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Central Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

5 stories in Central Coast's papers

Philosophy in Rhyme. Fire Escapes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 15

I MET the man who owns the mill, joy riding with a coachful, I stopped his motor on the hill, and said to him, reproachful: "A hundred damsels…

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Disastrous Fire. Steamer Erina Badly Damaged

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 7

AN outbreak of fire occurred on board the steamer Erina, lying at Long Wharf White Bay, Balmain, early this morning, and the vessel was…

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Woy Fire. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 10

SIR,—With reference to the fire which occurred here on the evening of the 29th instant, though disastrous in its results, it might have ended in a…

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Fire at Narara

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 17

ON Friday morning last a small store owned by Mrs. M. H. McKenny was totally destroyed by fire at Narara. The origin is unknown. At…

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Bush Fires

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 12

On Tuesday last quite a number of bush fires were raging, one at Green Point being exceedingly fierce and no doubt some damage was done…

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