Another Fire Mysterious Outbreak
Braidwood Fire Brigade .was called out to a fire which broke out at the rear of Mr. W. H. Whittaker's wool store In Wallace street on Christmas…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
71 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Damage to Land From Bush Fires. Effect on Its Productivity
"The thoughtless are inclined to assume that the effects of fire soon pass away. Rain comes and quickly there is a green shoot in the grass and…
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The Bush Firefighters' Workers Condensation Bill has received the assent of the Governor and will come into force on a day to be proclaimed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Menace. Need for Better Local Organisation
That the largely preventable toll of bush fires should have been allowed to supplement the losses occasioned by drought cannot be regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation for Bush Fire Fighting Injuries Cost to Shire Councils
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. R. S. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh)said he welcomed the bill to provide compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compensation for Bush Fire Lighting Injuries. Cost to Shire Councils. Sydney
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. R. S. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh) said he welcomed the bill to provide compensation, for persons injured while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amateur Engineers and Auxiliary Fire Pump
AT last Shire Council meeting Cr. McDermott asked what was the position in regard to the auxiliary Fire brigade pump. "The work has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire
Braidwood had another outbreak of fire on Wednesday night, the fourth within the space of a little more than two months. This time the fire took…
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Before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, James Graham Reid, of Brindabella, was charged with leaving a fire before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Here and There Fire Brigade Pump
Work is proceeding with the erection of the auxiliary pump in connection with Braidwood's fire brigade, the work being carried out by Tallaganda…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still Another Fire Residents Becoming Alarmed
The frequency of outbreaks of fire in Braidwood is causing grave concern amongst residents. Never in the long history of the town has there been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire Sixth in Three Months
After a lapse of a few weeks Braidwood had another outbreak of fire on Wednesday night, making the sixth inside three months. Again the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Fire
Some rather sensational rumours are current regarding the fire which destroyed all the occupant's (Mr. Os. Fletcher) belongings on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Precautions
Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters or portable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Deepens Braidwood's Seventh Fire in Fore Months
The series of fires which has been alarming and mystifying Braidwood during the past four months was added to on Wednesday night, when,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bombs on Tokio Cause Huge Fires WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.)
Announcing that Super-Fortresses attacked Tokio on Monday (Japanese time) for the second time within 48 hours, setting large fires in industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Workers' Compensation for Fire Fighters
The Workers' Compensation (Bush Fire Fighters) Act, 1944, come into force on 13th December, 1944, and operates from that date…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Raid on Nagoya Jap. City in Flames WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
The crews of 500 Super-Fortresses, returning from Monday morning's daylight raid on Nagoya, Japan's third city, on which 3500 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cease Fire In Syria and Lebanon LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.)
The order to French troops in Syria and Lebanon to cease fire was issued last night by the G.O.C. of the French Forces in the Levant…
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