Big Fire on Harbour
SYDNEY: A spectacular fire early this morning gutted the shipyards of B. J. Halvorsen at Berry's Bay,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
181 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 10
Fire Burns Shed, Wood
A fire Which apparently spread from a burning pile of refuse in the back yard of a Goulburn home yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Captain's Flat Fire
Sir,—The Board's attention has been directed to an article which appeared in your journal of November 6 under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain's Flat and Fire Outbreaks
In an interview yesterday, Cr. H. Lidden, representing Captain's Flat on the Ya[?]rowlumla Shire Council, said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Breaks Protection for Buildings
GOODRADIGBEE Shire Council will impress on ratepayers the wisdom of providing bushfire breaks for the protection of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Wet Year, But Many Fires
Despite the fact that 1950 has been the wettest year in local history, the number of fires to which Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire
Goulburn Fire Brigade received a call to a grass fire at East Goulburn yesterday afternoon. It was extinguished by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Burned In Bedroom Fire Baby's Hair Alight
A man, his wife and their seven-months-old daughter suffered severe second degree burns when a methylated spirit stove overturned in their bedroom on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Danger "Summer Could Be Most Serious" Says Expert
This summer could well be one of the most serious fire dangers in the State's history, according to State Bush Fire Committee Secretary, Mr. A. G. Kingsmill. The statement is contained in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Fire Calls
Goulburn Fire Brigade received two calls to fires yesterday afternoon. Shortly after midday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Brigades Preparing
BOOROWA District Bush Fire Brigrades are making preparations to meet bush fire dangers that exist with the prolific growth of grass around…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Close Call by Fire
SYDNEY: A young couple and their 9-months-old baby narrowly escaped being burned to death when fire gutted the Hollywood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire Sweeps Taubmans
SYDNEY: Deafening explosions rocked the district as fires swept through Taubman's paint and varnish factory at St. Peters this morning. Forty-four gallon drums of oil and blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Calls
Yesterday's high temperature gave Goulbun Fire Brigade its first call to a grass fire this summer…
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Goulburn Fire Brigade yesterday extinguished two grass fires on vacant land. Shortly before midday a grass…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Rages on 110-Mile Front
SYDNEY: Huge losses of stock are feared in the bushfires which are raging along a 110-mile front on the N.S.W.-S.A. border. In N.S.W. the blaze is burnng…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.N. Cease Fire Proposal
LAKE SUCCESS, Tues,: Britain and the United States to-day told the United Nations political committee that they supported the proposal of the 13 Asian and Middle East countries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gunning News Fire at Oolong
At about 7 p.m. on Saturday, 2nd December, 1950, a fire broke out at the Railway camp, at Oolong Siding. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Cease Fire" Plan Rejected by Russia Trick, Says Malik
LAKE SUCCESS, Wed.: Russia has rejected the Arab-Asian plan for a Korean cease fire on the ground that the United States and Britain would use the truce to prepare their forces for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires May Be Grave Threat To Landholders In Boorowa District Residents Asked to Take Every Precaution to Prevent a Major Conflagration
THERE IS NOW DEFINITELY A DANGER OF BUSHFIRES THROUGHOUT THE BOOROWA DISTRICT DURING THE COMING WEEKS, AND EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO MAKE THE PEOPLE CONSCIOUS OF THE POSITION…
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