New Fire Engine Up-to-date Appliance Katoomba Well in Front
Katoomba should very shortly be equipped with a now fire motor and pump. In that possibility lies much significance; for it not only shows…
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Fires & bushfires, 1922
22 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2
Between Two Fires Professional Etiquette
One of those cases in which the personal element was plainly and admittedly evident, unfortunately arose at the meeting of the Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Fire Engine Arrival and Test Water Pressure Fails
The new fire engine, supplied by the Board of Fire Commissioners was delivered promptly to time on Tuesday morning. It was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Water Katoomba Runs Short
Now that the Fire Board has equipped Katoomba with the latest thing in motors and pumps, the Commissioners find that at some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blaze at Katoomba Boarding House Threatened a Close Call
At 1.45 a.m. on Wednesday, Kutoomba Fire Station received a 'phone call from "Springhill," a boarding, establishment in Katoomba-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Wycombe" Fire Big Blaze Averted Neighbor's Prompt Action
What might have been a disastrous fire at "Wycombe" Lurtline-street, Katoomba, on Sunday night, was averted by the help of neighbors and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Springwood Watchdogs Some Lie 'by the Fire Others Bark
Apparently, the cosy warmth of the fireside was more seductive than the meeting room at the School of Arts last Thursday night week,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Yarns of a Swaggie Round the Camp-fire
They passed through Katoomba during the week, on the Great Western Trail, one of the most picturesque swagmen ever conceived in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting Schooling the Scouts
One of the most practicable uses to which the training of a boy scout can be applied, is the rendering of assistance to a fire brigade. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blackheath Brass Band Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire
Hardly has the ink dried on the signature of the Blackheath Town Rand committee, which somewhat ignominiously deposed the previously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hydro on Fire Early Morning Outbreak Damage Estimated at £50,000
Quite the biggest thing in Mountains fires happened early this morning, when the Hydro Majestic, Medlow Bath, burst into flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Historic Hydro Majestic Ruined by Fire Fiend Western Wing Gone
The most disastrous fire on record in the history of the Blue Mountains occurred on Friday last, resulting in the complete destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Big Blaze
Quite recently, "Echo" referred to the tremendous conflagrations that from time to time break out in towns of Western Queensland, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Golden Blaze Twenty Thousand Daffodils Make Glorious Show
If there is one thing Wentworth Falls prides itself upon it is its flowers Every year the residents pile their beautiful blooms on Flora's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Movie Thrill Matinee Idol Shattered by the Fire Fiend
A fire broke out in the operating room of the Empire Theatre, Katoomba, on Monday afternoon, shortly after the performance commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Careless Ones Fires That Destroy
Only a few days ago, it was a thing of beauty, the bushland, filled with the gold of pushland, filled with the gold of pultenaea and dillwynia, and the great godlen pea just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Fire Only
Following upon negotiations recently begun by which Blackheath Council secured the Railway Department's sanction to make use of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Warning to Picnickers
Bush fires have again made their appearance, particularly in the vicinity of Blackheath and Medlow Bath. Some miles distant to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Most Serious Offence Careless Use of Fire
"This is a most serious offence, and I want you and everyone else to realise it. You are liable to a fine not exceeding £50 or three months…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fires
As to whether railway engines cause bush fires many entertain no doubts, but the commissioners are not too ready to admit [?]. Relative…
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