Musical Treat Fire Brigades Band Assisting the Hospital
Until Tuesday last, the famous Fire Brigades' Band, one of the finest combinations in the Commonwealth, had never played outside the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
17 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
Bush Fires
So far, Katoomba has escaped damage by bush fires, though Leura has not been equally fortunate. Still, no material damage to properly…
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Nobody worries about the blaze in the Grose valley, For the past. ten days, hundreds have motored, or journeyed per heel, to the Look-outs…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Volunteer Brigade Fire-fighters at Blackheath
The first annual meeting of the Blackheath Fire Brigade was held on Monday evening in the Council Chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Successful Social Fire-fighters' Nigiet Out
After sighting bush- fires, on and off, for the past fortnight, it was a pleasant change for members of the Blackheath Fire Brigade to don their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire Fiend Brigade Busy
The Katoomba Fire Brigade has been kept busy during the past fort-night. On Friday, March 5, at 4.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scrivener's Timber Mill Destroyed by Fire
From Mount Irvine comes word of the total destruction by fire of the sawmill and plant, the property of Mr. P. Scrivener. The blaze was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suspicious Fires Three Distinct Outbreaks
At 4.50 yesterday morning, Katoomba Fire Brigade was called to a fire at "Sindleigh," the well-known boarding house in Katoomba street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Studleigh" Fires Wilfully Caused But Culprit Unknown
On Friday afternoon, the Acting Penrith and District Coroner, Mr. Duncan McDonald, investigated the cause of the mysterious fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Studleigh Fires Aged Servant Confesses Committed for Trial
On Tuesday, a scrap of human flotsam shivered on a seat in Katoomba Police Court. He took little or no interest in his surroundings,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For State Hospitals Fire Brigades Effort
Mr. J. H. Bloome, president of the Blue Mountains Anzac Memorial Hospital, received a cheque of [?]102/4/- on wednesday, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Fiend Destroys Digger's Business
Many residents on the sunset side of Wentworth Falls were awakened on Monday morning by a bright glow in the East that seemed to indicate…
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Shortly after 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, Katoomba Fire Brigade received a summons to a fire in Lilianfels Road, Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire Lawson Garage Destroyed
About five o'clock on Tuesday morning, a fire broke out in Higg's Garage, Bathurst Road, Lawson, and owing to the lack of water, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five-minute Interviews No 72 the Fire Chief
Katoomba has been particulary fortunate in the men who have controlled the local fire station. Judging from the quality of those who…
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At 10 o'clock on Tuesday evening, Messrs. Taylor and Fowlers' fine Hudson cat pulled in to Middleton's gagage in Waratah Street for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Localisms Fire at Burlington
On Sunday afternoon, just before 5, the brigade was called to un outbreak of fire in the Burlington kit chen. It transpired that the flue…
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