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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
125 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7
THE only case before the Police Court last Wednesday was one in which a drover, named Henry Turner, a resident of Adaminaby, was proceeded against by the police on a charge of leaving fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday last, a representative of THE LEADER passed through Hall and Gininderra per bike, and found that a great portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Wednesday morning, at Messrs Hayes and Russell's store, it was discovered that a quantity of phosphorus had ignited. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lynn Shepherd appeared on the information of Constable Johnson charged with the careless use of fire, by not extinguishing a fire at Manar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JUST now there are two bushfires raging in the mountains, towards Brindabella. Last night a number of people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred last night in a fivestorey tenement house in New York. Twenty persons perished, and twelve were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SENSITIVE fire-alarm which has been brought out by a Danish inventor only acts when a sudden wave of heat is generated. A U-tube, 4in high, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A meeting of the committee of the Lord Mayor's fund for the relief of sufferers from the bush fires was held it the Town Hall on Thursday. Mr. T. A. Dibbe presided. A letter was received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday this neighborhood was startled by a call to night another fire on Messrs. Webb Bros.' run; A larger number of willing hands turned out, and after a time got the [?]der before very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS from Captain's Flat has reached us to the effect that on Wednesday last, shortly after dark a fire was discovered raging in a large shed at Fairy Meadow, near Silver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE took place at Mr. John Lewis's place on Wednesday, 15th inst., at 8 p.m., by which be lost a shed and its contents. The only thing saved was a chaft-cutter. A stack of hay (about 7 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST night members to the number of half-a-score, not including those who were at baud practice, mustered to fill the big tank at the west end of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I CAN now report that the bush fires in this neighborhood have all burnt out, and, as there has been no loss of property, I am pleased to state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a conference of country municipalities in Melbourne on Tuesday a number of delegates said that half the bush fires had been caused by improperly mixed phosphorus used for rabbit poisoning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The prevalence of bush fires during the past summer season mates it necessary to have at hand means for extinguishing them. One such is supplied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOME four weeks ago the destruction by fire of a hayshed and its contents and surroundings, the property of Mr. John Lewis, of Fairy Meadow, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OUR correspondent informs us t[?]at on Fridry last the Coroner from Queanbeyan visited Silver Hill, and at Mrs. Walsh's residence there conducted an inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“There is always room at the top.” remarked the person with the chronic quotation habit. “Yes,” rejoined the [?] going optimist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A WELL-WORN Americanism has it that if you monkey with a buzz-saw, you're bound to get hurt. And it is also safe to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE above ball is advertised to eventuate on the 5th of June. Special arrangements have been made with regard to the musicians…
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