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Central Coast · Fires & bushfires
19 stories in Central Coast's papers
The whole of the Newcastle district had one of the most trying ordeals yesterday of excessive heat and the ravages of bush fires, entailing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last meeting of the N.S.W. Fruitgrowers' Board the President (General Jas. Heane) presented the following report with regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Thursday night last the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. McKee, at Point Frederick, was broken into, an entry being gained by forcing a door at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The first move by the Government to investigate the extent of losses caused by the bush fires in the Lake Macquarie area was made on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Cumbernauld," the fine residence of Mr. W. M. Fleming at Terrigal, which he acquired some years ago from Dr. Pentland, was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A bush fire was raging at Gosford yesterday in the vicinity of the Boys' Home. It broke out about 10.30 a.m. some three-quarters of a mile away…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a stir at Blackwall on Sunday week last at the home, "Hollymains," of Mr. and Mrs. S. McSmith. Shortly after 4 p.m. the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Woy Woy on Friday last, March 10, the District Coroner, Mr. W. E. Kirkness, conducted an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The matter of damage by recent fire to fences and outhouses at the Gosford Showground was discussed at Monday night's committee meeting,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disastrous fire, with fatal consequences to a young married man named Dennis Kennedy, aged 27, took place at Wyong on Monday afternoon last,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The home of Mr. Henry James Moir, which has stood at the intersection of the Terrigal and Kincumber Roads, at Erina, for upwards of half a century,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Electrical Engineer, Mr. A. J. Cresswell, reported to Monday's meeting of Erina Shire Council:—WYONG FIRE…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →How easily a fire can be started was shown on Sunday morning, when the sun's rays, shining on a bottle of water, set fire to the upholstery of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The chief topic of conversation Gosford during the past week has been the fire which completely gutted the promises known as Hill's Chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The value of bush fire brigades has been well proved in many western localities, for example, the Griffith-Hillston and Parkes districts, where…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In a previous issue the danger of extensive damage from bush fires in districts not adequately protected was emphasised, and the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The recent disastrous fire at Gosford when Hill's Chambers in the main street was gutted and half-a-dozen business premises had their contents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. W. E. Kirkness, District Coroner, yesterday morning held an inquiry at Gosford Court House into the circumstances surrounding the fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The following evidence was adduced at the inquiry conducted by Mr. W. E. Kirkness, Coroner, into the circumstances surrounding the fire in Hill's…
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