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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

115 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 6

Fire Brigade Water Supply

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

On Tuesday night, the Fire Brigade turned out to test the water supply in the-pipes, which, as our readers are aware, have been laid down as far as Le Maitre’s shop. The…

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Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 2

THE twelfth annual meeting of the above was held at the Fire Station last Tuesday night. About two-thirds of the members were present, and Foreman Lazarus…

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Bush Fires

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

Immense bush fires are raging in Queensland. Two township are menaced by bush fires…

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A Disastrous Fire

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 2

While a wedding was being celebrated at Warsaw the capital of Poland, the building caught fire, resulting in the being and one hundred other persons…

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S Hort Story a Modern Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

As the physician, friend, and distant relative of the late Miss Marjory Sedgwick, I set down in narrative form a connected series of extracts from the…

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Short Story a Modern Fire. (Continued from last week.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 1

'Another day of disappointment, and yet not altogether so, for I got the end of a lilt from the siren. After that, however, she could not be induced to favor me. I…

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Fire Brigade Cricket Club

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above Club was held at the Fire Station on Tuesday night. There was a fair attendance. Mr. H. L. Mater presided. the report stated that the Club during the last…

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Fire Brigade Cricket Club

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 2

The adjourned annual meeting of this Club was held at the Fire Station on Monday evening last. Mr. H. L. Mater occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance…

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A Destructive Fire

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 2

A fire broke out in [?] Victoria by which several of the principal [?] in the town were destroyed The damage is estimated at £10,200 the greater portion…

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Destructive Fire

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

Lord Beauchamp’s mansion at St. Cloud, Howick, was totally destroyed by fire. The occupants escaped in night attire…

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Awful Volcano Disasters. Thousands Buried in an Avalanche of Fire and Lava. Terrible Adventures on Land and Sea

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 2

Full particulars of the recent volcanic eruptions at the island of Martinique are to hand, from which we give the following detailed account…

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Bush Fires

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1902 · page 2

Bush fires are raging in Tasmania. The town of Queenstown narrowly escaped destruction…

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From South Africa. British Soldiers Under Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 2

Already the Pom-pom is trotting out of the farmhouse enclosure and the squadron of Dragoons extending on the plain beyond. The face of…

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A Fire King Dead

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 2

Mr. James Shand who for many years occupied a senior position in the firm of Shand, Mason and Co., fire residence manufactures died at…

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London 'Hell Fire' Clubs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 December 1902 · page 5

On April 28, 1721, an order in council appeared denouncing certain scandalous societies' which were believed to hold meetings for the purpose of ridiculing…

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