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

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Fire in Store

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 2

WENTWORTH: Fire broke out in a central shopping block at Wentworth early this morning…

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200 Fight Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Nearly 200 men worked continuously last night to save two big properties in the Glenorie district, near Wind…

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Fire in Garages

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 1

Two garages at the rear of the Grand Hotel were slightly damaged by fire on Saturday afternoon and a sports model car…

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Big Blaze After Collision

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 3

A 22-year old petrol driver was prised from the cabin of the vehicle with a…

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Tank on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

A 16-gallon car petrol tank caught alight at a Goulburn garage yesterday as it was being repaired…

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Petrol Explosion, Spectacular Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday: A de-railed petrol tank truck of a goods train exploded at Hilliards, Ohio, starting…

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Two Men Dead After Quarrel, Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Two men died in hospital to-day after being severely burned in a petrol explosion at Swan. Hill last night. Police alleged that one of them…

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10,000 Jews March on Parl. Petrol Fires As Barriers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

JERUSALEM: Police flooded roads with petrol and set them ablaze here last night to keep 10,000 Jews from marching on Parliament, shouting "No tuck with Hitler's heirs."…

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Bushfires Should Be Reported: "A Matter Of Urgency"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 2

Mulwaree Shire Clerk, Mr. R. I. Penman, to-day appealed to landholders in the immediate vicinity of a…

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Lightning Starts Grass Fires

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

Two grass fires were started by lightning during a severe electric storm which passed over the Grabben Gullen district on Saturday evening, December 29…

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Fire Destroys Out-buildings on Grabben Gullen Property

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

Damage estimated at £ 1,900 was caused when fire gutted a storage shed and adjoining garage on a Grabben Gullen property late on Saturday night, December 29…

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Fire in Cars

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of fire in their cars. Mr. C. H. Napthali, chief…

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£40,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Damage estimated at more than £40,000 was caused by a fire which ignited thousands of…

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People Ignorant Re Reporting Fires Serious Position At present the bush fire danger is very serious

Boorowa News · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

With this in mind a "News'" representative asked many landowners in the Boorowa district how they would go about…

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Eagle Caused Fire, Blackout

Yass Tribune-Courier · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

When an eagle touched a transformer on Messrs. two high tension wires near Shannon Bros., “Bogolara”…

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Liedertafel Toilets Under Fire Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

Toilet accommodation at Goulburn's Liedertafel Hail came under fire again last night at a meeting of…

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£200,000 Damage in Big Sydney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: About £200,000 damage was caused by a huge fire that destroyed storage sheds crammed with merchandise at St. Peters during the night. Firemen from many parts of…

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Xmas Presents, £70 in Cash, Lost in Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

WHEN an overseer’s cottage was destroyed by fire on Mr. Harold Connell’s “Dowan Hill” properly on December 23, the…

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Car on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

Fire broke out in the wiring of a 1935 model sedan car parked in front of Goulburn Railway Station early yesterday…

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GUNNING Bushfires Caused by Lightning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

During the Christmas and New Year holidays eight or nine bu[?]fires occurred in the district. At least half of these are…

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