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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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

Balls of Fire Electrical Disturbance at St. Albans

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

A very severe electrical disturbance visited St. Albans and its environs on Saturday evening last just about dark. Balls of fire were seen by…

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Cottage Destroyed Fire at Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 4

FIRE destroyed an old weatherboard cottage at Wheeny Creek, Kurrajong, the property of Mr. Les. Hurst, in the early hours of Monday morning…

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Family Saved From Fire at Blacktown Neighbor's Timely Warning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 3

CLAD only in his pyjamas,. Tom-Delaney, who lives in Richmond road, Blacktown, smashed with his list the glass panel of his fist the glass panel of his…

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Fire at Quaker's Hill Railway Station Destroyed Riverstone Brigade's Quick Trip

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 3

SHORTLY before 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning the railway station at Quaker Hill was destroyed by fire. The buildings, burnt were the booking, office, waiting room,…

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Politics and Petrol Midnight Car Blaze Rowe's Return From Riverstone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 9

RETURNING with others from a political meeting at Riverstone. one night, last week, Mr. Albert E. Rowe, Federal Member for Parramatta, was a passenger in a…

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Boarding House Burned Fire at Kurrajong Heights

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 3

Shortly after 3.30 on Friday morning a fire broke out at Mrs. Carter's boarding house, "Mountain View," one of the oldest tourist homes at Kurrajong Heights…

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Cottage Destroyed Owner Was at Pictures Fire at East Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 3

WHILE he was at the pictures in Parramatta on Tuesday night of last week, Mr. Harold Day's 4-roomed weatherboard and fibro cottage at East Kurrajong…

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Boardimg-house Fire Outbreak at Kurrajong Heights Coroner Returns Open Verdict

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 10

AN inquiry into the fire which destroyed the 18-roomed boardinghouse, "Mountain View," at Kurrajong Heights on October 3, was…

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Man Critically Shot Trouble on Hawkesbury Ferry Captain Fires to Save Deckhand

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 6

CHARLES EVANS, 28, a milkman, of Dougherty-street, Mascot, was shot in the abdomen by the captain of the Hawkesbury River vehicle…

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Main Roads Board Levy Windsor Council Wants Reduction Fire Brigade Contribution, Too

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 10

ALD. GILLESPIE, at last meeting of the Windsor Council, moved that representations be made to the Main Roads Board in an effort to have the levy for the…

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