Old Motor Garage Destroyed by Fire Chaffeurs Narrow Escape
At about 6 o'clock on Boxing Day morning, tho motor garage at the Wentworth Falls Hotel was completely destroyed by fire. Five cars…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
11 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
Destroyed by Fire
It is reported from Oberon that a 3½-ton motor lorry was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night on the Bathurst Road. The lorry got out of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Took No Risks Brigade Call to "Hopeless" Fire
At 12.15 p.m. on Monday last, the Katoomba Fire Brigade received a call stating that a motor lorry was on fire on the Circular Drive, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Morning Blaze Furniture Store Gutted
Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, Const. Fear[?]side and Night Watchman Morris, in company, passed down Katoomba Street on their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah Street Fire Newsagency Gutted
A fire broke out at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, at the newsagency of Alexander Walker, Waratah Street, Katoomba. The prompt arrival on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Room on Fire Early Morning Blaze
A small fire, supposed to have been caused by a sp[?] from the fire-grate, broke our in the promises of Mr. James Knight, produce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires at Blackheath
The prevailing dry spell, together with the severe Westerly which was howling all through last week-end, was responsible for a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remarkable Fire Cleaning an Overcoat
A most remarkable fire broke out at a motor store in Main Street, Blackheath, last Saturday. Mrs. Hector was cleaning an overcoat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaze at Bakery
On Friday afternoon a fire broke out at the bakery of Messrs. Bell-Davison &Co., Ltd. The fire-chief and his men were quickly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Blazing Historic House Destroyed
Last week a stone cottage at Wentworth Falls was destroyed by fire under most suspicious circumstances, Last night either Fate of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mysterious Fire Stone-built Cottage Gutted
The stone-built week-end cottage, built by the Miller family, on the Bathurst Road, and known as "Greenlands," last week was…
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