Bush Fire
The first bush fire of the season occurred shortly afternoon on Sunday on Mr. Kennedy's property adjoining the sanitary depot on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1931
26 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Fire
Great excitement prevailed on Sunday morning last when neighbors saw smoke coming up through the roof of the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes the Commonest Causes of Car -Fires
Back fires, of course, are the most frequent —in fact, one might say invariably, are the cause of cars catching alight. When back-firing occurs,…
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What does leadership, involve? It involves fire. It involves contagious enthusiasm. Not that everybody catches that erithuaasm—some may and some…
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Watched by all the townspeople a fire swept through Temora to-day. Twelve shops were completely destroyed and two hotels. One of the…
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On Friday morning a. fire destroyed a shed the property of Messrs. Byrne Bros at Charley's Forest, Mongarlowe. Messrs. Les and Laurie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ladies’ Cricket Queanbeyan Ladies Beaten Fire Brigade “Boys” Too Good
The Queanbeyan Ladies’ Cricket Club played the Fire Brigade team on Sunday last, in the local park. The game proved a most enjoyable one, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elderly Man Burned Fell in Camp Fire
Thought to have been overcome by a seizure while preparing a meal at a camp in the Termeil district, Robert Yates, who is more than 70 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Almost Victim of Fire Chinese Storekeeper’s Predicament SYDNEY
Kum Tong Percy, a Chinese storekeeper at North Sydney, had a fortunate escape from death last night. A fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Petrol Blaze
Thirty-two thousand gallons of petrol were destroyed by a fire which completely swept Dalgety's petrol dump at Hornby, near Christchurch…
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After four hours' hard work the Fire Brigades extenguished a fire at the Mount Crowe Lime Co.'s works at St. Peters last night…
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Four persons lost their lives in a fire in the Union Hotel at Greymouth, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragic Fire in N.Z. Six Maoris Perish in Hut
A Maori, Rangi Matahaere, with his five young children, perished in a fire which destroyed his two-roomed whare at a pah near Rutaruru, on Wednesday…
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Only the smouldering walls of what was formerly R. N. Wales' motor factory at Alexandria remain to-day as the result of a fire last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Charley's Forest Fire
The police yesterday arrested Robert Williams, aged 20, and charged him with maliciously setting fire to the public hall at Charley's Forest…
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Robert Williams (20) was before the Braidwood Police Court on Friday, charged with having maliciously Bet fire to the public hall at Charley's…
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The inquiry into the fire which destroyed the public hall at Charley's Forest on August 5 was held at the Courthouse yesterday, before…
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The inquiry into the origin of this fire, which was adjourned from Monday last, was resumed yesterday by the Coroner, Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P.,…
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The Albury Coroner has opened au inquiry into the origin of a fire there on August 26, which destroyed a building occupied by Mrs. Henry Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cap Fire and What Not to Do
In the darker Cays of motoring some sorts of carburettors had an unhappy way of bursting into flames but now even when the engine kicks back, it is…
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