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

Fires & bushfires, 1953

296 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 15

Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out at 6.30 p.m. yesterday to a chimney fire in a residence at the rear of Parlett's Garage…

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Fire Risk and Dirt Reduced by Blowers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 3

Messrs. D. L. Lawrence and Co. recently installed a simple but effective blower system to eliminate the danger of fire from…

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Fire in Panel Van

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 September 1953 · page 8

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out at 10.24 this morning to a fire in a panel van near the corner of Auburn and…

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Mine Fire Was Not Deliberate

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 September 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The fire in the Lithgow State coal mine was mot started deliberately or maliciously the Chief Inspector of…

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£40,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 3

A fire damaged' plant and stock worth £40,000 in a Camperdown costume jewellery factory yesterday…

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Rugby Fire Brigade

Boorowa News · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Rugby Bush Fire Brigade was held at the local hall recently. Quite a lot of business was…

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Charge of Lighting Fire Dismissed Local Man Given Benefit Of Doubt

Boorowa News · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 10

The charge against Lionel Lawrence James Short, invalid pensioner that he set fire to land was dismissed by…

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Bushfires Food Accounts Mr. H. E. Messer Invited To Meet Shire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 4

To bring to finality the reimbursement of money paid for food accounts incurred in bushfire fighting, Mr. H. E. Messer,…

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Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade extinguished a chimney fire at 133 Kinghorne Street yesterday evening. The fire broke out at…

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Equipment For Gunning Shire Fire Brigades

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 2

Gunning Shire Council will distribute more than £600 worth of equipment to the various bush fire brigades in its area. This was stated at a meeting…

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New Fire-Fighting Unit For Gunning

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 1

Gunning Shire Council has agreed to purchase a powerful trailer pump unit for the protection of property in…

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£100,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Fire early to-day swept through Melbourne Technical College, destroyed two stories and…

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Bushfire Campaign

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 3

The Chief Secretary's Department is soliciting the ci-operation of Goulburn City Council in bushfire campaign, with the…

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Fire in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 1

The weather was fine and warm in Sydney to-day for the annual Labour Day march, in which 10,000 unionists took part. It was…

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Motor Cycle on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 6

A motor cycle was severely damaged by fire in Lagoon Street early on Saturday evening, when the engine backfired…

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Fine Display By Fire Brigade

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 6

Goulburn Fire Brigade, under the direction of Station Officer P. Farrell, last night gave an educational…

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Campaign To Beat Bushfires

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 7

In view of the dry conditions experienced during the winter months, the summer of 1953-54 could be…

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District Shires to Confer on Bushfire Units

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 6

A conference will be held between e representatives of the Mulwaree, Crookwell, Gunning and Mittagong Shirts, together with bushfire brigades in these areas, with a view to re-organising the present set-up of bushfire…

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Brigade Called To Three Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 2

Goulburn Fire Brigade answered three calls at the weekend. The first call, at 10.35 on Saturday morning, was to a…

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Bush Fire Brigades' Conference Poorly Attended Allocation of Equipment Deferred

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 5

Only seven district brigades were represented at the annual conference of Bush Fire Brigades, held in the Crookwell Shire Chambers on Friday morning last…

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