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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 4 of 15

Fire In Goulburn Street Premises

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

A fire broke out this morning above the celling of premises in Goulburn Street at present occupied…

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Fire at Marchmont

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon a large heap of dry grass and cuttings from trees in Cliff street, Marchmont, opposite the home of…

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Fire on Vacant Land

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out at 9 p.m. last night to a grass fire on vacant land near the intersection of…

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Second Water Failure Caused by Burnt Out Motor

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

A 60 h.p. MOTOR at the pumping station at North Yass, which burnt out a coil and developed a short circuit in the stator on…

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Fire Alarms

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

Goulburn police are investigating a malicious false alarm to which the Fire Brigade was called at 7.38 p.m., on Friday. The…

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Fire Scare at Knowlman's

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

A short-circuit in a fluorescent light in the crockery department of Knowlman's caused the fire brigade to be called out at…

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No Fire Fighting Unit for Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 4

Fallowing inquiries by the Municipal Council it hat been decided not to purchase a fire fighting unit for use in the…

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Bush Fire Danger Period Extended

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

The Bush Fire Danger Period has been extended to April 30, and a notice to this effect has been published in the…

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At Least 14 Dead In U.S. Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

CHICAGO, Thursday: A least 14 persons were burned to death and at least another 30 injured in fires which, swept through a factory and a nursery in Chicago to-day…

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Big Texas Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 1

DALLAS (TEXAS), Sunday: Shoppers and theatre patrons were evacuated from a sevenblock area in Dallas late on…

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Fire on Ship

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 8

LONDON, Monday: Firemen were battling last night to quell a blaze aboard the a Dnish ship Kronprins Frederik, at Harwick…

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Change In Bush Fire Brigade Officers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 7

Mulwaree Shire Council, at its meeting on Thursday, was advised that the secretary and the captain of the…

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Local Fire Hazard Warning

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Chamber of Commerce was told last night that this city was "living on providence" as far as fire was concerned…

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New Motor Cycle Lost In Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 3

A 1948 model motor cycle was completely destroyed by fire late on Friday afternoon. The machine had just been…

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Car Caught Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

After backfiring through the carburettor, a car owned by Mr. Hugh Granger, of Goulburn caught fire in…

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Water Failures Alarm System Proposed at Fire Station

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 4

Following recent breakdowns in electric motors at the pumping station at Nth. Yass, the Municipal…

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Three Hurt in £50,000 Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Three firemen were slightly injured during a blaze which destroyed a large timber yard at…

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Two Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 1

Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out to two fires over the week-end. The first call was to a…

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Threw Garnishee Order Into Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 2

In the District Court at Yan on Thursday, in garnishee proceedings, Judge J. M. Brennan ordered Mrs. Ruby Matilda…

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Jet Was Like Ball of Fire Wings Torn Off

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Monday: The B.O.A.C. jet-liner which which crashed near Calcutta on Saturday, killing all 43 people aboard, dived earthwards wingless at terrific speed, "like a ball of fire," according to eye witnesses…

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