Sihre Rate for Fire Equipment
Cr. L. F. Bennett has given notice that, at the next meeting of the Jindalee Shire Council on Tuesday next, he will move: "That in order to meet…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
130 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7
Man Burned to Death In Big Factory Fire
In the early hour’s of yesterday morning a spectacular fire broke out in the chemical factory of W- Herman Slade & Co. Pty., Ltd. at Rosebery…
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Sir,—It was with much interest that I read in the “Goulburn Evening Post” that enginemen deny railways are the cause of bush fires. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Sunday Fire
For upwards of an hour on Sunday afternoon about a dozen determined and willing people strenuously fought a fire in the municipality, on its…
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The manager of Lanyon Station William Robert Edwards, was, in Canberra Court on Wednesday, fined £2 with £1/18/- costs, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lighted Cigarette Butts Cause Bush Fires
The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley. M.L.A., states that he had been disturbed to hear that some people were under the erroneous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Babies Killed in Fire LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)
Five babies died in a fire at a Surrey house which had been converted by the Health Ministry into a temporary maternity home for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tar Drums on Fire
On two occasions in the past few days the fire bell has called out the brigade, but on each its services have not been required, the blaze having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wide Pacific Raids FreightersandTankers Set on Fire
Widespread destruction has been caused by Allied airmen in raids stretching from Dutch New Guinea to the Caroline Islands, where Nomoi…
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On Saturday morning the local Fire Brigade received a call to quell a grass fire in the Old General Cemetery. A considerable length of…
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At a meeting of the above, held in Woodgers and Calthorpe’s Office on April 22, a review of the activities of the Brigade during the summer…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday,—Burned when a fire occurred in their bedroom at their home in Albert Street, Brunswick, last night, Norman Adams, 43,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caused Bush Fire Fined £20
Charged with igniting inflammable material within ten yards of grasslands, John Henry Walton was fined 20 and 8/- costs, or 41 days’ hard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caused Bush Fire. Fined £20
Charged with igniting inflammable material within ten yards of grasslands, John Henry Walton was fined £20 and 8/- costs, or 41 days' hard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Orange "Fire."
A Gilbertian exhibition brought about by the Orange council and the fire brigade being at loggerheads over the burning of rubbish, was. witnessed…
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Divisional Inspector E. H. Parks and Motor Officer J. Roberts, of N.S.W. Fire Brigade Headquarters, visited Braidwood on Wednesday for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russians Sink Fire Enemy Ships LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)
Russian planes and torpedo-boats have sunk five enemy ships. A 10,000-ton transport was sunk off Norway, two transport totalling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News Serious Loss by Fire
AUCKLAND (N.Z.).—A fire in a trotting stable at Canterbury caused the death of five horses, the destruction of the building and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allied Fire Power WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.)
British and American forces in Europe are preparing firepower four times greater than the Germans, said the acting War Secretary, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Fire Kills 64 New York, Thursday (A.A.P.)
Hope of saving 64 miners trapped in Powhatan colliery, Ohio, has been abandoned. Fire broke out below the surface…
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