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

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Bushfires Should Be Reported: “A Matter Of Urgency”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Mulwaree Shire Clerk Mr. R. [?]. Penman, appealed to landholders in the immediate vicinity of a bushfire to…

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Suspicious Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The chief of the C.I.B., Superintendent C. J. Delaney, has assigned detectives to investigate the £70,000 fire…

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Fires in Open Banned

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

Following representations made to the Bushfire Committee to reimpose the total ban on fires in the…

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Two Fires at Railway Yards

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

The Fire Brigade attended two small fires in the loco portion of the yards at Yass Town railway station on Tuesday night. A…

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2,500 Acres Burnt In Godfrey's Creek Bush Fire Very Light Stock Loss: 200 Fighters on Job

Boorowa News · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

The fire which raged through Godfrey's Creek properties on Friday last resulted in the loss of over 2,500 acres of grazing land and reserve and over 10 miles of fence, but very few stock perished…

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Fires in Open Air

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced to-day that he had prohibited the lighting of fires in the open air…

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Fire Scare at Frogmore

Boorowa News · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

There was quite a stir at Frogmore on Sunday night about 9 p.m. when a tree on the racecourse caught fire…

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Second Fire At Grand Hotel

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 3

Fire broke out yesterday afternoon in garages at the rear of the Grand Hotel for the second time in just over a fortnight…

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Fire in Room

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

The interior of a lounge room in a house in Cowper Street was severely damaged yesterday afternoon when a short circuit…

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"Springfield" Outbreak 90 Sheep Perish In Fire At Stud

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

Ninety stud sheep, valued at nearly £1,200, were destroyed in a fire which burnt out 300 acres of a property 12 miles from Goulburn yesterday…

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Fire-less Picnics

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

If you plan a picnic next weekend—Anniversary Day weekend—you won't be able to light a fire. The Chief Secretary,…

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£6000 Fire Guts Nerriga Sawmill

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

A spectacular fire has destroyed a £6,000 sawmill at Nerriga 40 miles from Goulburn…

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Bush Fire Near Kenmore Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 5

Goulburn Fire Brigade, assisted by officers of Kenmore Mental Hospital and civilians in the vicinity, yesterday extinguished a bush fire within a foot of a large shied at the rear of a home in Kenmore pleasure grounds…

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Bush Fire Hazard Is Now High to Extreme Shire President's Message

Boorowa News · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

The Shire President (Councillor A. G. Gorham) has supplied the following message in connection with Bush Fire…

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Bush Fire Workers Are Protected Benefits Of Workers' Compensation Apply For Death Or Injury

Boorowa News · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

It is not generally known in the Boorowa district that all bushfire workers are entitled to workers'…

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Big Fire in Lismore

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: A fire in Lis- more to-day gutted two chain stores, doing £20,000 worth of damage, and…

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6 Miles of Railway Burnt Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 4

About six miles of the railway line south of Queanbeyan was destroyed in the fire which raged to the…

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Wood Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 4

Fire broke out in a large stack of wood at Gulson's brickworks on Friday afternoon. Goulburn Fire Brigade was…

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New Method To Fight Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

A revolutionary method of fire fighting with steam log that has been developed in Miami, Florida, could, if…

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A Month of Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

Anniversary Day or Australia Day is one historic significance but of late years it is becoming a day…

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