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

Fires & bushfires, 1945

156 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 8

Outbreak of Fire At Taralga

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred at Taralga yesterday in the forenoon on the property of Miss M. A. Lynch…

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Bottle Starts Fire

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A glass bottle acting as a burning glass in the hot sun set fire to dry grass in the yard of Mates, Ltd. bulk store, Albury, on Monday…

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Bushfires Near Tumut Under Control After Four Days

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Bushfires which raged on a wide front at Argalong were got under control on Monday night, after destroying a large area of grass and…

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Fire Warning by Siren

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

From to-morrow, by the authority of the Chief Warden, Mr. D. A. Fowler, the Goulburn Fire Brigade will revert…

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Big Fire At Randwick Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Damage estimated at nearly £10,000 was caused early to-day at Randwick Military Hospital, where fire destroyed the…

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Drover Loses Belongings Cottage Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

Mr. Frank Jones, a drover. lost all his personal belongings this morning, when they were destroyed by a fire which broke…

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Manila Set on Fire by Japs. Ex-Prisoners Rescued a Second Time

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

MANILA, Wednesday: Escolta, the business district of Manila, including the banking area, is in flames. Trapped Japanese put a torch to it on Monday,…

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ADVERSE: Official Reports on Use of Planes at Bush Fires

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 2

Despite adverse official reports on the suggestion to use aeroplanes as a means of fighting bush fires, the Yass…

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Barbaric Japs. Fire-Ravaged Manila

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

MANILA, Thursday: Homless Filipinos wandered through Manila's fire-blackened streets…

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Serious Fire Prevented

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

Prompt action by an employee of the Taralga Dairy Co., yesterday evening, probably prevented a serious fire in the premises of…

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Lighting of Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

Restrictions on the lighting of fires in the open have been eased, and the burning of shop, house-hold or garden refuse is…

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Conference on Fire Brigade Strike Whole State Brought in by Sydney Officials

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY: All parties of the fire brigade strike are coferring to-day with Judge O'Mara in the Federal Arbitration court in an endeavour to effect a settlement. The strike has now extended over…

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£30,000 DAMAGE In Tocumwal Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred at Tocumwal, when Messrs. Wise Bros., Pty., Ltd.'s flour mills were partly destroyed and damage…

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Zhukov's Guns Frankfurt Is Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Throughout Tuesday, Marshal Zhukov's heavy guns continued to level the…

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Tar on Fire At Rossiville Quarry No Water Near

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 3

A fire broke out this morning at the Rossiville Quarry when tar which was, being pumped from one kettle to…

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Altdamog Taken Stettin Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Following the Russian capture of Altdamog, the great Oder River port of…

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Fire Protection

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 1

A statement of revenue and expenditure for the Goulburn Fire District for the year 1944 was received by the City Council at its…

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Out of Favour Present Bush Fire Control Order

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 5

At the March meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council "country reps." had much to say upon the absurdity of…

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Chimney on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 1

On Saturday night at 7.22 the fire brigade was called to 105 Bourke Street, the residence of Mr. John Hardy; where the chimney…

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Flour Mill Fire Averted at Orange

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 4

Originating in the engine room, a fire which occurred at Messrs Dalton Brothers flour mill in Orange was extinguished before much damage…

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