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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

13 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

The Bush Fires

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 2

FROM all parts of the country come appalting accounts of disaster, occasioned by the bush flees which have been raging daring the past week. From Wagga to Gundagai the…

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A Call of Fire in Camden

Camden News · Thursday 2 January 1902 · page 5

Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, a flight outbreak of fire occurred at the residence of Mrs. Brown, Elizabeth street, near the tram station. When first the cries of…

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Camden Volunteer Fire Brigade

Camden News · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Camden Vol un[?]eer Fire Brigade was held on Thursday the 2nd January, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—…

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Camden Fire Brigade Important Announcement

Camden News · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 1

It must be extremely gratifying for the public of Camden to know that our worthy member for Camden, the Hon, John Kidd. M.P., has notified the hon captain and…

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A Disastrous Fire at Burragorang

Camden News · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 1

News reached Camden on Tuesday that a very disastrous fire occurred on the farm or Mr. Mark Burgess, of Apple Grove, Upper Burragorang, on the previous day…

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Snowballing a Fire

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 6

Necessity is the mother of intention. In the early morning recently a policeman passing Messrs. Jermyn and Poony's shop in Lynn noticed a beam on fire. He blew…

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Bush Fires

Camden News · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 4

Our Werombi correspondent reports:—For the last two months the country the other side of Monkey Greek has been burning furiously, illuminating at night…

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Fire in Camden

Camden News · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon a slight outbreak of fire occurred at the residence of Mrs. McEwan, Argyle-street, Camden, from what can be gathered, Mrs. Gregory was lifting a…

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Recent Bush Fires at Werombi

Camden News · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 4

Our Werombi correspondent states in his report of recent bush fires in the Werombi district, he had forgotten to mention the very valuable services, rendered by Mr…

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The Westbrook Creamery Totally Destroyed by Fire

Camden News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 1

Early on Sunday morning last very few of the residents of the district knew that a fire was raging in their midst. The scene of fire was at the Camden ParkE state's…

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From Prosperity to Poverty. a Sad Result of a Bush Fire

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 1

PERHAPS the saddest circumstance resulting from a bush fire is one which occurred in Winnipeg, Canada, in June last year. Benjamin Spencer ploughed in the fields when he was a…

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Camden Fire Brigade

Camden News · Thursday 31 July 1902 · page 1

The Camden Volunteer Fire Brigade held another of their successful quadrille assemblies on Wednesday evening last in the Drill Hall. About 70 couples attended, and…

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Camden Volunteer Fire Brigade

Camden News · Thursday 9 October 1902 · page 1

One of the most enjoyable and successful socials in connection with the above, eventuated last evening (Wednesday, in the spacious drill ball of the Mounted…

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