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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

29 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

Fire at Keiraville

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 2

At about 9.30 on Sunday night, a fo[?]rroomed weatherboard cottage at Keiraville, occupied by a widow named Mrs. Bell, was totally destroyed by fire. Mrs. Bell used…

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Fire. BELLAMBI

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday night a fire broke out in a detached shed belonging to Mr. C. Blanchard at Belambi. Some valuable fowls and pigeons, together with a set of…

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Fire Superstitions

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 5

WHERE a fire burns on the hearth Go man say the lighting will never strike and evil being will not dare to enter the house. In the North of England we have a…

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Soldiers Under Fire

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 6

"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a reteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for so many…

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Burial Under Fire

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 6

High on the ridge where the marines pl[?]ed their teats on the shore of Guananame Bay (says the Chicago ''Evening Post''), the first Cuban soil taken by…

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Coals of Fire

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 6

It was not exactly the minister's fault that the sermon which he delivered that morning was not entirely his own. He had copied a part of the original draft himself…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

On Wednesday night last a great deal of excitement was caused by the ringing of the fire bells the alarm having been given that a fire had broken out at the residence…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 2

THE residents of the town were alarmed shortly after 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening by the ringing of the lire bell, and a great number…

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The Bush Fire

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 5

And now a roaring sound afar Like ocean wild when waters war Upon an iron rock-bound shore, Or wild Niagara's sullen roar!…

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