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

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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From Everywhere Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire last night at 10 Walker Street. It was extinguished with a garden…

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Fire On Auburn St. Site

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Goulburn firemen last night broke glass in the front door of an Auburn Street shop to reach a fire…

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No Cease Fire with Reds: U. N. Attitude

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 3

LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday: Despite the failure of the United Nations' cease fire group to mediate with Chinese Communists on Korea, the United States ready to negotiate with Peking Regime at an "appropriate time and appropriate forum."…

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Fire in Park

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

Several panels of fencing, a small area of grass and a length of hedge were destroyed in a fire at Victoria Park yesterday…

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Orange Fire Calls

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 6

Orange Fire Brigade answered 69 calls during 1950, 66 of them requiring attention. The total number included three false…

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£4 Million Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday: Damage estimated at more than £4,464,286 was caused by a fire which swept…

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Busy Year for Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

Although 1950 was a record wet year, the total number of fires to which Goulburn Fire Brigade was called was well above the previous year's total, and only 13 under the…

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Fire Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 6

Last year's Melbourne fire total was a record. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade attended 5020…

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Lightning Starts Fire At Narrawa

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

A fire broke out on A. G. Mahoney's "Sunnyside" property at Narrawa at about 9.30 a.m. Monday morning…

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Funeral Held-up While Grass Fire Extinguished

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

The funeral of the late Mrs. K. Ford, of Wangalo, Peelwood, was held-up while the menfolk attending the funeral extinguished a grass fire which broke-out on the deceased's property at Peelwood, on Monday…

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Fire Delayed Funeral

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 2

A funeral was held up at Crookwell last Monday while men attending it extinguished a grass fire which…

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Local Bushfire Hazard

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 1

A prolific growth of grass and herbage, which had dried off was creating a bushfire hazard throughout the district. This was stated yesterday by the Stock Inspector, Mr. F…

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Fire Brigades

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

If metropolitan officers and men of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade decide to strike in Sydney on January 24, country station…

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New Year's Eve Blaze Home Near Bendick Totally Destroyed

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 3

A fire on New Year's Eve completely destroyed a residence at Bendick Murrell…

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First Fire Outbreak in District 10 Acres Of Grass Burnt At "Redbank" Efficient Work by Frogmore Brigade

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 5

Smart and efficient work on the part of the Frogmore Bush Fire Brigade, assisted by many volunteers, was…

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Grass Fires

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

Severe lightning on Saturday night set a tree alight on Mr. Noel Eedy’s property, “Blackburn,” but fortunately rain…

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Fires in Queensland

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE: Bushfires are raging over thousands of square miles and causing damage to property and stock in the…

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Floods, Fires and Polio

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE: Floods and bushfires are sweeping a great area of Queensland. At Charlesville, in the southwest,…

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China Rejects U.N. Cease Fire Proposals Quick Answer By America

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. : Communist China has rejected the United Nations' proposals for cease fire in Korea, but a counter proposal by its Foreign Minister, Chouen En-Iai, offering a seven-nation…

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Threw Nail Polish Into-fire Woman Seriously Injured By Explosion

Boorowa News · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 4

Mrs. J. H. Commins, of Junee. was involved in an extraordinary accident at her home recently. It was one of those simple…

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