Fire Brigade Helps the Hospital
Captain H. Barber, at last night's meeting re new hospital, advised that the Fire Brigade had disposed of Art Union tickets to the value of £144…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
59 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Fire at Eastlake
Early on Wednesday morning last a building at Eastlake, owned by the Federal Capital Commission and used by Messrs. J. B. Young Ltd., was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Midnight Fire Alarm
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday the ringing of the firebell caused some excitement to residents in the main street. It was found that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and the Hundredth Chance
In ninety nine cases out of a hundred, the motorist goes through his career with the car without having to endure a fire, but there are the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Motor Car Destroyed Strange Fire Near Tarago
The Goulburn Cornoer, Mr. G. R. Williams, was engaged the whole of last Friday at Tarago, in hearing evidence in the inquiry, concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires
More than lO,000 acres have been burned in forest fires raging in Northern California. The country's historic mining town of Quartz has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Camp Fires are the "Best Things Out."
Probably the most widely know and striking testimony as to wl[?] forests are, and can become through fire, is shown on the trail from Banff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Queanbeyan Courthouse
At the sittings of the District Court at Queanbeyan yesterday morning some consternation was caused when the heat from the stove pipe set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraphic News Fire at Timber Yard Lucky Save SYDNEY
There was not a breath of wind along the Prymont waterfront this morning and but for this dead calm acres of stored hardwood and oregon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Billy Tea" Listens In. Setting the Ether on Fire
Every Friday at Eastern Hill the Metropolitan Fire Brigade stages a demonstration of fire-fighting methods that is open to the public and to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
Bush fires raged around Brisbane yesterday, the city being encircled by a ring of flame. Practically every range, hill and mountains within 50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With Broken Thigh Old Man in Bush Fire Track
For four on Friday, an old bushman, A. Finch, 66 called for assistance on the side of South Tambourine mountain, Queensland,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Important Changes
A bill to effect important changes in the management and financing of the Board of Fire Commissioners was read a first time in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Yarra Boat Sheds Destroyed MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £10,000 has resulted from a fire which occurred early this morning, and destroyed Edwards' boat sheds on the Yarra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Country to East All on Fire
A fire broke out on the property of Mr. T. Fensom at Budawang on Friday last. The late dry weather had dried up the bush, and, aided by the…
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A travelling canvasser was boiling his b[?]lly in a paddock between Warren and Nevertire, when the grass caught against with the result that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Hotel
In the small hours of this morning a fire occurred in one of the bedrooms of the Victoria Hotel. At 2.30 a.m. Mr. H. Hathaway, a permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Cooperage Fire
A fire which broke out at the premises of Rasmusson, Wyatt and Brotchie Ltd., coopers, at Mascot, shortly after midnight, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid-day Fire Coach Factory Gutted
The value of the water supply to Queanbeyan was fully demonstrated at the fire which occurred shortly before one o'clock yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade & Band Sports for Anniversary Day
In years gone by the Fire Brigade and Band were closely allied, the latter being connected with the Brigade under the title of the Fire Brigade…
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