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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 5 of 11

From Everywhere Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 4

A chimney fire at the home of Mrs. Isobel Morgan, of 12 Eldon Street. was extinguished by the Goulburn Fire Brigade…

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Mysterious Fire Plane Damaged At Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 3

Between 2 p.m. on Sunday and noon yesterday, a Tiger Moth aircraft was partly destroyed…

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Fires Rage In Fukui Only Three Of 37,000 Buildings Left

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 3

TOKYO, Tuesday: Fires visible 30 miles away are blazing in the shattered city of Fukui (population 85,000) the centre of the major earthquake that rocked central Japan yesterday…

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£50,000 Fire at Cootamundra

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA: Damage estimated at nearly £50,000 was caused by fire which gutted the store o[?]…

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£50,000 Fire at Cootamundra

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

Damage estimated at nearly £50,000 was caused by fire which gutted the store of Solomon, Cohen and Co., Ltd. early last…

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Earth Still Greater Than Man Sky-High Volcano Fires Forests, Boils Lake

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 8

JOHANNESBURG: A new volcano has been formed from a tremendous eruption in the Belgian Congo which made the atom bomb seem like a cracker. After three weeks it is already 300ft. high and gives a spectacle…

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DEAF & Dumb Institute on Fire 64 Children Rescued Death of a Helper

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: A middle-aged. man collapsed and died while helping nuns of the Sacred Heart order to rescue 64 deaf…

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Another Frost Fire Brigade Kept Busy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

Another heavy frost was experienced in Goulburn this morning when the mercury fell to 26 degrees…

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Volunteers on the Job Fire Service In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

Although Goulburn's permanent firemen are on strike, a 24-hour service will be maintained by members…

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Bethlehem Is Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Wed: Christ's birthplace, Bethlehem, came under Jewish artillery fire yesterday as the Arabs and Jews…

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Cease Fire Ordered in Palestine Sanctions Hint Given By U.N.

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

LAKE SUCESS, Thursday: By eight votes to one, with two absentions, the Security Council last night decided that the situation in Palestine constituted a threat to peace under Article 39 of the United Nations Charter. Syria voted against the motion and Argentina and China abstained…

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Orders Given for Cease Fire Victory For United Nations

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: Both Arabs and Jews yesterday issued orders to their forces throughout Palestine to cease fighting at 3 p.m. (G.M.T.—1 a.m. today, Sydney time) in compliance with the United…

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A Risky Cease Fire Syrians Are Accused Of Breaking The Truce

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The United Nations' second attempt at a cease fire and truce in Palestine has got off to a risky start with an official announcement from Baghdad that Iraq and Syria have rejected…

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Fire Brigade's Busy Time

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade members had a busy time last night, when they answered three calls in an hour and a half…

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Fire in Early Morning Two Floors Gutted

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: A fire early this morning, gutted the two top storeys of Ballarat House, in Wentworth Avenue, causing…

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Fire Razes Hut

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 3

A fire which broke out in a two-roomed hut at Narrabundah; A.C.T., destroyed all the belongings of its occupants. Mr. Arthur…

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Bush Fire Warning Letter To Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 1

Before and during the 1948-49 summer there is likely to be a fire danger as serious as any since 1930…

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Two Fire Calls

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 8

Goulburn Fire Brigade answered two calls in a period of 20 minutes on Saturday afternoon…

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No Returning Of Fire Arabs Accept A New Proposal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: Arab leaders have accepted a proposal by the United Nations mediator in Palestine, Count…

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Bush Fire Birgade Delegates Meet Many Important Matters Discussed

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

A meeting of Bush Fire Brigade delegates was held in the Boorowa Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon last when matters…

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