Fire Brigades Busy
Fire brigades at Katoomba and Leura were called to fight two fires at Leura on last Friday. The first outbreak occurred…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
8 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
Fire in Cafe
As firemen dashed through the premises to extinguish a fire in the kitchen of Aroney's Cafe in Katoomba Street, Katoomba, last…
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A fire which broke out in the club house of Katoomba Bowling Club last Saturday morning burnt itself out, but not before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Investigate Springwood Fire
Members of the C.I.R. Arson Squad were called in to investigate the cause of a fire which slightly damaged the old…
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A bad season for bushfires on the Blue fountains has been predicted by leaders of Bushfire Brigades, and all firefighters in the area are on the alert…
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Fire-fighters from Leura, Katoomba, Wentworth Fails and Bullaburra saved several homes from being destroyed when a bushfire swept through a sully at North Leura last Sunday afternoon…
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Blackheath, which had previously depended on Mt. Victoria Volunteer Bushfire Brigade, has now formed its own…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scrub Fire
Brigades from Leura and Katoomba quickly extinguished a fire which burnt a small area of scrub near Mt. Hay Road…
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