Effective Fire-Beater
A very effective fire beater is made by attaching an oblong shaped piece of green hide, size about 2 feet 10 inches, to a handle about 4 feet long…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
11 stories in Central Coast's papers
Careless Use of Fire. Formation of Leagues Suggested
The following letter has been received by Wyong Progress Association from the District Forester, Mr. Fred G. McPherson, re careless use of fire:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Influenza in The Islands. "Like a Bush on Fire."
In another column we publish particulars of the ravages of the influenza epidemic in the Islands. In a letter to Mr. A. H. Edwards, of Gosford,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Influenza in The Islands. "Like a Bush on Fire."
The ravages of the pneumonic influenza epidemic in the Islands are described in a letter received from Suva by Mr. A. H. Edwards, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →League of Bush Fire Fighters
A definite step has been made by the Forestry Commission in the direction of establishing a League of Bush Fire Fighters throughout New…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire at Green Point
On 17th instant a house at Green Point, owned and occupied by Mrs. Mary H. Berry, was partly damaged by fire. Standing on the floor in one…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Wyong
An untenanted four-roomed cottage situated in Mill Street, Wyong, and owned by Mr. W. E. Gould, of Cabramatta, was burned down during…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Woy Woy
About 11 p.m. on Tuesday last a recently erected weatherboard unfurnished cottage, of four rooms and kitchen, owned by Mr. E. Lynam,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Woy Fire. An Open Verdict
Just 10 minutes before midnight on llth November last a cottage owned by Mr. E Y. Lynam on the water frontage at Brick Wharf, Woy Woy,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drowning Fatality. LAUNCH On Fire at Sea
Sergeant Morris has reported to the district Coroner that a drowning fatality occurred off the coast between Terrigal and Noraville about 1.30…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tascott
Tascott Boarding House, one of the largest and best known on Brisbane Water, was totally destroyed by fire about 4.30 on Monday morning last…
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