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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1974

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

Fire risk Stay In The Car Earache?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1974 · page 7

If caught in a car by a bushfire stay in your vehicle, suggests the NRMA. Don’t leave it if flames…

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Fire Risk Meetings

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 25 November 1974 · page 4

Introduction of uniform State laws requiring labelling of children’s nightwear is expected to…

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Fire in Vehicle Workshop

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 25 November 1974 · page 3

Fire extensively damaged the rear portion of a motor vehicle workshop in Stornaway…

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Bushfire Fines

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 December 1974 · page 4

A motorist who throws a burning cigarette or match from his car risks a maximum penalty of a…

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Fire brigade equipment “check out”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1974 · page 8

The newly formed Stoney Creek Bush Fire Brigade will conduct an equipment…

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Bush Fire Brigade Fees Due

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 9 December 1974 · page 13

Stoney Creek Bush Fire Brigade has fixed its subscription rate for 1974-75 at a half-cent per…

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Long hot summer Bushfire Risk Now Runs High

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 9 December 1974 · page 6

The bushfire danger in this region is extremely bad and will be worse by the of 1975. “That ’s the message…

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Emergency Fire Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 December 1974 · page 19

An emergency bush fire plan prepared by the Bush Fire Control Officer, Mr. W. Horsburgh, has been…

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A Xmas Tree Fire Hazard

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 December 1974 · page 1

A dry Christmas tree is a potential fire hazard threatening the home. The natural Christmas…

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Two Years Since Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 16 December 1974 · page 15

It will be two years ago next Friday since the disastrous fire which destroyed the Queanbeyan leagues’ Club, the city’s focal point of entertainment, and one of its biggest…

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Bush Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 December 1974 · page 7

Volunteers of the Queanbeyan branch of the State Emergency Services helped fight…

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Extreme tore needed Holiday fire danger high

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 December 1974 · page 7

The risk of fire on the Southern Tablelands is increasing day by day as the lush grass growth dries rapidly and authorities fear extreme danger during the holiday period…

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