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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1964

66 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 4

Protective clothing for fire fighters

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1964 · page 8

An interesting article on the necessity for wearing protective clothing for fire fighting is published in the November issue of the Australian Fire Gazette…

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Fire Company income £1m

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1964 · page 7

The T. & G. Fire and General Insurance Company passed a milestone in its relatively short history — its fourth lull…

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Bushfires-and wind changes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1964 · page 9

With the recent total ban on lighting or maintaining fires in the open, thoughts went back to the severe outbreaks which ravished thousands of acres in this district in the early…

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News For The Man On The Land No action on bush fire units held outside area

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1964 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will take no action on bush fire fighting units, held by brigades under its control, being kept outside the actual shire area. This was decided at the last…

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Brigade out to grass fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1964 · page 4

Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out shortly after mid-day today to a fire on vacant land at 60…

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Accident and fire danger stressed Civic leaders appeal for care during holidays

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1964 · page 1

The Mayor of Queanbeyan (Aid. F. E. Land) and president of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council (Cr. T. N. Gorman) in their Christmas messages, appeal for care on the roads and in the use of fire during the holidays…

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