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Blue Mountains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1916

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Fire Station Arrangements

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

Fireman Boden, who in private life is foreman of the mechanical department of "The Echo," has been appointed relieving fireman at the local Fire Station,…

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Another Landmark Gone Unsightly Corner Block. Destroyed by Fire

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 5

The biggest blaze recorded since Mullany's conflagration broke out early on Thursday morning, and, as a result, the unsightly block of weatherboard…

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Three Fires in Six Week's

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 5

Following the devastation of six ancient landmarks in Katoomba street, the fire fiend shifted lower down on Sunday morning, and accounted for three…

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Local and General. Fire Sale

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 4

Builders and repairers would do well to attend the auction sale to be held opposite Katoomba station to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, when a clearing…

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