Bush Fire Brigade
A representative attendance is requested at Saturday's annual meeting of the Braidwood Bush Firs Brigade. There is urgent necessity that the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
59 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Queanbeyan Fire
An outbreak of fire on the property of Mr. Tim O’Neill, dairyman of East Queanbeyan, caused extensive damage. The alarm was given shortly after…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, again warns of the dangers of bushfires from the dry conditions in many parts of the State. People, he added,…
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Yesterday morning the town Fire Brigade was called out to a fire which had broken out in the rubbish tip on the common. The whole big tip was…
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About 11.30 on Sunday night the Fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak of fire in a shed at the rear of Mr. Elias Southwell’s shop…
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The matter of a compulsory levy by the Shire Council for bush fire fighting purposes was exhaustively discussed at Saturday's annual meeting…
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There was a splendid attendance at Saturday's meeting. The Captain, Mr. Geo. Woods, was in the chair, and there were present Messrs. E. N…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigade Captain's Complaint Promiscuous Burning-off
Speaking at Saturday's Bush Fire Brigade meeting, the Captain, Mr. Geo. Woods, suggested bringing before the Bush Fires Advisory Committee a…
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The first bush-fire in the Queanbeyan district this summer occurred yesterday afternoon at Burbong between the railway siding and Brooks’…
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At the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., a Greek, Viasldas Petalas, was charged with having on 28th November,…
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Sir.—Owing to the extreme heat and the Highly inflammable nature of the grass the danger of bush-fires is very acute. Through the columns of your…
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A deputation from the Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade waited on the Shire Council yesterday, Messrs. A. E. Wilton and T. R. Cargill presenting…
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At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council a letter was read from Mr. E. N. Mutton, secretary Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade, advising that…
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In a survey of bush fires and their causes being made by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee it is noted that numerous fives arc being caused by…
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A deputation comprising Messrs. A. E Wilton and T. R. Cargill, from the Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade, met the Shire Council at its last meeting to…
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The big batch of witnesses who were to have gone to Goulburn on the fire bug case to-day (Tuesday) received notice on Saturday that their…
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On Tuesday, a native of Braidwood, William Charles Gourlay, 34, married, with a family of 10 children, was sentenced to three years’…
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A native of Braidwood, William Charles Gourlay, 34. married, with a family of 10 children, was on Tuesday sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Berne at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on three charges of maliciously setting fire to buildings, and…
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Flames from lubricating oil, motor engines, stationery and other inflammable stocks soared up hundreds of feet a short distance from the…
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Fifteen male inmates of Kingston mental institution were burned to death when a fire swept through a ward…
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