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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

63 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4

Fire in a Shop Window

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

ON Saturday night some excitement was caused by a, fire breaking out in the window of Messrs. Moore Bros.' jeweller's shop. It transpires that Mr…

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Fire Brigade Band

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

Weather permitting the Queaubeyan Band will render the following programme in the Park on Sunday next at 3 p.m. March. "Sweet[?] Sabbath…

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Tar on Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

A thousand gallons of tar, the contents of four tanks, in the Sydney Council yards at Wattle-stree, Pyrmont, were partly destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Distressing Bronchitis. Had to Get Up and Sit by Fire at Night. Another Splendid Cure by Peps

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 5

MRS. CHRISTIANA HOOPER, of Melbourne St., North Adelaide, S.A., writes—"I am now 53 years of age and suffered for nine months from bronchitis. At…

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Fire Brigade Band Ball

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 2

The above function was held last night in the Protestant Hall, 35 couples being present. The promoters anticipated a much larger attendance, but for various…

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The Canadian Forest Fires

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

By the terrible forest fires which have been sweeping along the northern frontier of Minnesota, in Canada, at least five towns have been…

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Big Fire in Sydney

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

A fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Feurth and Nall, printers, Castle-eagh-street, on Monday evening. The first alarm was received at the head fire station at 10.15…

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Big Fire in Hobart. Softgoods Warehouse Gutted. Printery Also Destroyed. Firemen Unable to Work. Insurances Total £45,000. HOBART

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 2

One of the most disastrous fires that has ever occurred in Hobart broke out to-night shortly after 9.30, when Fitzgerald's extensive…

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LONDON. Thursday. the Big Forest Fires in Ontario

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 5

The victims of the forest fires in Ontario include 200 employees in the Dome mine, in the Cobalt district, who were penned in the…

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Fire at Nowra. Supposed Incendiarism. Nowra

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 5

An attempt was made last night apparently to burn down a cottage, belonging to Mr. A. T. Cordery, in Jervis-street. The family sold their…

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Fire Alarm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

SHORTLY after seven o'clock on Saturday night the clanging of the fire bell caused a little commotion. On inquiry our representative learned that one of the bedrooms at…

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A Fire in a Chicken House. By a Junior Reporter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 4

Gloomy night had spread its sable pinions over the red-tiled roofs of the Lilliputian hamlet. Silence brooded o'er the scene; a silence vast…

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Big Fire at Balmain. Timber Mills Destroyed

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred at the timber yard and occurred of Mr. A. W. Cormack, White Bay, Balmain, early on Saturday morning, and, despite the…

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Fire Escape

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 4

The feature of this rope fire escape is the novelty of the arrangement and construction of the parts. The carrying device is a loop…

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Big Fire at Stamboul

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 5

The constitution celebrations in Turkey were marred by a conflagration at Stainboul. Hundreds of houses have been…

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Floating Fires. Indian Anarchists' Work. Calcutta

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 5

A series of atrocious efforts to start a great conflagration among the shipping in the Hooghly River has been foiled by the exercise of…

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Fearful Fires in Russia

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

Two enormous fires, involving heavy loss of life, and great destruction of property, occurred in Russia on Saturday night. An outbreak took place in the…

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A Great Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

A most destructive fire occurred in the city of Antwerp on Thursday night. The outbreak took place in a large building known as the Australia and…

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A South Coast Fire. NOWRA

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 6

A fire resulting in the total destruction of Mr. J. Campbell's house at Terara, occurred at about 8 o'clock last night. The fire could…

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Fire at the Royal Military College

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 2

EVER since the opening of the Royal Military College the cadets quartered there have included a course of firedrill as portion of their instruction, and…

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