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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

43 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Indian Holocaust Fire Destroys 3000 Houses 30,00 People Homeless CALCUTTA, Wednesday

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 2

Thirty thousand people are homeless and three thousand houses were demolished by a fire at Ellore near Madras…

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Fire!

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 2

Yesterday at noon the bell at the Fire Brigade Station rang an alarm of fire. The fire engine was pushed out, but remained in the laneway, as…

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The Boro Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 6

The trial was commenced on Thursday morning at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions of Thomas Alfred Rudd and Ernest Matthews, who were accused…

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£6000 FIRE Safeblower’s Revenge SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

Revenge is believed to have been the cause of a fire which did damage to the extent of £6000 at the premises of H. P…

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Fire in Cooma Road Cottage Gutted

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 1

Shortly after 12.30 a.m. this morning the local Fire Brigade received a telephone call to a fire at a cottage in Cooma Road. On seeing the glare…

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Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 2

Yesterday morning a man, in the employ of Mr. J. H. Fitzgibbon, of Barrack Flat, living in a one-roomed building left to go to work at nine…

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Fire at Reidsdale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday night last a big barn, measuring about 64ft. by 20ft., together with its contents, the property of Mr. L. J. Hickey, was…

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Latest Cables Steamer on Fire At Sea LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

The owners of the steamer “Castle Moon” which is enroute from Blyth to Adelaide have received a wireless…

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Telegraphic News Big Fire at Wingham Eleven Shops Destroyed SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

A fire which broke out at Wingham early this morning destroyed eleven weatherboard shops in the heart of the town…

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Fire Brigade News SEND-OFF

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 5

Fireman R. M. Arneson, who was one of the most efficient members of the local Brigade recently tendered his resignation owing to the fact…

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Fire Alarm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 1

Shortly before five o’clock on Saturday morning, Constable Imrie was on duty near Fallicks’ corner and noticed a blaze over the river. He…

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Disastrous Fire at Nelligen

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

A fire occurred at Nelligen early on Wednesday morning last which resulted in the complete destruction of five buildings in the main street…

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Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 1

Shortly before midday to-day a fire occurred at the rear of the store of Messrs. J. B. Young. Ltd. in Monaro Street…

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Bush Fires Serious Losses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 2

A bush fire which broke out this side of Northangra on Wednesday has already done a lot of damage. This are, it is reported, originated…

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The Bush Fires

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2

The bush fires on the Clyde road burnt themselves out on Friday, although not before considerable fencing had been destroyed. Beyond this…

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Bush Fires at Narooma

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 3

Bush fires seriously threatened the townnship or Narooma, and every available man in the town was engaged in fighting the menace. One…

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Fire at Mongarlowe

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2

On Saturday morning last, at about 2 o'clock, a fire was noticed in a weatherboard cottage of five rooms at Mongarlowe, which had recently…

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Cottage Destroyed Midnight Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 1

On Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, the local Fire Brigade received an alarm of fire from Uriarra Road and though they hurried to…

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Police Court Monday. (Before Messrs. J. J. Donnelly and J. Grigg, Js.P.). Careless Use of Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2

Toni Mekec and Toni Kustec, two Jugo-Slavs, were charged with having used a fire in the open air and left same without being thoroughly…

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Fire Alarm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 1

About 7.30 last night, there was an alarm of fire and large numbers of people hurried to the scene of the blaze in Federal Street. The Brigade…

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