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

Fires & bushfires, 1949

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Australia Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 4

MANILA, Monday (A.A.P. Reuter): An editorial in the "Manila Times," Manila's leading morning newspaper…

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£60,000 Damage Caused by Fire at Air Force Depot

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: More that £60,000 damage was caused when fire gutted the control building at the Schofield R.A.A.F. Station early to-day…

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Five Fires in a Building

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Arson Squad detectives investigating five fires in a city building last night, to-day found several matches…

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Communism Under Fire Fifth Column In Every Land

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

"I am sick and tired of hearing Communism spoken of as another political party. I have heard the Socialist leader say in another place, But you can't prevent people from thinking as they want to…

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57 Lives Lost in U.S. TRAGEDY Hospital Proves To Be Fire Trap

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Fifty-seven lives were lost in the disastrous fire which destrous Saint Anthony Hospital at Effingham, an Illinois town of about 8000 people, on Monday night…

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Inverell Flour Mill Burnt Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

INVERELL: Damage of more than 40,000 was caused when a fire gutted the premises of the Inverell Milling Company early…

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Canberra Fire Occupant Burned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 8

A fire developed at the home of H: Hayword butcher, of 21 Limestone Avenue, Reid, Canberra and it badly burnt a…

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Fire Calls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 5

According to figures released this morning by the Goulburn Fire Brigade, the total number of fires so far this year now…

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Tragic Fire on Steamer

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 3

GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR: Fire destroyed the steamer Farahon, near Port Bolivar on Saturday, killing many of its…

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Goulburn Lands Office Under Fire Criticism Is Examined

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 4

Mr. B. M. Turvey described the Goulburn Lands Office as a "filthy, decrepit old dump,which has not been painted for 50 years." Mr. Turvey was speakin at…

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Narrow Escape of Five Men £30,000 Fire At Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 4

LITHGOW: Five workmen narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon, when fire destroyed a giant water-cooling tower at Lithgow power station. Two of the men were working high on the tower, which would have been completed…

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Fires Among Pines on Sooley Warning To Trespassers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 4

Commenting at the meeting of the City Council last night on fires which had occurred in the afforestation area on the Sooley, the Mayor. Aid. Hollis, issued a warning to the public, especially the younger people, that, on account of the danger…

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From Everywhere Rubbish On Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 4

A small. quantity of rubbish, which caught fire near the Goulburn Saleyards was extinguished by the fire Brigade…

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Proposal to Reduce Fire Brigade Staff

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

It is expected that the number of permanent officers. on the Goulburn Fire Brigade staff will soon be reduced from three to one. This proposed reduction…

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From Everywhere Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 4

Chimney Fire. Goulburn Fire Brigade members extinguished a chimney fire in a cottage at 187 Bourke…

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Fire Brigade £547 Paid To Volunteers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 1

According to information submitted to Goulburn aldermen last night, volunteers attached to the local Fire…

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Fire at Main Roads Board Premises

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a small wooden fence at the Main Roads Board premises in Cooma Street was found to be on fire. The Fire…

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From Everywhere Smoke and Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

A lightning flash struck the cigar from the mouth of Jack Hendrick at Camden (Arkansas). He was unhurt…

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The Fire Was Still There

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Eighty-three-year-old Adalph Sabat (Democrat) from Illinois, got tangled with 69-year-old…

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Three Fire Calls

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade attended three fires between Thursday and Saturday. The first call came on…

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