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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
76 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4
FORMER QUEANBEYAN GIRL, PAMELA MARY CAIRNS, ACTUALLY CONTACTED BOMBALA EXCHANGE AND ASKED FOR THE FIRE BRIGADE TO BE SENT OUT BEFORE SHE WAS BURNT TO DEATH IN THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The limit to be placed by the NSW Labor Government on the liability of its railways for fire damage caused by them was harsh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. H. Barber has resigned [?] Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade after 40 years and 3 months service 29 years of which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following interesting talk was broadcast recently, and is reprinted for the benefit of those who may have missed this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire damage in New South Wales during the 1953-1954 season totalled £607,000. This is revealed in the annual report of the Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush fires may start in wholly unexpected ways and brigades must always be on the alert for the unusual. The Secretary or the Bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On display at Friday's Shire meeting was a very compact model of the type of wireless receiving set it is proposed to purchase for bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An early model utility truck was completely destroyed by fire on State highway 19 near Royalla on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan Fire Brigade was called to a minor outbreak of fire at the home of Mrs. Murray at the corner of Moore and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As statistics show that 90 per cent. of bush fires are started by the human element, the Burrangong Shire Council has appealed to fire patrol officers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →QUEANBEYAN FIRE BRIGADE ready for action in 1923. Firemen fn picture, taken at the Australia Day procession in 1523, are, from left: Lower front, T. S. Jordan, B. Thompson; centre, W. Dunshea, T. Dudley, H. Land (Capt.), G. N. Morten; back row, J. Venables, J. Byrne, E. Land, A. Lazarus. The horses are Jersey and Splinter. More details of the Brigade’s early history are on page 3…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan’s first fire station was built by Mr. Adam Paterson at a cost of £57. Brigade uniforms then cost 37/6 each. The fireman who delivered the first cask of water at a fire received 10/-. Sam Bale nearly always collected this money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Though win er is far from over, it is time to start thinking of what precautions are necessary to get firefighting equipment in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This is 1954 and every possible aid, mechanical and scientific. is being used in the huge task of fighting fires. One of these is radio…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Without being malicious, but where an offender has been deliberate or careless in the lighting of a bushfire, I think Council should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan Fire Brigade were called yesterday to extinguish a chimney fire at the residence of Mr. P. Russel, Pound Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush fire brigades may assist in the control of grasshoppers. In response to personal representations made by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The NSW Bush Fire Committee has circularised all Shire Councils seeking their co-operation in the prevention and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unregistered motor vehicles can now be registered for bush fire fighting purposes in the name of a bush fire brigade at the small cost of £1 5s. plus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The method for prohibiting t[?] lighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need ari[?] during the coming summer, was a[?]…
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