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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1956

47 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

No Permission to Burn Off Prosecutions May Follow Grass Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1956 · page 1

Legal action is contemplated against two persons as a result of grass fires within the Queanbeyan Municipality on Monday. Several other grass fires occurred this week…

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Resident Calls Pine Off-cuts a Fire Hazard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1956 · page 2

A resident of Derrima, Road, Queanbeyan has written to the Municipal Council complaining of the fire risk…

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District Agronomist Warns on Bush Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 December 1956 · page 6

Echoing en earlier warning by the Department of the Interior, the district agronomist (Mr. P. N. Armstrong) draws attention to the high bush lire danger existing in the region with the drying off of lush growth…

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New Fire Station

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 December 1956 · page 6

A new fire station is to be constructed at Yenda at a cost of £4,000. The Board of Fire Commissioners has…

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Brigades Fight Two Bush Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 December 1956 · page 1

Fanned by a strong wind on Monday, two bush fires, one near Queanbeyan and the other at Michelago, reached dangerous proportion before being brought under control…

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Magistrate Warns on Lighting of Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 December 1956 · page 1

These are very serious matters and could result in the loss of life and the destruction of property Mr C. S. Rodgers S.M. said at the Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday when he imposed fines on three…

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Homes Threatened by Sparks from Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 December 1956 · page 1

Firemen fought for half an hour to bring a file which started in the south -east corner of Queanbeyan Showground, under control on Wednesday afternoon . The fire raced through dry…

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