Another Outbreak Eighth Fire Inside Six Months
Seme, two months having elapsed since the last outbreak of fire in Braidwood, people were beginning to lose toe fear at the spectre which had…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
71 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4
Bouquet Fob Fire Brigade. (To the Editor of the "Dispatch")
Sir,—In your account of the recent i fire you have bestowed a modest though well—deserved encomium on the local Fire Brigade. It is rare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery Deepens Another Fire in Braidwood
JUST 10 days after the last outbreak another fire broke out on Saturday night, round about 10 o'clock, in the premises known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Little Light Helping the Fire Brigade
Since our lest issue quite a few townspeople have called in to express complete agreement with our remarks in connection, with the provision of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dealing With Japs. Fire and Bombing WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.)
“We will have to burn up the Japs, and I mean burn; they are like a lot of moles. Give them a hill of any size and they dig holes. You can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bug Again Second Fire Inside a Week. Total Is Now Eleven
It any doubt existed that the succession of fires in Braidwood over the past few months was the work of a fire bug, it was dispelled very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap. Snipers Fire on MacArthur BALIKPAPAN, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Japanese snipers again tried to get General MacArthur, this time while he was conferring with the Australian Brigadier within 200 yards of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Tailing Fire Phenomenon." Peasants' Stories Confirmed
Falling fire," a curious phenomenon which was at first dismissed t village gossip among peasants of the Spanish province of Almeria, has now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mysterious Fire Only Bed and Bedding Destroyed
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Fletcher, of Braidwood, had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Thursday night last. It seems that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire Bug at Work Again
Peace celebrations in Braidwood on Wednesday were marred by a recurrence of the mysterious fires which have 'created so much' concern and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ammunition Ship on Fire
Fire was discovered yesterday in the engine room of the ship "Heron," loaded with ammunition, in Darling Harbour. Firemen quickly put the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Victim of Fire
When a fire broke out in a weatherboard cottage at Coolabah, near Dubbo, during the early hours of Saturday morning, Noeline Beatrice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bug Still at Work Another Fire in Braidwood
All efforts have failed to catch the person at persons responsible for the extraordinary succession of fires in Braidwood. In less than a year there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
During the 1944-45 bush fire season 313 outbreaks of fire were reported by the police to the Bush Fires Advisory Committee. These reports indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Equipment of Bush Fire Brigades
At a meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council held on the 23rd ult., councillors considered a proposal to supply equipment to Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
During the 1944-46 bush fire season 313 outbreaks of fire were reported by the police to the Bush Fires Advisory Committee. These reports indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Bug Again Attempt to Burn Down Hall Fails
Judging from an incident at the Church of England Sunday School Hall it would seem that the fire bug is still with us…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nagasaki Bombing Fire Like Meteor, NAGASAKI, Monday (A.A.P.)
A graphic eye-witness account of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, written by William Laurence, science writer for the ââNew York Timesâ…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the above was held. at. the Pastoral Exchange Buildings on September 15. Members present included Massrs. J. C. Gorman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Refugee Ship
PORT SAID.—Seventy persons, [?] eluding women and children, are missing and feared killed from an Empire Patrol, of 3330 tons, which caught fire…
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