Fire Brigade Called Twice
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade has been called out to fires twice this week. The brigade was called…
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Fires & bushfires, 1956
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Bush Fire Danger High This Year
The 1956-57 bushfire period is expected to be a particularly dangerous one, the New South Wales Bush Fire Committee…
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Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out on Wednesday night to the Tourist Hotel in Monaro Street…
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An old coupe motor car caught fire as it was travelling along Molonglo Street Queanbeyan yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brigade at Fire in Alice Street
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out on Wednesday night to a fire at the home of Mr. Eggerdon in Alice Street…
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Queanbeyan volunteer Fire Brigade was called out on Monday night to a chimney fire at the home of Mr. L…
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A fire broke out last night in a[?] shed at the rear of premises occupied by the K. & S. smallgood factory, Crawford…
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During a discussion in Parliament recently, Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., suggested the Minister for Education (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Used Beer to Put Out a Fire
A bottle of beer was used to put out a fire in Monaro Street, Queanbeyan yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Fire Board President Visits Queanbeyan Volunteer Firemen to Get New Engine
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was “in line” for a new fire engine, president of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners, the Hon. T. J. Smith said in Queanbeyan on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain’s Report to President Fire Brigade’s Long Record
For 66 years a continuous fire protection service had been maintained in Queanbeyan, the Brigade Captain (Mr. Ray Morton) said in a recent report on the Brigade’s…
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Queanbeyan Fire Brigade received a call at 2.25 p.m. on Monday to Morton’s Bakery, in McQuoid Street, where an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proclamation of Bush Fire Danger Period
The Chief Secretary (the Hon. C. A Kelly, M.L.A.) announced that the method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brigade Called to Home when Bed Caught Fire
Queanbeyan firemen were called out at 10.30 last night to a fire in a house at 72 Balcombe Street, Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firemen fight Fierce Blaze Morning Fire Gutted House
A weatherboard house in Wanniassa Street was almost completely destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning. The rear [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Grass Well Become Fire Hazard
High and Thick grass on Bungendore [?] weather Cr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firemen Called to Gross Fire in Rutledge Street
Queanbeyan firemen were called out for the third night in succession when a fire broke out in dry grass and…
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The large volume of grass growth this Spring will soon be drying off and will constitute one of the worst fire hazards seen in this district for many years. This opinion was expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →firemen Fight Morning Blaze Fire Destroys Section of Local Sawmill
The softwood breaking down section of Donoghoe & Hopkins’ sawmill in McQuoid Street, Queanbeyan, was completely destroyed by fire on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Chief’s Warning to Public Is Your Fire Hydrant Clear?
“An extreme fire danger is threatening in Queanbeyan this summer and house holders are requested to make sure fire hydrants outside their homes are visible and…
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