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Central Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

27 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Camp Fire Yarns. (Continued from last issue.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 3

"You might think," said Old Dick, "that it would be impossible to give the ordinary scratching hen the free run of a vegetable garden, but none of…

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Camp Fire Yarns

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 12

"Crows," said Old Dick, "are very wise birds, and have more sense than most of us think. There used, to be one kept at a wayside hotel where…

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Fire at Wagstaff. Open Verdict Returned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1925 · page 5

Mr. W. E. Kirkness, J.P., District Coroner, on the 13th instant, at Woy Woy, held an inquiry into the Circumstances surrounding the destruction by…

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House Destroyed by Fire

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 13

Mr. and Mrs Wilmott left early on Sunday morning, accompanied by their family, for a picnic to Swansea. They had reached Belmont when Mr. A. Kerr…

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Evils of Bush Fires. Impressive Description

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 17

In one of the chapters on the honey bee in his recently published book, Mr. Tarlton Raymont, of Melbourne, a well-known authority on Australian bees and…

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Coals of Fire!

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 12

If it is not true, it should be (says the "Inverell Times"). The story runs that while resting from his labors at his home, Mr. R. J. Higgins was…

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Fire at Concord

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 15

A wireless message was sent out from Broadcasters, Ltd., Sydney, last week asking if anyone would convey to Mr. Hillings, who was on holiday at…

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