Braidwood Fire Brigade
On New Year's Day a competition in practical brigade work took place between the numbers of the Brigade. Two medals were given, one by Captain W.j Williams, and the other by Mr. R A. F…
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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
57 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
On New Year's Day a competition in practical brigade work took place between the numbers of the Brigade. Two medals were given, one by Captain W.j Williams, and the other by Mr. R A. F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three days in succession the grass in several paddocks at Turalla, the property of Mr. N. Powell, took fire, but fortunately in each instance the fires were subdued before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE new regulations under which country brigades now operate, give very great powers to the local fire fighting bodies. The Act provides that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE was a good attendance at a meeting of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade, held on Friday night at the Fire Station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITH the passing of the Fire Brigades' Act, which came into operation on the 1st January, the local Volunteer Fire Brigade ceased to exist, and the brigade will be under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. W. WILLIAMS, captain of the Braidwood Fire Brigade, has been called upon by the Fire Brigade Department to furnish a report upon the circumstances attending the late fire at Miss Barlow's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire which might have resulted in it serious conflagration broke out at the Tribune newspaper office early on Sunday morning. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The automatic fire-alarm system illustrated comprises a piping system sufficiently infusible to remain intact at a danger temperature. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A peculiar idea has been evolved for assisting to get horses out of a burning stable. It has been noted that a horse will refuse to leave a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Connecticut county gaol has been destroyed by fire. Sixteen firemen perished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Telamon, now at Perim, has been burning for six days. The fire is confined to one of the lower holds, and there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The woal which was unloaded from the steamer Telamon at Perim and dried owing to the fire aboard has been reloaded. Among the apples 10,000 cases were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the Queanbeyan Fire Brigade was held on Wednesday night at the Fire Station, Superintendent Land presiding. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The idea that the sun puts out a fire is a very popular one, but practically a "fallacy. Like most popular fallacies, however, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This annual fixture which is to be held on Monday next promises to equal the success of other years. The public have responded liberally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE annual ball in aid of the funds of the Fire Brigade Band was held in the Protestant Hall last night, but was not so well patronised as on former years,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual ball in aid of the Fire Brigade Brass Band was held in the Protestant Hall last night. The hall was nicely decorated with flags…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Express" reports that the extraordinary series of outrages, including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the latest developments in connection with the motor-car is quite in the line that might have been expected. The power at disposal is so…
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