Home badly damaged by early morning blaze
A weatherboard and fibro home in Mc-Keahnie Street was partly destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The Volunteer Fire Brigade…
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Fires & bushfires, 1963
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Helicopters for Bush Fire Fighting
Helecopters from Canberra are available to district bush fire brigades if required for spotting work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car destroyed by fire last
The interior of a late model station waggon was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday at about 11…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade captain appointed
Mr. Terry C Rourke has been appointed captain of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Waste at Sawmill
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out at 12.40 p.m. today to a fire at Glenview Sawmill, Pound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush fire equipment inspection
The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has been notified by the Bush Fire Committee, that an inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council purchases two bush fire trucks
The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will purchase through the Bush Fire Committee, two trucks from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire requests reduction in bush fire danger period
The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will apply to the New South Wales Bush, Fire Committee, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grass fire in Molonglo Street
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out at 4.20 p.m. yesterday afternoon to a grass and rubbish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in old trouble spot
One of Queanbeyan’s worst fire trouble spots, an old sawdust pit in Crest Road, near the railway line,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in rubbish at showground
Queanbeyan volunteer Fire Brigade was called out on Sunday morning to a fire in the Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firemen called to grass fire
Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out at 3.10 p.m. yesterday afternoon to a grass fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Service charges under fire at County Council
Service charges for the supply of eletricity in some areas of the Southern Table, lands County Council’s country district came under fire at yesterday’s meeting. The was raised by Cr. gendora and Captain’s Flat Hardy (Yarrowlumla) who were wage earners who earners who could…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cracker Starts a Fire
Ignited by a fire cracker section of the Temora Independent erupted in flames on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crackers blamed for garage fire
Children playing with crackers are believed to have caused an explosion and fire in a buildin at 25…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fresh request for new fire engine
The Municipal Council will ask the Board Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. to reconsider its decision hot to provide a new first engine for Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Burns Large Area of Bush
A fire at 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday burnt out a large area of bush in the Municipality between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ambulance station destroyed by fire
The Ambulance Station and residence Captain’s Flat was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. Furniture, clothing and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire area declared Bush Fire District
The Yarrowlumla Shire Council area has been declared a Bush Fire District and Cr. T. N. Gorman appointed the Fire Control Officer. This was decided at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council moves to form Fire Brigade
Yarrowlumla Shire Council has masked the Captain’s Flat Progress Association to form a Volunteer Fire…
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