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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

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

Fire at Foxlow

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 2

The police at Captain's Flat reported on 13th instant the occurrence at Foxlow on the night of 3rd instant of an outbreak of fire in an iron-roofed shed containing 15…

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Animals Under Fire

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 3

Bombardments affect different animals in different ways. Dogs, as a rule, show great distress when shells burst near them and…

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Armed Thief in the Bush. Fires at Police Officer. Works Isolated Areas

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 3

On Friday last the Co[?] Police were communicated with [?] Mr. Nie! Cochran, a selector of Yaouk, who reported the loss of quantities of stores, blankets and other…

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Big Sydney Fire

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred in the premises of Marchant & Co., printers, Kent-street, early yesterday morning. The place is of four…

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Telegraphic News. Thursday, 4 p.m. Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 7

Last night a fire, involving loses amounting to perhaps £100, 100 took place at the eight-storey premises occupied by H…

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The Gundagai Fire. " I Did It."

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 5

The big fore of last week at Gundagia which consumed property to the value of £5000, has since been the sole topic of…

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Destructive Fire. Providential Escape of Inmate

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

About half-past 9 o'clock last Saturday night a blaze was observed in the direction of the railway station, which proved to be the…

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Destructive Fire at Barracks Flat

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 2

Between two and three o'clock on last Wednesday morning a fire was discovered to be raging in an advanced stage in Mr. John H. Fitzgibbor's woolshed at…

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Fire at Bungendore. Dwelling House Burnt to the Ground

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 2

The residence of Mrs. Hennessy, of Bungendore, was burnt to the ground last night. The alarm was quickly given, and although a large…

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Local and General News Fire at Bungendore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 2

The residence of Mrs. Hennessy of Bungendore was burnt to the ground on Monday night. The distressing part of the affair is that…

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Fire in Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1919 · page 2

On Sunday morning last considerable excitement was occasioned by the ringing of the the bell by Mr. R. Chaney. A crowd quickly…

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Fire!

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

A fire occurred in the Protestant Hall on Sunday afternoon last, and, fortunately was noticed in time and quickly extinguished. The ringing…

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Bush Fires in Goulburn District

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 2

For some days bush fires have been burning in the Cookbundoon Ranges in the vicinity of Towrang. Fanned by the high wind on Monday the fires made…

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Big Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 2

A fire last night destroyed the greater portion of the old Glebe Island abattoirs, now used as a store, together with their contents…

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A Fire Extinguisher

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 4

No motor-cyclist should be without a fire extinguisher of some sort in his motor-cycle shed. The solo machine cannot very well be protected by a…

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Disastrous Fire. In Braidwood, an Bably Morning Blaze. Three Shops Completely Destroyed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 4

On Wednesday morning last practically the whole of Braidwood in various stages of dressing assembled in Wallace-Street, having…

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Bush Fire

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 2

Some anxiety has been felt by the settlers in the vicinity of Urayarra at the outbreak of a bush fire in that locality about a fortnight ago. On Saturday and…

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Late Fire at Bendoura

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 December 1919 · page 2

Mr. Arnott, P.M., held an inquest at the Braidwood Courthouse yesterday into the origin of the recent fire at Bendoura, which…

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