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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

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New Fire Engine. for Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 9

The trial run of the recently installed Dennis fire engine at the Wollongong Fire Station, will be made at 2 p.m. to-day. It will displace the 20…

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Fire and Water

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 2

The cause of electricity stoppage on Thursday leaving some. 600 quarry employees idle for the day was due, we are told to transmission wires being…

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Fire at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 5

The large boarding house constructed of iron and wood, in Military, Rd., Port Kembla, which was recently occupied by Mrs. A. Pocl, was burnt to…

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Car on Fire

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 19 December 1928 · page 2

A car on fire at "Melrose" on Saturday night have had serious consequences to the house itself, had it not been for the promptitude with which it…

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