last night at the home of Miss Florence Faithfull, Spring-field, and defied all efforts of the…

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C.W.A. Installation of Gas Fire to be Considered

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the C.W.A. was held in the Assembly Room on Thursday afternoon last. The president (Mrs. H. C. Ironmonger)…

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