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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

76 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Fire Brigade Meeting

The Age · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A MEETING of members of the above was held last night at the Fire Station, Superintendent McPherson in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were…

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Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the members of the Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station last night…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

Frank D. Taylor was charged with the careless use of fire Mr. Fell appeared for defendant; Constable March deposed that on the…

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A Mad Youth's Freak. He Fires Flat Buildings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 3

Late on the night of 9th November, the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris, who is accused of attempting to burn a large block of…

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A Hotel Fire. a Hotel Fire

The Age · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

According to the Bordeaux correspondent of the London "Dally Mail," writing on 21st September, scenes of wild excitement were witnessed in the early…

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Bush Fires

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

ONCE again we have arrived at that season of the year when our news columns are invaded by reports of bush fires. This…

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Short Fire Escapes. Thirty Victims

The Age · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

The danger of tall apartment buildings was Illustrated by a terrible fire at Kansas City early on the morning of 25th October. The fire started in the…

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Fire Brigade

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held on Tuesday evening last. Correspondence was received from the Volunteer Firemen's…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration

The Age · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

THE annual demonstration of the fire brigades of New South Wales will be held at Wagga on Monday and Tuesday next. The following members of the…

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A Mad Youth’s Freaz. He Fires Flat Buildings

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

Late on the night of 9th November, the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris, who is accused of attempting to burn a large block of…

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Fire

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

On Sunday evening, between 7 and 8 o’clock, and- while yet daylight; a fire broke out in a shed, containing about 40 tons of hay, belonging to Mr.; Joseph…

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Fire Brigade

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Fire Brigade on Friday night, the principal business transacted was the final selection of the team to represent Queanbeyan at Wagga…

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Destructive Fire

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. Austin Chapman, who arrived in town yesterday morning, from Melbourne had a wire from Kempsey in the afternoon (which he was good enough to…

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Burglar and Fire Alarm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 1

A firm in London are introducing an electric automatic metropolitan police whistle, slightly penetrating through the wall protected by an air-brick, with wire…

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Great Fire at Kempsey

The Age · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 5

AT Kempsey, on Thursday, a terribly destructive fire, which travelled with great rapidity, despite the strenuous endeavors of the townspeople to check its…

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A Mad Youth's Freak. He Fires Flat Buildings

The Age · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

Late on the night of 9th November, the New York police arrested a youth named Frank Morris, who is accused of attempting to burn a large block of…

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Latest Wires. Sydney, Thursday. Destructive Fire

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

A destructive fire broke out in Kempsey this morning. A great portion of the town, consisting of many of the leading business places in the main…

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Big Fire at Kempsey. Town Half Destroyed. Kempsey

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

A terrible fire occurred in Kempsey this morning, half the town being destroyed. An alarm of fire was given about 20 minutes to 4. It was found a fire had…

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A Novel Fire Escape

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 1

A novel fire-escape which has been created at a school in Louisville. It consists of a steel cylinder and a spiral slide, which is so constructed that it controls…

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Grant to the Fire Rrigade

The Age · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

COLONEL RYRIE, M.L.A., has been informed by the Chief Secretary that, in response to his application a sum of £30 has been allotted to the…

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