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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

5 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Three Fires Excitement in Windsor Outbreak at the Hospital

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

A fire occurred on the wooden railway viaduct between Windsor and Clarendon on Sunday afternoon, December 27, but fortunately it was noticed before any great…

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The First Shot Labor Speakers Open Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 5

The Labor Party has fired the first shot in the Hawkesbury district in the election campaign for Cumberland. On Friday night last two meetings— one in Richmond and one…

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Fire! Nearly a Big Blaze Prompt Action Saves a Fire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 4

The peaceful residents of Windsor were alarmed about 7.45 p.m. on Friday evening last by the clanging of the fire bell. It was soon seen that the seat of the trouble was…

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Motor Fire Engine Satisfactory Try Out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 8

In order to give the new motor fire engine recently installed at Windsor fire station a try-out, and to show the public what it is capable of, a demonstration was…

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Call of the Bush Sylvan Sackville a Camp-fire Reverie

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 2

The spirit of the bush is calling, and the primitive in man responds. Soon the old felt hat, the fishing lines, and the one-piece costume will come into…

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