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

Fires & bushfires, 1953

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Railways Will Co-operate to Lessen Fire Risk

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 4

Government Railways' maintenance engineer (Mr. Hardie) told the annual bush-fire, brigades' conference that his department, would endeavour to co-operate with the…

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Fire Fighting Unit For Municipality

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 8

The Associated Bushfires Brigade has agreed to station a fire fighting unit within the Municipality…

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No Fire Danger in Yass Yet

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 8

“It is a ridiculous date for a fire danger period to be proclaimed in this district,” Ald. A. J. H. Shannon said on Monday night…

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Food Caught Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called to a residence in Elizabeth Street, East Goulburn, at 8.43 a.m. on Saturday when a…

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£30,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Fire to-day almost totally destroyed the Preston Ice arid cool stores, and caused more than £30,000…

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Blaze Amongst Loading On Local Firm's Truck

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 1

[?]ire broke out amongst [?]ding on a truck owned by local firm of Carey's[?]short[?] after it left a warehouse…

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Police Forced to Leave Fire Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Sydney detectives to-day abandoned investigations into last night's £150,000 fire because…

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Bushfire Prevention

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

The summer bushire prevention campaign will open officially on Monday, November 2…

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Showground Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 October 1953 · page 3

Fire destroyed three sideshows worth £2000 at Lismore Showground yesterday…

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Cigarette Cause of Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 October 1953 · page 3

Police and firemen believe a cigarette started the big fire in Sydney on Wednesday night. The fire, which destroyed…

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Small Fire Drew Crowd On Saturday Night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 3

Firemen were summoned from the Liberty Theatre on Saturday night and a crowd was attracted as the fire siren blew and the…

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Fire In Local Cafe Building

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 2

A fire in the Occidental Cafe, 237 Auburn Street, yesterday afternoon caused severe damage to portion of…

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Soviet Under Fire For Germ War Charges

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Soviet Russia was again under fire in the United Nations to-day as Britain, Australia and New Zealand vigorously denounced…

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£14/10/-Day for Hospital Light, Fuel Nurses’ Home “Blaze of Lights” Radiators All Night in Bedrooms

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 6

District Hospital Board directors received a shock at the Board meeting on Friday night when they were told by the secretary (Mr. K. F. J. Hartigan) that die accounts for electricity, gas, wood and coke for the…

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Fire Danger Period May Be Fixed by Local Authorities

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 1

The Bushfire Committee, of the Chief Secretary’s Department is considering a motion from the Shires Association annual…

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£449 for Shire in Payment of Bushfire Fighting Food Accounts

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 4

Goodradogbee Shire Council has received a cheque for £449/14/1 for food consumed by bushfire fighters over the past three years. The Council had asked for £565 5 2 from the Bushfires Relief Committee, but the…

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Chimney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade answered a call at 8.20 p.m. yesterday, to a chimney fire in a residence at No. 63 Bradley…

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200 Run From Sydney Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Fire to-day raged through the top floor of a three-storey factory building 20 workers fleeing into…

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Boys Started Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 November 1953 · page 1

Two boys admitted to detectives yesterday that they started the fire which caused an explosion in a Mascot factory on…

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Bushfire Danger

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 November 1953 · page 1

Serious bushfire danger threatens the patched North Coast, the chairman of the State Bushfire Committee, Mr. H. E. Messer,…

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