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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

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

Fire Alarm Historic St. Matthew's in Danger

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

Friday, December 23, will be remembered as a particularly sultry day in Windsor, and early in the afternoon everyone appeared to foe indoors, with blinds drawn, escaping the…

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Youth for Trial Hut Destroyed at Kurrajong "Maliciously Set on Fire," Says Coroner

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

THAT he maliciously set fire to a slab hut, the property of Leslie Dunston, of Kurrajong—not Leslie Peck, as stated in a recent issue of this paper—was the finding of the District Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P.) against Cecil James Packer, a young laborer, at the inquiry on Monday at the Richmond Court…

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Fire at the Vineyard Mr. D. Hannahan's Loss

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 3

Between S and 9 o'clock on Sunday evening a fire broke out at Mr. D. Hanahan's home at the Vineyard, and in less than an hour the building and contents were…

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Not Guilty the Kurrajong Fire Charge of Incendiarism

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 3

Before Acting Judge Barton, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Cecil James Packer pleaded not guilty to having wilfully burnt a hut, the property of…

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Wonderful Response Hospital Wood Week Keeping the Home Fires Burning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 3

THE effort by local motor lorry owners and other volunteers on Saturday last resulted in 81½ tons of firewood being delivered, free of cost, to the…

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