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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
22 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Laurence Griffiths, a small boy of 11 years of age, was charged with having on 27th December last, set fire to a box containing cricketing material, being in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE insame asylum at Beauport, two miles from Quebec, caught fire on February 4, and there was great excitement, as there were nearly 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fatal fire occurred at McNamara's wool washing establishment, Beaconsfield Estate, Waterloo, at on early hour on Sunday, by which a man was burnt to death and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, Monday—A fire at Manila destroyed 1000 houses and rendered homeless 30,000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Post correspondent writes:—A fire broke out here on Sunday about midday in a pile of dry billet wood, stacked at a convenient distance from the engine room at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney, Tuesday—A fire at Lyell, New Zealand, destroyed a whole street of 20 houses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TE. New Zealand Government have at last introduced their long. threatened State Fire Insurance Bill, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Monday—A disastrous fire has occurred at the docks, Nante, France. Several warehouses were destroyed. The total damage is estimated at 1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS morning, shortly, after 7 o'clock, a two-room cottage situated in Isabella-street, at the rear of Elm Grove was totally destroyed by fire together with its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The unusual occurrence of a fire roused the town up on Tuesday morning. About 7.40 the firebell rang out its alarm, and drew many people to the scene of the fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT will be fresh in the memory of the public far and sear how that a fine young woman named Kate Donnelly, whose patents live at Round Hill, Canberra, suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The petroleum works at Monturoa, New Zealand, were partially destroyed on Saturday night by a great explosion of mineral oil. The fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST Friday afternoon Pooley's Hotel had a somewhat narrow, escape from destruction by fire. About 4.30 it was discovered that a chimney was aflame. It must have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday afternoon about 5 p.m. a chimney of Pooley's Hotel caught on fire, and caused a good deal of excitement. After it had been burning some ten minutes, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE annual meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening at the Fire-station Boardroom, there being a good attendance. The annual report showed that eighteen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual meeting of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade took place at the brigade station on Tuesday night, when there was a good at endance of firemen, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS useful organisation, observed its fifth annual celebration on Friday night by a torchlight procession through the streets followed by other interesting functions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual torchlight procession of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade took place on Friday night. A very large muster of firemen assembled at the fire station at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Place of Fire is a spot on the peniasula of Apsheron, on the west coast of the Caspian sea. It Is considered uttered by this Guebres and Persian Fire Worshipers, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Monday night Mrs J. O'Neill had a narrow escape from a severe burning accident. Whilst removing the boiler from the fire, shortly after tea-time, her dress caught…
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