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

Fires & bushfires, 1948

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

Fire Destroys Pasture Good Work By Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 5

A fire broke out this morning on "Corrinyah," the home of Mr. J. Green. About 40. acres of pasture were…

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200 Fruit Trees Damaged Fire At McReynolds’ Orchard

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 3

A fire which swept through portion of Messrs. B. McReynolds & Sons orchard, “Ashby,” on Friday…

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Burning Fire Breaks. Shire May Grant Permission Under Certain Conditions

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 1

At last week’s meeting of the Shire Council, permission was granted to burn fire breaks, under conditions which it was considered Would be reasonably safe…

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Big Hangar On Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

EVANS HEAD: A large fire, which, broke out in the hangar of the R.A.A.F. station at Evans field at about 10.30 to-day is…

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Bushfires at Katoomba

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

KATOOMBA: Bushfires, racing uncontrolled through miles of heavily-timbered country in the Blue Mountains area, were…

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Evans Head Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 5

An explosion followed the fire reported yesterday, which destroyed several planes in a hangar at Evans Head aerodrome…

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Petrol for Fire Fighters?

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

An emergency allowance of petrol should be made available to people with equipment for fighting bushfires, said Mr. H…

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Fire at Yass Orchard Swept

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 8

A fire which recently swept through portion of Messrs. B. McReynolds and Sons orchard, Yass, damaged 200 fruit trees…

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Bowning Fire Caused By Boys Robbing Bees’ Nest

Yass Tribune-Courier · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2

After inquiries made by the police, it dm established that the fire at Bowning Iast Sunday who caused by two…

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Boorowa Shire Council Bush Fire Prevention and Control

The Burrowa News · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 6

IN VIEW of prevailing conditions all residents of the Shire are requested to exercise the utmost caution, in preventing Bush Fire Outbreaks. If a…

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Disastrous District Bush-fire Sheep, Wheat, Hay Destroyed: Miles of Fencing Burnt

The Burrowa News · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

ONE OF THE WORST BUSHFIRES IN THE HISTORY OF THE YOUNG DISTRICT BROKE OUT ON S. A: CHAPPLE'S PROPERTY, KINGS VALE, ON SATURDAY, AT ABOUT MID-DAY. FANNED BY A STRONG CHOPPY WIND, THE FIRE EXTENDED TO TIVERTON,…

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From Everywhere Grass Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 4

A grass fire on a vacant allotment in Werriwa Street was extinguished yesterday by firemen who used a garden hose…

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Fire Fighter Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

One of the men who fought the bushfire at Young this week met with an accident which resulted in his right elbow being…

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Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

Two more bushfires in the Young district have caused the destruction of a total of over another 1000 acres of grass, as…

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£1,000,000 FOREST Danger From Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 3

More than £1,000,000 worth of timber in the pine reservations, adjacent to Canberra area, will be menaced, if bushfires occur…

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From Everywhere Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 2

Bush fires swept across the Pacific Highway two miles north of the Hawkesbury River bridge last night. By midnight gullies…

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Goulburn Fires A Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 1

Fires over the Christmas holiday period brought the total number of calls answered by the Goulburn…

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