Ourimbah. Disastrous Fires
About 3 o'clock on Monday morning last a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. F. D. Burns, general store-keeper, and completely destroyed his…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
7 stories in Central Coast's papers
Fire at Wyong
On Wednesday of last week a 4-roomed cottage at Wyong, owned by Mr. A. H. Warner and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. Emslie, was totally…
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At Gosford Courthouse on Friday the District Coroner, Mr. R. J. Baker, J.P., held an inquiry regarding the fire at Peach Orchard, Ourimbah,…
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The phrase "curtains of fire" occurs so frequently in the cables that the following description by an American correspondent will be…
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A two-roomed slab cottage, owned by Mr. Thomas Brennan, an old age pensioner, was totally destroyed at Cockle Creek, Woy Woy, on Friday…
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On Wednesday afternoon the Brady's Gully Cemetery was swept by a devastating bush fire. For some days previous a fire had been burning…
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Just about daylight on Friday morning last the office building at the Narara Viticultural Nursery was discovered to be on fire, and in a very…
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