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

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Fire's Beauty by Night Miles Of Lights

Boorowa News · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

That a thing so beautiful could be sd destructive was hard to believe when one gazed across the fire's…

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Volunteer Fire Fighting Group Urged For A.C.T.

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 8

The Council of A.C.T. Progress and Welfare Associations will ask the panel investigating the recent bushfires in Canberra…

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Grass Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called to two false alarms and three grass fires over the weekend…

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Fire Danger at. District Hospital Hydrants To Be Installed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 2

FIRE HYDRANTS will be installed at the District Hospital for use in an emergency…

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Bushfire Effects Long-Lived

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 5

Although the immediate effects of the bushfires in burned-out country may not be obvious now, the future effects will be felt…

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Bushfires Started By Railway Engines, Cigarette Butts? Investigation by Mr. Sheahan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Transport, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., stated last week he is having investigations made into…

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£100,000 Bushfires

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 2

At Gundagai, in the recent bushfires, it is estimated that approximately 160,000 acres of valuable pasture land were burnt,…

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Bush Fire Damages

Boorowa News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

Mr. C. W. Kenny (Shire Clerk) advises that Mr. F. J.Cahill, MLA, visited the Boorowa Council Chambers on…

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Bushfires Cause Electricity Interruptions

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 5

A number of interruptions to supply of electricity from Port Kembla took place in this district during the…

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What To Expect After Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 5

Flooding of rivers and streams this winter, followed by poor intakes into the Hume reservoir next summer, could be…

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8000 Steel Posts for Fire Areas

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

The first allocation of 8000 steel fencing posts under the N.S.W. Bushfire Relief Committee's scheme to assist distressed…

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Preparations For Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

Red Cross and Police Headquarters have co-operated to enable Red Cross to be ready for bushfires emergencies in the…

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Taxation Relief For Bushfire Sufferers Officials to Visit Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 2

Officers of the Taxation Department and Department of Commerce and Agriculture will visit Yass on March 3 to enable…

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Bushfire Control in New South Wales

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 3

The Liberal Party conference at Bowral at the week-end urged the N.S.W. Government to empower local councils to determine the areas and periods in which burning off should be…

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Bush Fire Aid

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 2

A very successful card party with competitions was held at the house of Mrs. Crowther, Colector, in aid of the bushfire…

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When Is a Fire "Open?"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 4

Seeking a definition of the words "A fire in the open," Cr. M. Mackay, at the last meeting of the Snowy River Shire…

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£51 for Bushfire Victims

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 6

On Monday of last week, the Taralga branch of the Country Women's Association held a most successful afternoon tea, the…

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Who Should Pay? Loss of Telephones in Bush Fires

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 2

In the House of Representatives Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., raised the question of replacement of telephones destroyed in bush fires…

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When Is a Fire “Open?”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 3

Seeking a definition of the words “A fire in the open," Cr. M. Mackay, at the last meeting of the Snowy River Shire…

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Coolalie Fire Suggestion of Compensation

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 4

At Tuesday’s Shire meeting Cr. Johnson asked if any application had been received from Coolalie ratepayers respecting…

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