More Fires Outbreaks at Royallo and Murryong
On Wednesday an outbreak of fire occurred on Mr. A. McDonald's property at Royalla. The blaze was notice between 1 and 2 p.m. and before…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5
Air Liner on Fire
Thirty passengers and the crew had a narrow escape from death this morning when an air-liner flying from Melbourne to Adelaide made a…
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The death took place at midnight on Sunday in Yass District Hospital of Mr. John Henry Richards, aged 54, of Bookham, who was injured while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists' Corner the Cause of Bush Fires
"Carbon," of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tourists Blamed Carelessness Causes Fires
Carelessness by tourists caused many of the recent bush fires, the Premier (Mr. Mair) said at the week-end. In lighting camp fires, he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Careless Use of Fire
Throwing a bucket of hot ashes on the. rubbish heap in his yard at Auburn Street, Goulburn, on January 27, cost Desmond Haigh, £2 and 8/- costs, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Careless Use of Fire Two Youths Fined
At the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Bernard Henry Wilson was charged with leaving a fire lit and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Bush Fires in Victoria
Bush fires are threatening four towns in North-eastern Victoria, and 400 volunteers are fighting the flames. Sheep, cattle, hundreds of…
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A meeting of Queanbeyan Bush Fire Association was held at, Walsh’s Hotel yesterday afternoon. There were present: Messrs. J. C. Gorman (in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires Heavy Losses
The cool spell on Wednesday and yesterday has quietened the bush fires which were menacing lower Bettowynd, the position yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Left Fire Burning Fined Five Pounds
At the Queanbeyan Police Court on Wednesday last, James Whitby pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving a fire, which he had lighted in the open,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War- Day by Day Rapid Fire
The 7,000 ton 6-inch gun cruiser is a highly successful type in many ways. Its gunnery, with eight 6-inch guns mounted in four twin turrets, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General How Do Bush Fires Start?
The outbreak of a grass fire with in three miles of the town on Monday of last week has revived the question of the origin of these…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Chinese Gardens £1,000 Loss
Damage officially estimated at £1,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a two-storey building and; other structures on the Kenmore Gardens,” the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Careless Use of Fire Swagman Fined £2
Peter Joseph William Pendergrast, was charged yesterday at the Police Court, with leaving a fire which he had lighted in the open air before the same…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bush Fires
The bush fire which started at the back of Major's Creek some couple of weeks ago and which created such widespread havoc, has broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Disastrous Bush Fires in Victoria
Melbourne.— Two men are dead, others missing, dozens of people injured, and scores homeless because of bush and forest fires which swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Blaze Disastrous Fire Raging to East of Braidwood House and Stock Destroyed
Bush fires are still raging in the Braidwood district, destroying thousands of acres of valuable grass and hundreds of miles of fencing. Stock…
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A mild scare was caused in town on Tuesday, when an urgent call came through to the Fire Brigade stating that a fire had broken out at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Bush Fires Start
Many and varied have been the supposed causes of the start of bush fires—glass bottles, wax matches, lightning, tree limbs rubbing…
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