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Blue Mountains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

12 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Fires, Snakes and Flies Cows as Antidote Lawson Residknt's Theory

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 3

At the present time cows are unpopular with a wide section of the Mountains population. This anti-pathy to a useful domestic animal is…

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Everlasting' Fire Carrying Samples

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 8

He was doing the Mountains, after a long spell of missionary work in india. He was at the Ritz, and everything pleased him except the…

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Blaze at Blackheath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 5

At an early hour on Wednesday morning, chief Wills received an alarm of fire. Inquiry elicited the fact that the blaze was at…

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Fire Fiend at Leura Four Shops Destroyed Two Others Damaged

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 3

A dirty burnt brick front, the remaining buttresses of dividing walls, and a pile of burning junk, were all that remained of the four shops…

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Leura Fire Coronial Inquiry Open Verdict

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 3

District Coroner Judges held an inquiry yesterday into the fire at the Leura Mall, when four buildings were destroyed, and two others…

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Fire at Springwood Several Shops Gutted Gallant Bucket Brigade

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

On Wednesday night, a howling westerly and extreme cold kept nine out of every ten Springboks indoors. One of the "tenth," Mr. Elphinstone…

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Springwood Fire Blessing in Disguise

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 6

After all, Springwood's fire may be a blessing in disguise. The foregoing is written with due regard to and sympathy for the sufferers…

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Opening Fire Ten Bursts

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 6

The first shoot of the new your started on Saturday, when 25 knight of the Trigger faced the firing line for the Crawshaw trophy. It was…

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Wasted Golden Hours Lights of Lawson Leura's Fire Fighters

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 1

After waiting an hour, during which it been me doubtful whether a quorum would ultimately be mustered, the Blue Mountains Shire…

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Alderman Windbag Loosens Tongue of Fire Oratorical Purple Patches

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 7

Alderman Windbag nearly choked at the, breakfast table, and broke into a violent fit of coughing. "What's the matter, dear?" asked…

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Fire in Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 1

At 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday last Katoomba brigade received a call to a fire in Cardiff-street. Before the motor got way on, dense clouds of…

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Fire Fighting More Equipment Leura's Requirements

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 7

On Monday afternoon, Fire Commissioners E.H. Farrow, M.L.C. (president), Francis, Taylor and Collins, visited Katoomba, and at the…

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