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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1973

48 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

Letter to the Editor Shire says thanks to fire-fighters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1973 · page 13

Sir, — Through the courtesy of your pages, could 1 express the thanks of the Yarrowlumla Shire and the Queanbeyan Bush Fire Brigade to all those people and organisations who helped us so much during the…

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Bush fire thanks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1973 · page 3

Sir.— I would appreciate, through the courtesy of the “Age” to thank all those who participated…

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Fire tanker damaged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1973 · page 1

The driver of a Queanbeyan Fire Brigade tanker jumped from his truck seconds before it was…

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$29,000 Flat Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1973 · page 13

Flats valued at 829,003 at 81 Tharwa Road, Queanbeyan, were totally [?] [?]yed by fire on…

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Meeting on Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1973 · page 13

A Yarrowlumla Shire Council committee and officers, and district fire captains will meet in February…

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Fire ban

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1973 · page 1

A total ban on the lighting of fires in the open on the Southern Tablelands was introduced at noon today and…

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Talks on Monaro fires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1973 · page 9

A special meeting of the Monaro Fire Prevention Association was held at the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Shire plans to upgrade fire force

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1973 · page 9

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is proceeding with arrangements to secure second hand fire trucks offered by the NSW Forestry…

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Grass Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1973 · page 8

The Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a small grass fire at the rear of a house owned by…

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Shire Seeks Fire Talks

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1973 · page 13

Talks are planned between the principal executives of Yarrowlumla Shire Council and Queanbeyan City Council concerning fire protection in the area. The shire is concerned…

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Bush Fire Brigade Suggested

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1973 · page 15

When Queanbeyan City boundaries are extended, the area will need to be covered by a bush fire brigade set up under the…

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Bush fire period revoked

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1973 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has revoked the Bush Fire Danger Period as from next Monday, March 5…

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Urgent Investigation Mauger singes fire chiefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1973 · page 1

The Member for Monaro, Mr. Steve Mauger, has launched a blistering attack on the NSW Board of Fire Commissioners for their disregard of the fire protection of Queanbeyan…

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Fire-risk labels are needed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1973 · page 17

Children's clothes should be labelled to show their resistance to fire, a doctor said toda[?]…

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Van on fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1973 · page 1

A furniture van was extensively damaged by fire in Antill Street, Queanbeyan, this morning…

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Regular meetings on fire control

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1973 · page 19

Annual meetings on matters affecting fire control within Yarrowlumla Shire, including brigade representatives, are to become a regular feature. A special meeting in the…

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$14,000 TANKER Breakthrough in city fire protection

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1973 · page 1

The City Council considers the allocation of a new wafer tanker to Queanbeyan is a breakthrough in negotiations to obtain improved…

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Manger told: “Fire staff is adequate to cope with emergencies”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1973 · page 3

The NSW Board of Fire Commissioners says that the existing complement of personnel located in Queanbeyan is adequate to cop with any fire emergency which might occur…

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Rugby Union “Whites lacked fire in first comp, game”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 April 1973 · page 22

Queanbeyan Whites Rugby Union 1st XV nosedived at the start of the ’73 season when they received a 33-nil drubbing from Wests at Jamison Oval on Saturday…

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$14,000 tanker arrives Boost to city fire services

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1973 · page 3

The arrival this week of a $14,000 water tanker in Queanbeyan gives a needed boost to the city’s fire service. The addition of the tanker to equipment already in use culminates lengthy negotiations by both the Member for…

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