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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

57 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

Braidwood Fire Brigade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

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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Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 January 1910 · 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…

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Fire Brigade Act

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1910 · 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…

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Fire Brigade

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

THERE was a good attendance at a meeting of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade, held on Friday night at the Fire Station…

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The Fire Brigade

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · 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…

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The Late Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · 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…

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Fire at Yass

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · 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…

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Automatic Fire-Alarm System.—

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 3

The automatic fire-alarm system illustrated comprises a piping system sufficiently infusible to remain intact at a danger temperature. This…

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The Farmers Column. Frightening Horses From Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1910 · 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…

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Gaol Destroyed by Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 2

The Connecticut county gaol has been destroyed by fire. Sixteen firemen perished…

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Fire on the Telamon. Burning for Six Days. London, April 13, 12.30 p.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 5

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…

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The Telamon Fire. Wool Reloaded. London, April 18

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

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…

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Fire Brigade

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

A meeting of the Queanbeyan Fire Brigade was held on Wednesday night at the Fire Station, Superintendent Land presiding. It was…

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Science Notes & News. The Sun and the Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 4

The idea that the sun puts out a fire is a very popular one, but practically a "fallacy. Like most popular fallacies, however, it…

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Fire Brigade Band Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 3

This annual fixture which is to be held on Monday next promises to equal the success of other years. The public have responded liberally…

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Fire Brigade Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 2

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,…

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Fire Brigade Band Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · 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…

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A Criminal Band. at Their Guilty Work. Burglary, Fires, Wrecking

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 4

The "Express" reports that the extraordinary series of outrages, including burglary, incendiarism, and attempted train-wrecking, which has occurred in…

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Illustrated Notes from all over the World Motor-car As Fire-engine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 2

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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