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

Fires & bushfires, 1947

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Shack Destroyed Last Night's Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

Fire, which broke out about 10 o'clock last night, totally destroyed an unoccupied shack near the Kenmore Bridge last night…

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Strange Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY: It is believed that a fire bug set fire to a house at Flemington on Saturday night and then tried, to warn the fire…

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Threatened by Fire: Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 5

NANKING Monday: One hundred and fifty panic-stricken passengers and crew were drowned when…

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Fire in Bitumen

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Two persons are reported to have been injured, one seriously, in a fire which broke out in bitumen at…

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Station Home Destroyed Fire at Manildra

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 3

When a grazing station manager and his family returned to Manildra from Gumble they found that their…

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Home and Car Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 8

With only a few minutes to spare, occupants of a blazing house at Burgooney near Cootamundra, escaped in thier night…

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Garage:3 Cars Destroyed Spectacular Fire at Junee

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 5

JUNEE: One of the most spectacular fires in Junee's history occurred just at about midnight on Tuesday…

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Discipline Saved 50 Boarders Girls College on Fire at Burwood

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: While the flames lit the interior and smoke poured through the halls, 50 girl boarders of the…

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BUSHFIRES Graziers Association Centralisation of Brigades Feared

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

New South Wales Gra[?]’ Association decided to ask the Forestry Commitiion to carry out its [?]gan, “Prevent Bush…

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Ship on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Eight fire brigades were rushed from Glebe Island when a fire broke out on board a 9,000 tons overseas ship at No…

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Hotel Services Again Under Fire

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

Concern at the failure of the N.S.W country hotel accommodation service to improve is expressed by the N.R.M.A and…

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Huge Oil Blaze "Jews Will Pay"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Tuesday: A fire which caused damage unofficially estimated at £4,000,000 in oil installations…

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Tar Depot Blaze Long Job for Firemen

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

Firemen fought flames for nearly two labours last night before subduing an outbreak of fire at the City Council's…

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Clothes on Fire Petrol Explodes

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

Keith Ezard, aged 17, of Kerferd Street, Hampton 87, Melbourne, received extensive burns to the upper…

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Short-Wave Radio In Bush Fire Fighting

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 8

A fature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be the use of…

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By Short Wave Bushfire Control

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4

A feature of the Bush Fire. Advisory Committee's. Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year, will be…

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Blaze on Hume Highway £3,800 Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 8

Damage: estimated at more than £3800, was caused when a fire completely destroyed a semi-trailer truck, owned by Mr…

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Bush Fires Chief Secretary Has Not Direct Representative Reply to R.S.L.

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 2

Following the bush fire at Burrinjuck at the beginning of the year, the R.S.L., at the instigation of Mr. Will Davis, wrote to the Chief Secretary’s…

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Blaze on Hume Highway

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 4

Damage estimated at more than £3,800 was caused when a semitrailor truck owned by Mr. R. A. W. Beecroft, of Yerong Creek, near…

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Fire Razes Taralga Hall Residents Save Nearby Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 3

The Federal Hall at Taralga was completely destroyed early yesterday by fire, which, it is believed, started…

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