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1952 v NowWind howls as flames threaten Queanbeyan
December 11, 2019AT first light on Friday, the flames rear. After weeks where rain’s been little more than an unfulfilled promise, the surrounding bush, for which the area’s so known, is parched.
Nichole Overall.
Grass crackles underfoot and the boughs of non-native trees, withered and crisp. As temperatures push beyond 40C, the danger approaches from the west, aggravated by a “strong nor-west gale”.
It’s January 25, 1952: recorded as Queanbeyan’s “Black Friday”, when the town was “nearly destroyed” by fire.
It’s a time of timber buildings as the norm, few sealed roads and a patchy water supply – despite a river through its heart.
https://citynews.com.au/2019/wind-howls-as-flames-threaten-queanbeyan/
