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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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

An Effective Fire Extinguisher

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 3

Carbon tetrachloride, recently made comparatively cheap, is a very valotile liquid yielding a vapour that is very effective in putting out fire…

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A Preventive of Fires

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 3

A liquid which is very efficacious in extinguishing fire is that known, as carbon tetra-chloride. It yields a vapour which immediately puts…

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When Fires Abe Unconquerable

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 3

It is often a source of wonder to onlookers that the rivers of water which are thrown by a dozen or more fireengines into a burning building have no…

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Realism in Picture Shows. Fire Effects. {Continued.)

The Picton Post · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 3

There is to be a fire scene—a house is going to burn down, and the walls are going to fall. Therefore they have prepared a structure…

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