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

Fires & bushfires, 1951

289 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 13 of 15

From Everywhere Riverina Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

The first bushfire of any size in Riverina burnt out about 1000 acres of valuable grassland on "Moorong" Station, about five…

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£100,000 Fire Breaks Out in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A petrol motor explosion slightly injured two men and set fire to three floors on a building in Reservoir St. City, this morning. The injured ones were: Bryan…

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Truman On The Cease Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

KEY WEST, Florida: President Truman has declared here that the United Nations will continue to bring…

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Phoney "Cease Fire" Comes to an End

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 5

TOKYO, Friday: Communist jets, in record-breaking numbers, streaked through the clear Korean skies yesterday to challenge Allied air supremacy. Allied fighters tangled with 265…

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Fire At Frogmore Mine Tent and Clothes Destroyed

Boorowa News · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

Last week a fire broke out in one of the tents used by workmen at the Frogmore Wolfram Mine. The tent was…

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Nine Fire Calls Over Week-end

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 4

A small shed was totally destroyed by fire in Goulburn on Saturday morning. Goulburn fire brigade attended the call, which was one of nine received between Friday and Sunday nights…

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First Bushfire Th[?]mer: 100 Acres Burnt

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 2

YASS had its first bush fire this summer when 100 acres of heavily grassed country on the Bidgee was…

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Bushfire Danger

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Forestry authorities and Weather Bureau officials fear that the scorching inland heat and strong winds will…

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Crookwell District Residents Bush Fire Conscious 13 Brigades Represented at Annual Meeting

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 11

Speaking at last Friday's annual Bush Fire Brigades' c[?]nference, held in the Shire Chambers, President, Mr. S. A. Cullen said he considered that the Crookwell Shire brigades were among the best equipped in the State…

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School Pupils Warned of Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 1

Bush fire dangers were impressed on the pupils of Crookwell District Rural School last week when Mr. S. A. Cullen, chairman of the Bush Fire Executive for many years…

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Fire Down Below

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

“La Paz (Bolivia) is the highest capital in the world and, incidentally, the only one which has no fire, brigade, since no fire can…

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Citizens Urged To Help Prevent Fires In City

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 5

Citizens should arrange fire-breaks around their properties without waiting for notices to be served on…

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Fire in a New Building

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 8

An area of tar paper insulation was destroyed by fire in the roof of a new building. In Elizabeth Street, Garfield,…

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70 Sheep Incinerated in “Springrove” Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 2

60 to 70 wethers were destroyed in a bushfire on Mr. Pat Cooke’s “Springrove” property, Bango, yesterday. The wethers were valued at about £4/10/-per head…

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Caught in Time Unusual Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 2

Good work by the local firebrigade under Captain Fred Sheridan prevented a possible…

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Fire Brigade Kept Busy

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade answered seven fire calls at the week-end. Five calls were to grass fires…

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Wind Spreads Fire Danger

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: Fire fighters in the Blue Mountains area were alerted this morning when high westerly winds swept across…

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Firemen Carry Water to Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

Goulburn firemen carried water more than 200 yards from nearby residences to put out a bushfire on Rocky Hill yesterday afternoon. The fire burned out several…

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Fire Alarm Hoses Must Be Turned Off

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 2

DURING the next few months when the fire hazard is at its highest, all hoses must be turned off for one hour immediately the…

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£500 Damage to Car in Grass Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Gorman’s 1951 Riley car was severely damaged in a fire in a paddock at the rear of the Inter. High School on Friday…

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