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

Fires & bushfires, 1946

209 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 11

Baby Burned to Death Cubby House on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: Trapped when an inflammable cubby house of branches and twigs caught fire at Corrimal…

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Bushfire Danger Shire Gets Ready

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 6

With a view to setting up an efficient organisation to meet the bushfire threat during the coming summer…

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Big Fire in Sydney £12,000 Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: Believed to have been caused when a drum of bitumen over-boiled on a gas stove today, fire…

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Bundanoon Grass Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 4

Many tourists and local residents assisted the Bundanoon Fire Brigade on Sunday afternoon, when what…

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From Everywhere Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 4

Chimney Fire The Goulburn Fire Brigade answered a call last night to a chimney fire at 420 Auburn St…

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150 Killed in Bombay Rioting Police Compelled to Open Fire Over 1000 Indians Now Under Detention

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 5

BOMBAY, Wednesday: It was unofficially estimated at midnight that casualties in the three days' rioting were 150 killed and 450 injured. Police have detained 1000 persons…

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Sixty Tons of Hay Destroyed by Fire At Grabben Gullen

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 1

Whilst chaff-cutting operations were in progress on the property of Mr. Con Hewitt, Grabben Gullen, yesterday an…

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BUSHFIRE Outbreak at Big Hill

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 5

A bushfire which broke out in the Big Hill area of the Marulan bridage district yesterday was reported this…

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Big Hill Fire 1000 Acres Swept

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 7

More than 1000 acres of heavily timbered country in the Big Hill-Greenwich Park area have been swept by…

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BUSHFIRE Blaze Still Unchecked

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 5

Fire-fighters in the Marulan district worked throughout yesterday to check the bushfire which has been…

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Machinery and Shed Gutted By Disastrious Fire District Grazier's Heavy Loss: Damage Estimated at £6,000

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 1

A DISASTROUS FIRE OCCURRED ON "TRENAYR" THE PROPERTY OF MR. DAN DOWNES, ON SUNDAY MORNING LAST. WHEN A LARGE MACHINERY SHED, WORKSHOP, AND CONTENTS WERE DESTROYED…

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Bushfire Warning Many Parts are Tinder Dry

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: With temperatures soaring throughout the State today, bushfire warnings have been issued…

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Fire Threatens Coraki

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 5

CORAKI: This town is being threatened by disastrous bushfires which broke out on Friday…

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Fire at Burrowa Damage Over £5000

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 8

A serious fire occurred on "Trenayr," Burrows, the property of Mr. Dan Downes, when a large machinery shed, workshop and…

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Trapped By Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: A police guard is being now maintained at the bedside of Charles Edward Randall, 13, admitted to St. Vincent's…

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Fire in Hotel

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 1

Fire believed to the have been caused by a spark from the fire-box of the boiler, broke out in the boiler room at the…

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Ringed with Fire Grafton's Plight

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 2

GRAFTON: Reporting that Grafton is still ringed with bushfires, the manager of the Grafton Co-operative…

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Army Fire Service at Trieste

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

Recently a practice fire was swiftly extinguished by the newly arrived Medium Fire Float, of the 18th (1st Class) Fire Brigade stationed in the Port of Trieste. The fire was started aboard one of the wrecks in the S. Sabba area, and within…

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[?]Ire President Under Fire Public Statement Challenged

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 3

press report of a statement by the Shire President A. Walton) in the course of an address to members Crookwell Chamber of Commerce last July has agi[?] the minds of Crs. McIntosh and King to such an…

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BUSHFIRES Control by Radio

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 5

Wireless contact between Marulan and the bushfire control centre at the Mulwaree Shire Council office…

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