Fire Engines Colour Change
Fire engines on the coast have already been painted buff so that they will be hard to detect by nght or day. City fire engines are to be similarly…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
92 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5
German Attempt to Fire City of London
Fire and destruction swept the City of London when German raiders rained thousands of fire bombs in a deliberate attempt to set the quarter on fire. .Ancient buildings and priceless landmarks were consumed in tho inferno. Here London's historic Guildhall, over five centuries old, still proudly flies the Union Jack with the roof and interior abla ze…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Privy Seal Ins Pects Fire Fighters
Mr. C. R. Attlee, MP., Lord Privy Seal, is seen talking to dispatch riders of the London Fire "Brigade during his inspection of their London headquarters. (Dept. of Information Photo.)…
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During his lecture in Braidwood last week Mr. P. F. Douglas, Chief Officer of the Commonwealth Fire Brigade, gave his audience a hint in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Victims £1000 Grant
Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., advises that he has obtained £1,000 grant for the relief and rehabiliation of the farmers who were burnt out recently…
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Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., advises that he has obtained £1,000 for the relief and rehabilitation of the farmers who were burnt out recently in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News Lighting of Fires
The lighting of fires in the open for the purpose of burning-off in coastal areas and mountain country generally is now prohibited under National…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Bush Fire Brigade Secretary Resigns
A letter was read from Mr. E. V. Garbutt at last Shire Council meetiNG tendering his resignation as secretary of the Braidwood Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Fire Bomb Evacuation
A London 'bus conductor is seen receiving bags of sand, will be carried in the vehicles as part of the precautions against fire bombs dropped in air raids. (Dept. of Information Photo.)…
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To enable an examination to be made by the police and other experts, the Brisbane mail railway carriage which caught on fire at Wyee on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stones and Fire Trouble at Mongarlowe Neighbours in Court
While It Is still not clear who threw the first stone, the sound It made on Archibald Cargill's roof on the night of 24th January last echoed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Demonstration N.S.W. Fire Brigade Squad Coming to Queanbeyan
On Saturday night next, in the Queanbeyan Showground, an opportunity will be afforded of witnessing a display in which the most effective methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Across England to Relieve London Fire Fighters
Members of the Auxiliary Fire Service in Falmouth, Cornwall, travelled to London to relieve a Tnames-side team who had borne the brunt of recent air raids. Some of the Falmouth firemen are seen here at their duties in London…
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One of the largest crowds seen on the recreation ground for a long time attended on Sunday to witness the bomb demonstration arranged by our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Demonstration Fire Brigade Officers Visit Queanbeyan
There was a good crowd on the Queanbeyan Showground on Saturday night to witness the bomb demonstration given by officers from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News Disastrous Fire
ROCKHAMPTON.—Mrs. Gwen Stevens, aged 22, was burnt to death and 10 other people, including three firemen, were injured when a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Cotton Capetown, Monday (A.A.P.)
Raw cotton valued at £1,250,000 was destroyed by fire at East London on Sunday. The cotton, part of the Egyptian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here and There to Combat Fires From Bombs
Supplies of sand have been placed at certain points in Braidwood in close proximity to the main street, from which householders are asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire
Clara Josephine Paskins, aged about 50, and William Perry, about 70, an old-age pensioner, were burned to death when a small weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Works Damaged By Fire
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by two fires which broke out on Sunday night in the wool works of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., in Lord…
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