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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1920

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Fires

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 5

On Sunday about 3 p.m. a shed containing about 3½ tons of hay, at Mr. W. J. Robinson's dairy, Gipp's-street, was discovered to be on fire, and…

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Albion Ipark. Bush Fires

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

B Bush fires are not a thing that usually occur in the winter time. However, in the Shellharbour district,…

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Fire

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred in Church-street on Sunday morning, when the home of Mr. James Vereker, was almost entirely destroyed…

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A Ship on Fire at Sea

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 4

The successful carrying out of a brilliant and novel idea in the case of a ship on fire at sea reflects the greatest credit upon Captain Samuel Jackson, who was in…

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