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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

76 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 4

Aerial Map for Fire Brigade

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 1

Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce will make a gridded aerial map of the town available to the Fire Brigade for assistance in…

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No Charge for Services, says Fire Brigade

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade is concerned over the number of townspeople holding the mistaken belief that there , is a…

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Bushfire Prevention

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 3

The Bushfire Committee has advised the N.R.M.A. that a line of fireplaces has been constructed on Monaro Highway between Tumut and…

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Fire Caused Slight Damage

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

Queanbeyan Fire Brigade were called to an outbreak of fire at the B. and B. rubber works yesterday morning…

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Help Prevent Bush Fires this Sumer Bushfires Caused by Carelessness; Governor’s Appeal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 2

“It is unfortunately true that most bush fires are caused by the carelessness of individuals, and it is our endeavour during Fire Prevention Week to make all people fire conscious and to appeal…

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Fire Alarm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 2

A fire broke in the upstairs portion of the Royal Hotel on Sunday morning, just as the Braidwood Fire Brigade was preparing to nave a practice…

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Fire Prevention Week

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 1

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A., appealed for support from Councils and other rural organisations and from all members of the…

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Fire Prevention Campaign 1954

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 1

To-day marks the opening of Fire Prevention Week in New. South Wales, said His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Northcott, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.,…

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Big Bush Fire at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

Bungendore bush fire brigade, supplemented by volunteers battled daylong on Sunday with a bush fire in heavily timbered…

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Brigade Called to Two Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

Queanbeyan’s volunteer fire brigrade extinguished a fire at the reaof of Elias Southwell’s premises in Monaro Street on Sundav…

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Fire Insurance by Railways Country Party Suggestion

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 3

The Railways Department should institute its own system of insurance to cover the payment of damages for fire, Mr. Lawson…

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Fire Insurance by Railways

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 4

The Railways Department should institute its own system of insurance to cover the payment of damages for fire, Mr. Lawson…

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Cigarette Butts and Bush Fires

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 2

An interesting aside was heard at Saturday's P.P. Board meeting during a discussion on a letter from the Bush Fire Committee, Dir. Hassall told Dir…

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Bush Fires From Cigarette Butts

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

The statement made by Mr. R. T. Hassall at lost meeting of Braidwood P.P. Board that it is impossible to start a bushfire from a lighted cigarette…

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Eliminate Town Another £20 for Fire Hazards nat. Polio Appeal

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

“The fact that there is a fire restriction imposed in the district dose no mean that people cannot [?] fires to eliminate[?]…

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Compensation for Bush Fire Fighters

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

Compensation is available to voluntary bush fire fighters under the Workers’ Compensation (Bush Fire Fighters) Act for injuries or…

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