Motor on Fire
Early on Friday evening the Fire Brigade received a call to Foley Bros. Verner Street, where an electric motor caught on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1946
209 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 11
Bush Fire- Fighting Units Demonstrated
There was a representative gathering of Associated Bush Fire Brigades’ executives on the Yass River below Burden’s on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Billabula Homestead
The old homestead of Billabula sheep station, 17 miles from Young, owned by Mr. Eric Campbell, was destroyed by fire yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rubbish on Fire
Late last night the Fire Brigade answered a call to a fire in a quantity of rubbish at the rear of Tattersall's Hotel. Buckets of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outcome of Fires at Braidwood Gourlay Receives Three Years' Imprisonment
A native of Braidwood, William Charles Gourlay, 34, married, with a family of 10 children, was yesterday sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Berne at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Stoney Creek Good Work by Resident and B.F.B.
Mr. T. Treacy, of "Boonah," Limerick, says it was due to the prompt response of people of the surrounding locality to a call for help that a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in City
SYDNEY: Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by fire breaking out in the City Manufacturing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Fire Three Shops Damaged
Three shops in Parker-street Cootamundra were severely damaged by a fire which started in one of them at about out 8 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Homestead Fire "Billabulla" Gulled Over Week-end
The fine country home of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Campbell, "Billabulla," was gutted by fire late on Saturday night last or, early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Men's Home in French's Forest Threatened by Fire
SYDNEY: Altoglen Rest Home at French's Forest is being threatened by bush fires, which are approaching it from all sides. The home houses many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio to Be Used to Fight Bushfires Around Goulburn
The use of radio in fighting bush fires in the Goulburn district is likely to eventuate in the near future. So far this the district has escaped serious fires, but even…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires: Proposed to Use Radio For Fighting Around Goulburn
The use of radio in fighting bush fires in the Goulburn district is likely to eventuate in the near future, reports the “Post.”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape Room Was On Fire
SYDNEY: Awakened by crackling flames in a house at Kensington, Clement McDonough, licensee of the Albury Hotel, Paddington,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£50,000 Damage in Big Fire
Flames from lubricating oil, motor engines, stationery and other inflammable stocks soared up hundreds of feet a short distance from the Children's Hospital, Camper down, in a spectacular fire early yesterday morning, causing damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cootamundra Fire
Three business premises at Cootamundra (occupied by Mick Mahon, W. Bahlas and G. A. Bruredlin) were severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From EVERYWHERE Fires at Cottage Point
Fierce fires are threatening the township of Cottage Point, near Cowan Creek, Forty homes are in danger, and already 1500 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire And Their Ca[?]
In a survey of bush fires[?] causes, being made by the B[?] Advisory Committee is it [?] numerous fires are being [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FROM £150 TO £10 Wireless for Bush Fires
Wireless equipment. which cost the Army £150 to purchased during the war is now being made available to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cool Change Fires in February More General Rain
The cold, wet change at the week-end induced many people to resort to fires in their homes, although it is mid-summer. The cool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Circumstances £4000 Fire At Gunning Homestead and Contents Destroyed
Suspicious circumstances [?]urround the complete destruction by fire about noon on Saturday of Mr. and Mr. H…
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