Set Fire to Herself
LONDON, Friday: Mrs. Irene Peacey, 37, left her husband asleep in bed, replaced her night dress with a pretty frock, then…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
256 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 13
Brigade Called to Chimney Fires
Goulburn Fire Brigade was called cut to three chimney fires over the last three days. Two of these alarms occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chairman Bushfire Committee To Confer With Shire
Mr. H. E. Messer, chairman of the Bushfire Committee, Sydney, will confer with Goodradigbee Shire Council on bushfire matters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Caught Fire
Goulburn Fire Brigade was last night called to a motor cycle which caught fire outside a Cowper street residence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire In Sydney Furniture Factory
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Firemen fought desperately to control a fire that broke out in a furniture factory at Erskineville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuena Man to Stand Trial on Maliciously Setting Fire to Car Charge
Following an inquiry into the cause and origin of a fire which burnt a vehicle on the Goulburn Rd. between Trunkey and Tuena on August 14, the Bathurst Coroner, Mr. K. M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire Near Governor's Hill
Goulburn ire Brigade was called out to a grass fire off German Road, North Goulburn, at 3.32 p.m. on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Planes Fire at U.S. AIRCRAFT No Hostilities Likely
NEW YORK, Sunday: The Soviet Union to-day acknowledged that two of its planes had fired at a United States Navy patrol bomber off the Siberian Coast on Saturday. A united States Defence Department announcement said the bomber a Neptune P2. V, had been forced down into the Sea of Japan by gunfire, and one of the 10 crew…
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THE HAGUE, Wednesday A 635-ton British vessel last night was speeding to the rescue of a big ship…
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Damage to premises and machinery, caused by the recent fire in Mr. H. J. Warburton's factory in Robertson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades Conference
Representatives of 13 bush fire brigades will attend a conference in Goulburn on Monday. The conference is the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Bush Fire Brigades Will Meet At Boorowa Tomorrow
District Bush Fire Brigades in the Boorowa Shire will meet in conference at the Council Chambers tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) commencing at 2 p.m., when matters in regard to firebreaks, equipment, communications, control and…
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Mr. H. E. Messer, Chairman man of the Bush Fire Committee of the Chief Secretary's Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Crushed to Death by Sydney Fire Engine
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 12-year-old child was crushed to death and four people seriously injured when a fire engine swerved out of control, with its siren shrieking, and hurtled through the fence of a private house at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrallier Fire Brigade
Mr. W. M. Goodfelow was reselected Captain of Barrallier Fire Brigade at a brigade meeting last week…
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Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out at 8.35 a.m. to-day to attend to a fire in a portable petrol engine in a sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Campaign Preventative Measures
Yass Municipal Council Will co-operate with the Bushfire Committee (Chief Secretary’s Department) in the annual Bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Prevention Appeal to Residents
With the approach of summer and the consequent risk of bush fires, we take the following article from the September issue of the "Bush Fire Bulletin," which should receive particular attention by all residents in Boorowa and district areas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Brigade Delegates Make Plans For Coming Summer Months
DELEGATES FROM THE BOOROWA SHIRE BUSH FIRE BRIGADES MET IN CONFERENCE AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN PLANS WERE MADE AGAINST THE PREVENTION OF…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chimney Fire
Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out at 8.30 last night to a chimney fire at 13. Addison Street. Only slight damage was…
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