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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 3 of 8

Serrated Tussock Fire on Area Improved Position

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 1

Inspectors’ reports to the Goodradigbee Shire Council state that the serrated tussock in decreasing in the original…

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Tokyo Hit Again Big Fires Are Raging

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: Announcing that Super-fortresses attacked Tokyo on Monday. Japanese, time for the second…

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Under Fire Hospital Secty. and Chairman

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 1

Some sharp shooting was indulged in at last week's meeting of the Hospital Board, in which the majority…

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Ice-cream Amid Machine-gun Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 2

The initial distribution of ice cream by the Australian Comforts Club to front line troops in the Solomon Islands was made to the accompaniment of machine-gun fire arising from a clash between an Australian patrol and…

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Rabbiters and Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Goulburn P.P. Board, a letter was received from the Chief Secretary's Department urging that every care…

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Bush Fire Precautious

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 1

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters or…

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Peach-stones for Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Large quantities of peach-stone charcoal are now likely to be used in the manufacture of briquettes…

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Early Morning Blaze. At Royal Hotel

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 3

Crookwell Fire Brigade responded to an early morning call on Friday last! The call came from a citizen through the local telephone…

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Plane Blows Up Over Petersham Two Killed : Houses Set on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: A Royal Air Force plane blew up in the air over Petersham yesterday morning; killing the pilot and the observer, and scattering blazing wreckage over a wide area…

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Letter Box on Fire Cowper and Clifford Streets Corner

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 3

At 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon smoke was seen issuing from the letter-box at the corner of Cowper, and Clifford Streets…

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Churchill on the Cease Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Mr. Churchill officially announced in the House of Commons to-day the end of the war in Europe. "Yesterday morning, at 2.41, at General…

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Bush Fires Experiments With Aeroplanes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 2

The Bush Fire Council of advice, Canberra, has forwarded to Mr. H. H. Bridge, the following communication…

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Another Letterbox Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 3

Another attempt to set fire to the contents of a letter-receiving box occurred at the corner of Auburn Goldsmith Streets. Apparently…

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Bush Fire Victim Death of Mr. John Hackney

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

The death occurred in the Gundagai District Hospital on Sunday last, of Mr. John Hackney, of Jugiong. Sixteen months ago the…

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Death of Mr. John Hackney Injured Fighting Bush Fire 16 Months Ago

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

The death occurred in the Gundagai District Hospital on Sunday, of Mr John Hackney, of Jugiong. Sixteen months ago the late Mr…

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Wagga Homestead Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 3

"Pomingalarna" homestead, the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Copland, seven miles from Wagga on the Urana Road, was completely…

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"Complete Sell-Out" Rehabilitation Bill Under Fire Mr. Bolton States Candid Opinion of Measure

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

Enough has been said by both sides in Federal Parliament during the second reading debate on the Re-establishment and Employment Bill to warrant publication of the views of the N.S.W…

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Tallaganda Shire and Fire Brigade Council and Braidwood's Electricity Supply

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 6

Tallaganda Shire Council met on Saturday, when there was a full attendance of councillors. Discussing the installation of the Braidwood Fire Brigade auxiliary…

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Camp Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 5

The Bourke Street P. and C. Association Cimp Fire at Victoria Park will be held to-night…

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Pottery Factory Burnt Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Damage to the extent of several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which burnt out the two top floors of the…

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