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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

P. F. A. Fire

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

As the outcome of the recent disastrous fire, probably the largest and most destructive which has ever taken place in Sydney, the Board of Directors of the…

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Ball of Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

Mrs. E. Miller, of Gerringong, had a strange experience on Sunday. She was in her sitting-room reading when there was a crash…

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Another Big Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 7

Last night the top floor of a six-storey building in Kent-street, owned by John O'Neill and Co. caught alight. The floor was…

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Local and General News Fire at Reidsdale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

On Thursday night last a large shed, the property of Mr. R. Kennedy, of Reidsdale, containing valuable machinery, &c., was…

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Disastrous Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

Last week Mr. W. D. Gordon, of Manar, suffered a serious has by the total destruction of his barn. He was away from home at the…

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Fire in a Church

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 4

At 2 a.m. on Monday the Church of the Sacred Heart, Goulburn, was damaged by fire to the extent of approximately £1000…

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The Fire Brigade Better Water Supply Needed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 5

At the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night the Mayor (Ald. Anderson), who is also the captain of the Braidwood Fire…

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Telegraphic News. SYDNEY. Monday, 4 p.m. Big Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 7

A fire destroyed three doors of the George-stret portion of Adams's Hotel building at about 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The cause is not…

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