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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Fire at Bulli. Mr. Harding's Shop

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 5

Fire administers a severe blow when a person is burnt out of a home, but it is doubly cruel when his means of livelihood is taken from him. Such…

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Fire at Keira St. Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 12

On Monday at 7 a.m. a call was received at the Wollongong Fire Station to a fire at Keira Street. It proved to be Cook's confectionery shop, next…

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Fire at Austinmer. Boxsell and Sons' Store

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 3

Residents at Austinmer were startled to hear the sound of the fire bell at 5.45 o'clock on Wednesday morning, which indicated that the well known…

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Disastrous Fire. at Kembla Heights

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 2

About 7 o'clock on last Saturday night smoke was noticed by some neighbours issuing from the windows of the ton roomed home of Mr. Mat…

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Another Fire at Thirroul. a Cottage Destroyed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 4

The startling fire bell has of late been heard rather often at Thirroul, and again we have to record yet another building destroyed. Soon after…

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A Thirroul Fire

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 23

A magisterial inquiry was held a[?] Bulli Court, on Tuesday, into the ci[?] cumstances surrounding a fire whic[?] occurred at Thomas Joseph Cooney'…

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Magisterial Inquiry. As to Origin of Fire

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 9

At the Bulli Court House on Tuesday, the District Coroner (Mr. Scott, S.M.) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances around a fire which…

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Another Fire at Thirroul. the Bell Sounds Again

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 6

Thirroul Fire Brigade, under Captain Keith Higgins, has responded to the call of the fire bell on eight different occasions during about a similar…

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Fire at Wollongong. Fire Brigade Has Three Trips

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

Captain Gleeson, of the Wollongong Fire Brigade, had to extinguish a very irritating fire during the night of June 18th. A young man called at the Fire…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire. at Coledale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 6

About 9 o'clock on Monday night a cottage was destroyed by fire on the western side of the line at Coledale. It was owned and occupied by Mr. W…

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Thirroul Fire Brigade

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 5

A communication at the Bulli Shire Council meeting on Monday intimated that the Board of Fire Commissioners has approved of the appointment of…

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Fire. at Austinmer S. of A.

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 9

A fire broke out in the billiard room of the Austinmer School of Arts on Friday night. The Thirroul Fire Brigade was called, but the flames had…

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Fire Enquiry

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr. C. W. Craig, J.P., held an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances concerning a fire at Gerringong on the 24th May, when a…

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Fire. at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 13

A fire broke out at Mrs. Ballantyne's boarding house, Port Kembla, at midnight on Tuesday night, but the flames were extinguished before any…

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Thirroul Fire Brigade. Assists Coledale Hospital

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 8

When the New South Wales Fire Brigade Art Union was launched a few months ago Captain Keith Higgins and his firemen at Thirroul at once…

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Recent Fires

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 22

At the Bulli Court on Tuesday, the S.M. (Mr. Scott) held a coronial inquiry into the circumstances of a fire which occurred at Boxsell &…

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Fire at Austinmer. Coroner's Inquiry

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 4

At the Bulli Police Court on Tuesday, Mr. Scott, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry touching the fire at Boxsall's store, Austinmer, on June 2…

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A Thirroul Fire. Coroner Seeks Causes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 4

A fire in a house, occupied by Austin Rodgers, in McAuley Street, Thirroul, on June 9, was the cause of an inquiry by Mr. Scott, District Coroner…

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Fire at Avondale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 15

A fire recently occurred at Avondale at a farm the property of Mr. W. L. Hurry, and occupied, by Mr. McDonald. The kitchen caught on fire, and…

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Fire Fighting Appliances. At Wollongong Hospital

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 11

On Wednesday Captain Gleeson, of the Wollongong Fire Brigade, inspected the fire hydrants at the Wollongong Hospital, which have been brought…

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