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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 9 of 11

From Everywhere Fire at Cafe

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 October 1946 · page 2

Early on Saturday evening the Goulburn Fire Brivade received a call to a chimney fire at a fish cafe at 112 Auburn Street. The…

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Bush Fire Brigade

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Shire Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon. The following…

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Fire Sprinkler System

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 2

Work is nearing completion on the automatic fire sprinkler system being installed at the Chief Clothing Co.'s premises and it is…

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Car Catches Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 3

Employees of the Farmers and Craziers yesterday forgot business rivalry when they left their work extinguish flames which had…

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Boorowa Fire Brigade Active

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 1

Boorowa's new town fire brigade, formed recently is functioning energetically. The brigade had several requests…

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Cemetery Fire Fencing Partly Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 2

Fire swept through the long grass and bushes at the old General Cemetery between Chatsbury and Mortis…

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Hotel Yard Fire Trees and Fence Damaged

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 2

The Goulburn Fire Brigade received a call this morning to a grass fire in the yard at the rear of the Carlton, Hotel, Sloane…

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Fire in Pine Forest

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 3

LITHGOW: The fire in the State forest at Newnes, about eight miles fro Lithgow, is still raging and the…

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Big Fire at Young

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 2

YOUNG: A fire gutted the store of W. Hayes and Son yesterday and caused 10,000 damage. The cause of the fire is not…

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Fire Prevention Week

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 1

ON Nov. 18 H.R.H. the Governor-General will issue a public statement calling upon citizens of Australia to…

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Grass Fire West Goulburn Outbreak

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 4

Two calls were answered by the Goulburn Fire Brigade this morning. The first received shortly after nine o'clock was…

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Fire on a Launch Man Injured £7000 DAMAGES

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY: A man was severely burned when an explosion occurred in a small trawler, the Wake, which…

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Drought Minimises Bush-Fire Danger

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 2

Mr. W. T. Merriman, President of the Yass P.P. Board, stated this morning that while it was essential to make the usual preparations to…

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Local and General Bush Fire Brigades

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 2

Attention is directed to announcement in the advertising columns to-day of meetings of the Murrumbateman and Good Hope Bush Fire…

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False Call Mishap Sets Off Fire Alarm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 4

The automatic fire alarm at Conolly's flour mill, Sloane Street, was set off late yesterday afternoon when heat…

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Fire in Styx Advancing on 8-Mile Front

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: Over 5000 acres of forest in the Styx River area between Armidale and Kempsey, were…

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Fires Dying Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: The bushfires between Kempsey and Armidale are burning themselves out. The Chief District Forester…

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Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. As a result of the investigation into the bushfires which destroyed large areas of timber country in the north last…

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Bush Fire Prevention Week

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 8

The Shire President (Cr. J. A. Walton) has issued the following statement relative to Bush Fire Prevention Week: -- "Monday the 18th of November, is the opening…

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Cotta Wallet -- Pejar Bush Fire Brigade

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 9

The annual meeting of the brigade, held recently, was not as well attended as in previous years, various circumstances preventing several from…

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