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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1914

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"On Fire" With Eczema. Painful Disease Yieeds to Zam-buk

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 2

ALL sufferers from the tortures of eczema should read and benefit by the experience of Mrs. J. Chandler, of Campbell St., Hobart, Tasmania, whose itchy…

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Automatic Fire-alarm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 6

Mr. James G. Jackson, Glasgow, has invented a new automatic fire-alarm, designed to minimise the danger of fire from the grinding discs or millstones in…

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A Fire-damp Detector

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 5

For many yours scientists and inventors have been striving to perfect some moans of obtaining a reliable warning as to the existence of fire-damp in the…

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War Cables Firm British Stand. Deadly Artillery Fire London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

The Press Bureau states that the British repulsed attacks all along the fine. The howitzers did good work with…

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Latest War News. Firm British Stand. Deadly Artillery Fire. London

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

The press Bureau states that the British repulsed all along the fine The how[?] did good work with…

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Shell Fire Results

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 1

In some operations of modern times it has taken on an average of 800 shells to kill one man. For instance, Fort Vanvres, of Paris,…

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City Fire. a Huge Blaze

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

At about 1.25 on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered in the warehouse of George Cull and Son, Stafford House, Pitt Street…

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Huge Engines of War. Stage Guns Which Fire One-Ton Shells

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

The extraordinary advance made in the science of warfare in recent years is in no way better illustrated than in the matter of siege guns, such as were…

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Proof Against Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Its an old but true saying that "When your neighbour's house is on fire, look after your own." Have you ever thought what would occur…

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