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

Fires & bushfires, 1950

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Serious Blow to Railways Stores Lost In Fire Hard To Replace

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Railways Department would find it hard to replace the reserve stores destroyed yesterday in the fire at Lilyfield, near Leichhardt, a railway official said last night…

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Bush Fire Radio Committee Wants Radio Operators

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 1

Radio, operators of either sex are required for Mulwaree Shire's Bush Fire Radio Committee…

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Another Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 4

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out to a chimney fire last night. The blaze occurred at 59 Addison Street at about…

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Two Men Hurt In Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Fifty men and women fled to safety when a fire occurred in a factory on the Parramatta Road, Summer…

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P.P. Board's Ratepayers Under Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

Outstanding ratepayers were criticised at Goulburn Pastures Protection Board's meeting yesterday, following a report on the…

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Appeal Nets 3 Operators Bush Fire C'tee

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 4

As a result of an appeal made recently in the Evening Post, Mulwaree Shire's Bush Fire Radio Committee has…

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Bush Fire Brigades Take No Chances Executive Officers Confer in Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 3

Following a prolific winter rainfall, the bush fire hazard this summer is expected to be as serious as any in the long bush fire experience of the State. Crookwell district brigades…

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Bush Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 3

The recent Bush Fire Conference in Queanbeyan was attended by Crs. McIntosh, O'Brien and Clements, of the…

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Bush Fires And Compensation

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 3

During a discussion on bush fire matters to-day. Cr. Stan Hunt told Mulwaree Shire Council that there seemed to be some…

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Gunning Bush Fire Brigades Annual Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Gunning Shire Fire Brigades was held in the Council office last Saturday…

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Fire Call

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 2

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out to extinguish a fire in a chimney at 99 Bradley Street at 5.40 p.m. yesterday. A…

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Crookwell Bushfire Brigade Meeting

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 5

Crookwell bushfire brigades supported their work by a large attendance at the Crookwell Council Chambers…

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Careless Smokers Cause Most Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 1

Careless smoking. is America's greatest single cause of fire, states C. Lester Walker in the October Reader's Digest. In the United States last year the careless dropping of cigarette butts led to 155,000 fires. In New York City alone, cigarette…

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Coffee Palace Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 8

Police and the Fire Brigade Were called to a fire in a room at the Coffee Palace in Sloane Street early yesterday morning…

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Last Fierce Fighting For Seoul City Lit By Red Flames Of Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 September 1950 · page 5

TOKYO, Mon.: American marines hoisted the Stars and Stripes on a ridge in Seoul overlooking the railway station late yesterday…

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Big Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: A fire which broke out on No. 5 wharf, Glebe, last night, caused damage estimated at £100,000…

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Fires in Adelaide

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 3

ADELAIDE: Two fires in the metropolitan area caused damage estimated at many thousands, of pounds. One was…

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Fire Brigade Capt. Hadfield Resigning Captaincy

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 1

Mr. T. J. Smith, president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., announced at the presentation of medals to Yass…

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Communications in Times of Bush Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 1

The Postmaster-General (the Hon. H. L. Anthony, M.P.) announced this week that the Post Office will, as in past…

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Bushfires and Telephones

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 4

The Postmaster-General (the Hon. H. L. Anthony, M.P.) announced this week that the post Office will, as in past years,…

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