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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
66 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Record consumptions of water in Canberra and Queanbeyan during the past 24 hours may necessitate the imposition of restrictions. At the same time, near record temperatures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan volunteer Fire Brigade this, morning fought a fire between Crest Road and Derrima Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →But for the swift action of the Captain’s Flat Volunteer Fire Brigade on Saturday under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Every landholder should be ready to meet the threat of bush fire, which is increasing considerably every, day while the spell of hot, dry weather remains unbroken. This warning has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan volunteer firemen believe three grass fires which occurred within a short time of each other at about mid-day yesterday were deliberately lit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yarrowlumla Shire Council will give consideration at its next meeting to a suggestion that it open a special Bush Fire Fighting Fund. How such a fund will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The most dangerous bush fire in the Queanbeyan area for some five years burnt out about 400 acres of land south-east of the town before it was brought under control on Saturday afternoon. The above picture, looking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire in heavily timbered scrub on the slopes of Reservoir Hill, threatened several cottages in Munro Road before it was brought under control on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir, — I would like-to express through the columns the “Age,” my sincere thanks and appreciation to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A bush fire which broke out late yesterday afternoon, burnt about 80 acres of land about four miles off the Captain’s Flat Road eight miles from Queanbeyan, before it Was brought under control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The interior of a room in an unoccupied dwelling in Campbell, Street was badly damaged by fire late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire hazards at Captain’s Flat are causing concern to the Yarrowlumla Fire Control Officer, Mr. W. Horsburgh. Mr. horsburgh, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Both the District Agronomist of the Department of Agriculture at Queanbeyan and the Superintendent of the Agriculture and Stock Section of the Departmnt of Interior have warned of the high bush fire danger…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade members were out on Wednesday afternoon to a fire on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The officer-in-charge of the Captain’s Flat Police Station, Senior Constable Ray, reports that a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out to a grass fire at the rear of the R.S.L. Bowling Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A grass fire broke out on the hill above the Captain’s Flat Central School about 10.45 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Residents of Brook Street, off Cameron Road, and firemen as well, are wondering if a fire bug is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the last sitting of the Queanbeyan Court off Petty Sessions, a charge of lighting a fire in a prohibited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →YarrowIumla Shire Council proposes to arrange an annual conference between bush fire brigades in its…
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