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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

22 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Volunteer Fire Brigade

Camden News · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 2

The annual competitions of the Volunteer Fire Brigades was held at Orange on Friday and Saturday of last week. Nine of the members of the Camden brigade taking…

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Big Fire in Sydney

Camden News · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 11

The fire which broke out in Clarence-street, Sydney, on Saturday morning last destroyed two large ware houses and a number of buildings adjoining. It spread [?]…

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A Canopy of Fire

Camden News · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 11

The recent fine display of Aurora Borealis is Great Britain and on the American continent and elsewhere, recalls to mind the magnificent pageant which immediately…

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Transport on Fire. Heroic Rescue Efforts

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 3

From San Francisco on 1st February, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:- While the transport Meade was lying…

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Fire at Mittagong. B.D Herald Office Destroyed

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 2

Mittagoug was brilliantly illaminated during the early morning hours of Saturday last by a conflagration which reduced to ashes the office of the local newspaper, the…

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Fire Board Meetings. BOWRAL

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 2

The Bowral Fire Board met on Thursday. Ald. H. M. O[?]ley (Mayor) presided, and there were present Messrs. G. E. Marston, Ebb. Davis, and P. C. Beer (hon. sec.)…

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Questions and Answers. Fire Board and Brigade

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 3

At the meeting of the Moss Vale council on Monday night Ald. Taylor came prepared with a list of questions which he had apparently been deputed by the…

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Disastrous Fire in Camden

Camden News · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 1

Shortly after six on Tuesday evening a thrill of excitement was sent through the town as the Fire Bell clang loudly the warning note, quickly followed by…

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"Fire Brigade." to the Editor Op the Camden News

Camden News · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 1

SIR, The appalling suddenness of the destruction of two of the business premises in our main street on Tuesday night must bring home to every resident the urgent…

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Camden Fire Brigade

Camden News · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 1

The sudden destruction by five of two business houses in the main street last week must have brought forcibly to the minds of the public the urgent and immediate…

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The Recent Camden Fire

Camden News · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 8

An enquiry was held by the Coroner for the Camden district, Mr. W. O. Furner J. P. the day following the fire in Argyle-street, Camden. The enquiry was held at the…

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Flare-up at the Moss Vale Fire Station. the Board Hold a Meeting and After Wards Meet Delegates of Brigade

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the Moss Vale Fire Board was held at the Fire Station on Thursday afternoon, there being present Dr. Jones (Mayor) who presided, Mr. J. A. Badgery (Government representative), and…

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The Recent Camden Fire

Camden News · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 8

The adjourned enquire was held by the district coroner, Mr. W. C. Furner, J.P., on Saturday the 11th inst at the Camden Police Court. Mr. W. E. Courthope,…

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Bowral Fire Board

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held on Monday last, there being present the Mayor, Ald. H. M. Oxley (in the chair). Messrs. G. E. Marston, Ebb. Davis, and…

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[?] Fire [?]

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 2

A special meeting of the Bowral Volunteer Fire Brigade was called tor Monday evening last for the purpose of considering a, communication from the Fire Board which stated that the insurance polioles…

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Bowral Fire Board

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held yesterday, there being present Ald. Oxley (Mayor), Messrs. Marston, Davis, and P. C. Beer (hon, sec.) The plans and specitications, which had been…

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Fire Brigades Bill

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 6

Mr. Henley, M.L.A., is forwarding copies of the Fre Brigades Bill to municipal councils in the Burwood electorate, and has also written to the councils pointing…

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Bowral Fire Board. (To the Editor "Wollondilly Press.")

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in your issue of the 15th a letter from the Bowral Fire Board to the brigade members in reply to the firemen's request that the board reconsider their decision re insurance of the men. The…

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Bowral Fire Boa[?]

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the Bowral Fire Board [?] Saturday last, there being present Me[?] Marston (in the chair, Ebb. Davis, and [?] (hon.sec.) The principal bisiness was [?]…

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Fire Carts

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 4

Australia is at the present in the enjoyment of one of the most bountiful seasons in the history of the country, which, following upon…

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