Grass Fire Brought Wider Control
MEMBERS of the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade and police officers quickly brought a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1965
61 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4
Fire officer survey danger area
Queanbeyan's fire Contort Officer, Mr. R. Morton does not consider the area west of Agnes Avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAPTAiN’S Flat News Bungendore Fire Hazard Reduced
Work carried out at Bungendore by Yarrowlumla Shire Council in co-operation with local residents has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire to proceed with fire scheme
Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Wednesday decided to proceed with the suggestion for the establishment of a Fire Protection Scheme on the Southern Tablelands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Rages on Wide Front West of Captain’s Flat
A huge bushfire, one of many which broke out on the Southern Tablelands in Sunday’s high temperature and searing winds, is burning in thick timber this afternoon on a wide front towards the former mining…
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The Bushfire Danger Period has come into effect today and the lighting of all fires in the open is an offence and persons doing so are liable to prosecution…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brigade Captain Critical Captain’s flat fire controlled
Captain of the Captain’s Flat Birch Fire Brigade, Mr. D. Strudwicke, reports that the major bush fire burning west of the town was completely under control at 3.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Emergency Controller
Yarrowlumla Shire Council’s Bush Fire Control Officer, Mr. W. Horsburgh, has been nominated for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Conference of bush fire unites
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will hold its annual conference of Bush Fire Brigades in the R.S.L. Board…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lower rentals for bush fire telephones
A move has been made to have rentals on telephones used solely for bush fire purposes reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters to the Editor Ratepayer Critical — Shire Attitude Drought and Fires
Sir, — Most ratepayers in the Yarrowlumla Shire have waited in vain for a firm lead from the Shire President, Cr. Gorman and his councillors, to help over one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain helped Captain’s Flat fire out
A huge bushfire which burnt in the area between the Queanbeyan River and Captain’s Flat for 12 days,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meeting Lays Foundation First step in Monaro Bush Fire Protection
A meeting of Bush Fire authorities and representatives of four shire councils in Queanbeyan yesterday took the first step towards the establishment of a Bush Fire…
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Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Wednesday took no action to revoke the Bush Fire Danger Period, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain’s Flat News Bush Fire Control officers opinion Majority of bush fires clue to carelessness
It is the opinion of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council Bush Fire Control Officer, Mr. W. Horsburgh, that the majority of fires which broke out in the Captain’s Flat region about three weeks ago were the result of carelessness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Expert advice on Bush Fire Protection
MR. PHIL GABEL (right), technical officer of the N.S.W. Bush Fire Committee, addresses delegates at a conference in Queanbeyan on Thursday, which had as its objective the establishment of a Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain’s Flat Disagreement with control officer Brigade captain says fires were deliberate
Captain’s Flat bush fire authorities have disagreed with the expressed opinions of the Yarrowlumla Shire Bushfire Control Officer Mr. W. Horsburgh in connection with recent bushfires in the area…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More bush fires in the ’Flat area
Mr. Darcy Strudwicke today reported on two recent outbreaks in the Captain’s Flat area The two fires…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unsatisfactory fire break
Queanbeyan Municipal Council is dissatisged with a fire break provided at the rear of premises on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Continuous phone services for fire captains
The PMG Department has been requested to arrange for continuous telephone services to bush fire brigade…
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