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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
49 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Friday proved a black day for captain’s Flat with a house being destroyed by fire early in the morning and portion of a shopping block partly burnt out late at night. The house fore left a man,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade, unusual for it at this time of the year, has been kept busy in the past few days. The brigade has been called to four fires since Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The existing fire engine stationed at Queanbeyan is an embarrassment to members of the Volunteer Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A 1954 model sedan car was completely destroyed by fire in Mowatt Street, Queanbeyan, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yarrowlumla Shire Council has declared its area a Bush Fire District and has appointed Cr. T. N. Gorman as Fire Control Officer. This was decided at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Braidwood wool store owned by A. and A. Launt, was partially destroyed by a fire, which commenced at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan Ambulance made a dash to Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, yesterday with a man who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan Branch of the Smith Family today launched an urgent appeal to help rehabilitate a family at Captain’s Flat. The family lost all their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The chairman of the A.C.T. Bush Fire Council, Mr. E. Cavanagh, in his annual report, reveals another mild bush fire season in the A.C.T. and district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided to take up with the appropriate State Government Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire damaged about, 200 poles in a stack at Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Works in Yass Road at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The people of Captain’s Flat who have known Mrs. Peg Fowler and some who did not know her, have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yarrowlumla Shire Council will ask the N.S.W. Bush Fire Committee to consider making funds available to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Shire Council has contacted the owner of shop premises at Captain’s Flat, recently burnt out by fire, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.S.W. could face a serious fire threat during the coming hot months because of the series of rainy seasons the State has experienced, the Chief Secretary, Mr. C. A. Kelly, said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yarrowlumla Shire Council has revoked the introduction of the Bush Fire danger period until…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queanbeyan Municipal Council has revolted the bush fire danger period within the Municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bush Fire Prevention Campaign will be conducted on Sunday next, its object being to educate the public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The main business section of Queanbeyan will be a blaze of colour all next week, as the Ninth Annual Floral Festival gets under way. Adding to the street decorations will be the decorated windows of the various shops. Many of the business…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The meeting place of the Floral Festival Committee was changed from the Municipal Council…
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