Fire on a Cart
Mr. Michael Cooley, a dealer of Coons, met pith a serious loss at Rosedale on Saturday. He left his horse end cart on the roadside whilst be was looking at cattle in an adjoining paddock…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
89 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
A Chat with a Fire Escape Man
"The worst job that ever I had," said the brawny fire-escape man, "was in a narrow thoroughfare in Whitechapel. I was alled with my escape at four in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old St. Paul's. A Story of the Great London plague. PART 19. Book the Sixth. September, 1666. Chapter 1. the Fire-ball
About nine o'clock on the night of Saturday the 2nd of September, 1666 — and rather more than nine months after the incidents last related — three men took their way from Smithfield to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire From Phosphorus
What appears to be a clear case of fire having been caused by rabbit bait, has been brought under the notice of the Premier. Some time ago an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade
THE team to represent the Queanbeyan Fire Brigade at the Demonstration at Orange, on the 26th instant will consist of: H. Land, E. Pike, J. Callaghan, P…
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The following team from the Braidwood Fire Brigade will leave to-morrow evening for Orange, to take part in the State Fire Brigades Demonstration,…
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Edward Wolfe pleaded guilty to having lighted fire at Monkittee, and not extinguishing same. Constable Roberts deposed that on…
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Terrible bush fires on Saturday swept the country about Albury, Forbes. Cootamundra, Grenfell, Gundagai, and Peak Hill. Brae Springe (Albury) lost all the stockyards…
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FROM all parts of the country accounts have been coming in of the devastation caused by bush fires and, unfortunately, those have been accompanied by loss of life. So far,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria
Very extensive bush fires are causing great destruction in Victoria. A family of six children in the Mount Bert district while returning from school, all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Bush Fires. Railway Consessions to Sufferfrs
IN connection with the disastrous bush fires which have been devastating parts of the country during the past few days, the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreaks
ON Wednesday morning a fire broke out in a shed adjoining the residence of Mr. John White at Canberra. The building and contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in the Naas. Mountains
DURING the past few days a fire has been burning fiercely in the Naas Mountains, travelling in from a north-westerly direction. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Starting Bush Fires
Daring the past two months, outbreaks of fire, numbering as many as 12 in ode day, have occurred in the vicinity of what is known as "The Island," near Condobolin. The police were continually on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fatalities from a Bush Fire
With regard to the fatalities caused by the bush fires at Toora, in Gippsland, on Tuesday, the Melbourne Age correspondent says:— It was near the State school which is built on he…
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A thrilling experience is related of an escape from a bush fire at Condobolin on Wednesday. A Mr. Reardon and his two sons, while riding from Milby to assist neighbors, traversed a plain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concessions for Burnt-out Settlers
THE railway commissioners have agreed to allow half-rates in the case of building and fencing material obtained to re-build houses or fences destroyed by the bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mr. J. White's
ON Wednesday last a fire broke out at a produce shed at Mr. J. White's residence at Uriarra Road. The shed was completely destroyed, together with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rats Cause Fires
Rats are unpopular creatures at-best ; but perhaps no one dreads them more than members of fire insurance companies. One might…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orange Fire Brigades’ Demonstration
At the Orange Fire Brigades’ Demonstration, Goulburn won second prize in the four men engine, Orange being first. In the four men ladder, Goulburn won…
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