Notes and News How Do the Bush Fires Start
A number of visitors to the Day on Sunday who returned via the Clyde mountain at night had a rather unique experience. During the day,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
99 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 5
“Where’s the Fire”
Two lady school-teachers from Brooklyn, exploring western Canada, stopped at a small, old-fashioned hotel in Alberta. One of them, inclined to…
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There was an attendance of only seven when the meeting of the Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade commenced on Saturday. Timed for 4 p.m., it…
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The failure of the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. L. O. Martin) to give a ruling on the validity of the tenders…
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A fire at Gallina last night completely destroyed four business premises and damaged others. The total loss is estimated at about £10…
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Yarrowlumla Shire Council had before it at yesterday’s meeting a letter from the Chief Secretary’s Department regarding a proposal for a close fire…
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The Chief Secretary's Department urges landholders to exercise the utmost care during the coming months to prevent outbreaks of fire. The De…
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The menace of bush fires, particularly in the season now approaching, is emphasised by the Commonwealth Government, in. an official statement,…
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Sir,—With reference to bush fires, one of the greatest worrying problems that landowners in this country, and in every other country, have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Boarding House
Damage estimated at £2000 was caused whtn a fire demolished Mr. E. J. Knight’s boarding house, known as Silver Glen, at Penrose, last Thursday…
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The Bush Fire Advisory Committee met yesterday in Sydney to consider plans to combat bush fires this summer. It is hoped to co-ordinate all existing…
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At Bungendore on Saturday last a public meeting was held to form a Bush Fire Brigade. There were present Colonel T. F. Rutledge, Constables…
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The meagre attendance of only nine at Saturday's special meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade called forth some caustic comments from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Fight Bush Fires Queanbeyan Association Reorganised Officials Appointed
Convened by Messrs. W. J. Gibbs and J. C. Gorman, a meeting was held yesterday afternoon at Walsh’s Hotel to consider the forming of an…
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At the meeting of the Bungendore District Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade held on Saturday last, it was decided by the Management Committee to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fires Three This Week
On three successive days this week the Fire Brigade has been called out to deal with grass fires in town. On Wednesday, shortly before two o’clock,…
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The calling out of the Queanbeyan Fire Brigade three times last week to grass fires at the rear of business premises, has drawn attention to the need…
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All Scouts are asked to take the greatest care in preventing bush fires by extinguishing fires made by them after use at holiday camps and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreak of Fire Shed and Contents- Damaged
On Wednesday night shortly before 9 o’clock a fire broke out in a shed at Mr. H. G. Colman’s. The cause of the outbreak is believed to have been…
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