Change in Bush Fire Thinking
The increasing sub-division of Yarrowlumla Shire properties has lead to a breakdown in the truck force…
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Fires & bushfires, 1972
37 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
$37,000 for fire trails
A pant of 137,000 has been made available to the Monaro Fire Protection Association for…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fence Fire
While on his way back to work at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Constable Robert Longbottom raised the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →$50 fine over fire
A Queanbeyan businessman was fined $50 last week for leaving a rubbish fire unattended on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze fails to harm Youth Coffee
There is a story about two church members who were watching firemen fight a blaze in the church one Sunday morning. âI havenât seen you here…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News for the Man on the land Captain’s authority not usurped, says Bush Fire Officer
Yarralumla Bush Fire Control Officer, Mr. W. Horsburgh, told councillors at the last meeting that at no time had he usurped the authority of Mr. D. E. Strudwick as captain of Captainâs Flat Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New fire inspector here today
The newly appointed Fire Brigades Inspector for the Southern Area, Mr. Tom Whitney, has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Unattended Fire Brings $25 Fine
A man has been fined $25 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions for leaving a fire lit in the open air…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Lit fire in danger period
A very serious view is taken of persons lighting fires in the open during the bush fire danger season…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Shire Retains Fire Permit Policy
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will continue with its present system of issuing permits for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Fires 15 Shots in Seige Wounded by Police
A man fired fifteen shots from a high powered rifle during a two-and-a-half hour seige at a Queanbeyan private hotel last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Captain
Captainâs Flat Bush Fire Brigade has appointed Mr. B. S. Falkiner as its captain, following the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remanded on fire charges
In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions yesterday afternoon, Carlo Pasini, 43, formerly of the Old Kent Private Hotel, was charged with setting fire to the hotel on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lost all property in fire
An old age pensioner and two grandchildren residing with her, lost all their possessions in a fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Fire in Whites’ Win Over Royals
Queanbeyan Whites scored a comfortable 12-6 win over Royals at Taylor Park on Saturday in a game which was a very pale affair compared to past clashes between these old rivals…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fires No Accident
A firebug is believed to have been responsible for 12 fires in scrub and grass on the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Historic home gutted by fire
One of the districtâs most historic homesteads. âBywongâ, near Sutton,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Partially Destroys Warehouse
Fire late yesterday destroyed a large portion of an old brick and corrugated iron warehouse in Crawford street, together with contents, the property of Charles Rogers and Sons Pty. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Approach for second fire officer
Approaches have been made to the authorities for the appointment of a second permanent fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on arcade site
Youngâs new shopping arcade and cinema complex is built on the site of one of Queanbeyanâs…
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