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

Fires & bushfires, 1950

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Fighting Fires Trucks Used

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY: Bushfires in the Brewarrina district are still smouldering and fire fighters are patrolling a huge area to…

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Fire at Wagga

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

After a grass fire ten miles from Wagga last week had been confined to a three-mile front, a gust of wind blew it out of…

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R.a.a.f. on Bush Fire Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The bushfire spotting service of the R.A.A.F. was alerted for the first time to-day…

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Hot, Windy Days Will Increase Bushfire Risk

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

A succession of hot, windy days would dangerously increase the possibility of bush fires, stated the District Stock Inspector, Mr. F. Hildred, at a meeting of the Goulburn Pastures…

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Goulburn Fires For 1949

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade answered 105 calls during the past year, Forty-eight were to actual fires,…

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Car on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 4

The engine, upholstery and bodywork of a utility truck were severely damaged as a result of a fire on…

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£10,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by, fire at a shoe factory at Petersham to-day…

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37 Bodies Found After Mental Ward Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday: Fireman yesterday abandoned the search for other, possible victims of the fire which destroyed the three-storey mental ward of the Mercy Hospital at Davenport,…

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Two Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2

The contents of a garage at the rear of 83 Kinghorne Street were severely damaged by fire at 1 o'clock this afternoon…

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Fire Averted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 3

Mr. E. G. Smith, returned from the Soldiers’ Club to his fruit and vegetable shop near the Memorial Hall about 11 o’clock on Sunday…

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Fire Calls

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a rubbish fire on a vacant block off Bradley Street at 4 o'clock yesterday…

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Local Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 5

A wood stack and portion of a fence were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The fire, which occured at…

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Fire Captains

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

The Mulwaree Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided to re-issue authority cards to captains of volunteer…

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Saw Mill Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

Firemen fought for nearly an hour early this afternoon, to bring a fire in the yard of the Goulburn Saw…

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Murder Charge Outcome Of Fire At Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday: Twenty-three year old Mrs. Enora Epperly has been charged with first degree murder,…

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Bush Fires Danger Period

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 1

The menace of bush fires is again emphasised and during the period from December 9, 1949 to March 31,…

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Five Tents On Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: When a pressure stove exploded in a tent at Bundeen, a camping ground near Cronulla, early to-day fire…

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Truck on Fire Gear For Snowy Is Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA: A large motor truck carrying four engines and other equipment from Sydney to Cooma for the Snowy…

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£400,000 Fire in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE: A spectacular fire which destroyed a huge quantity of wool, tallow and skins last night…

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Backyard Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

The sounding of the siren at the fire station at 11.30 on Friday morning last attracted quite a large gathering to the…

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