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

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Fire in Wood Heap Damages Laundry

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

A fire which broke out in a stack of firewood at, the rear of a bakehouse in Joshua Street early on Monday morning spread…

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Fire Calls in Goulburn Total 94 for 1945

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

The number of calls received by the Goulburn Fire Brigade during 1945 amounted to 94. eleven less than the previous year, which incidentally, constituted a record. In comparison with 1944 there…

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Block of Flats Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Several persons received slight burns when escaping from a block of flats which were…

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Kingsdale Fire Good Work Done By Fighters

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

On New Year's Day, at 12.30, there was an outbreak of fire at Burgess Bros. lime kiln…

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Fire Destroys, Hay and and Grass

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Damage estimated at £500 was caused when a fire destroyed a shed and its contents on the property of Mr. Angus Flanigan at…

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A Good Save Outbreak of Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

At a little before 11 o'clock this morning the Fire Brigade answered a call to a fire way at the lower end of the…

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Gundary Bush Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 1

All in the Gundary Bush Fire Brigade area interested in bush fire prevention, which means everyone, are asked to attend a meeting…

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Cease Fire ! But China Has An Exception

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

CHUNGKING, Wednesday: It was predicted that "cease fire" orders would be issued by both Government and Communists…

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Bush Fire Conference

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 5

The Municipal Council decided on Monday night to meet a deputation from the Associated Bush Fire Brigades in conference next…

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Cease Fire In China

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

CHUNGKING, Friday: The decision to order a truce in China's civil strife was reached in a surprise meeting held…

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Shire Council Bush Fire Breaks Phone for Overseer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

Cr. E. C. Archer presided at the monthly meeting of Goodradigbee Shire Council held in the Council Chambers, Rossi Street, on Friday…

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Bush Fire on Sugarloaf 50 Acres of Grass Burnt

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

Providence, plus prompt action prevented what might have been a disastrous bush fire on Saturday afternoon. The fire occurred on Mr…

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Reichstag Fire Incriminating Document

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: A letter to President Hindenburg from one of Roehm's assistants implicates Goering and…

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Fire Precautions

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 3

A plan to instal Grenell sprinklers all over the new wool store is to be put into operation to make the building as safe as possible…

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Gundary Bush Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

At the meeting of the Gundary Bush Fire Brigade held on Thursday afternoon last and called to consider motorisation of the…

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Bushfire: Thousands of Acres Of Grass Lost Near Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY: Thousands of acres of heavily timbered and grass country have been swept by a bushfire at Yamatree, the property of Major C. E. Ellsworth, In the Gundagai district…

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Goods on Fire Four Trucks Alight Train Halted

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 5

Four trucks containing cement packed in paper bags burst into flames while a train was travelling…

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The Lesson of Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

The country is not out of the wood yet, but it would not be out of place to suggest a sense of satisfaction for…

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Fire Started by Train Engine Spark? 200 Acres Burnt At Koorawatha

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 3

It is estimated that about 200 acres of dry grass and a small amount of timber were destroyed by fire which started along the railway line near…

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£3000 Damage as Result of Big Fire in Dubbo

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

£3000 damage was caused when John Robertson's rubber works in Brisbane Street, Dubbo, was completely destroyed by fire. The blaze was the biggest ever seen in Dubbo, arid the Dubbo Fire 'Brigade and the R. A. A. F. Fire…

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