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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1939

99 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 5

Tax Remission Concessions to Bush Fire Victims

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 3

Within recent weeks large numbers of people throughout New South Wales have received demands from the Taxation Commissioner calling…

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Latest Cable News Fires in Egypt

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

CAIRO.—In fires in two villages in Lower Egypt 30 people were killed and 300 injured…

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Disastrous Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 7

More than £20,000 damage was caused by a fire which gutted four buildings and threatened many others in the mala street of Bangalow on…

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Careless Use of Fire Alleged Case at Benmanang

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

At the Araluen Police Court on Friday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Charles Anders, of "Coombe View," Braidwood, was charged with a…

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Fire Alarm Damage in Furniture Store

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 3

An electric light wire pressing against some mattresses stored in a recess above the show windows was responsible for an outbreak of fire it…

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Brindabella Tragedy Woman Falls Into Fire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 6

Mrs. J. Reid, of Brindabella, received fatal injuries when she fell into a fire last week. She died before the Canberra ambulance and a…

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Million Loss London Fire Disaster

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 4

Damage estimated at a million pounds was caused by a fire which gutted a number of large warehouses near the Alderagate underground railway…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Six 'Planes Destroyed by Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 2

BRISBANE.—When a fire broke out in the No. 2 hangar at Quantas Empire Airways at Archerfield aerodrome shortly before midnight six…

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Sawmill Destroyed by Fire at Bateman's Bay

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 2

Messrs. Mitchell Bros.' sawmill at Bateman's Bay was completely destroyed by fire last week. When the alarm was given many residents…

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Thrilling Serial Story. Dartmoor Legacy Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter Xxvi. Gun Fire Prom the Sea

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 4

THE dreary night dragged on The only alleviation of Bob’s misery was that the sea became less rough and the motion…

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Captain’s Flat Store Destroyed by Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 2

At a late hour on Thursday night a fire broke out in the premises of J. J. Kennedy, newsagency and general store, in Foxlow Street, Captain’s Flat,…

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Store Destroyed by Fire At. Captain's Flat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 3

At a late hour on Thursday night a fire broke out in the premises of J. J. Kennedy, newsagent and general storekeeper, in Foxlow Street…

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Fire at School 3000 Damage

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Damage estimated at £3,000 was caused to the girls section of the Gurwood Street Public School, Wagga, early on Friday morning. when a fire…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Blackburn Fire Tragedy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Statements by relatives and friends that James Barnes (64), the victim of the Blackburn fire tragedy, had been…

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Fire Alarm Big Crowd Gathers More Smoke Than Flame

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 1

All the water teeming from the skies in the middle of yesterday afternoon could not quench the enthusiasm of the public for a fire…

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Income Tax Returns Bushfire Deductions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 1

On representations by the Central Rivers District Council, the Central Executive of the P.P. Union brought under the notice of the Deputy…

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Notes and News the Fire Brigade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 2

A couple of officers from the Board of Fire Commissioners were in Braidwood during the week in connection with the Shire Councils…

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Wool As a Fire Resistant

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

The value of wool as a fire-resisting material has now received wide recognition in Belgium. At the recent annual Horse Show in Brussels…

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Wool As A Fire Resistant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 3

The value of wool as a fire-resisting material, has now received wide recognition in Belgium. At the recent annual Horse Show in Brussels the firm…

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Disastrous Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 2

For several hours last night firemen fought a huge blaze in the basement of Crane & Sons, Pty., Ltd., hardware merchants, at Circular…

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