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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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

A Lofty Fire

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 3

What was undoubtedly one of the highest fires in the world's history occurred when the wireless telegraph station at the top of Eiffel…

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Irons in the Fire

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 2

A correspondent who has been travelling in West Virginia states that in a small town there be came upon the following sign over a store:-"The Beehive Store. Ronceverte…

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A Useful Fire-escape

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 3

A new fire-escape has been invented by a Swiss engineer. It consists of a series of folding iron ladders attached to window frames…

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The Ordeal by Fire

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

The really strong scene of the play had arrived, and the amateur hero braced himself for the effort. The house into which the wily villain bad entrapped him was on…

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Fire and Heat Proof Jewel Box

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 3

A new French fire and heat-proof case for the protection of jewels and other valuables consists of two boxes made of asbestos, one of which is…

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Fire at Cawdor

Camden News · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 6

Mr. Charles Smart and his son, Mr. [?] Smart, of Cawdor, sustained a severe less by fire early on Sunday morning last, [?]g something like £390 worth of…

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Science Notes and Hews. Test for Fire-damp

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 3

One of the simplest of the many suggested tests for fire-damp in mines is that described the other day by Henry Briggs to the Scottish…

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A Novel Fire Alarm

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 3

Most fire alarms have a glass front with instruction to break the same to give an alarm of fire. It is often difficult to find something with which…

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Inspection of Fire Brigades

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Ford, fourth officer of the N.S.W. fire brigades, visited the Bowral and Moss Vale brigades last week, and inspected the stations and…

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Starting a Charcoal Fire

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 7

Starting a plumber's charcoal fire in a private dwelling is often annoying to the occupants. According to an .American con-temporary, a method that works very…

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Lighting of Fires

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 4

The following instructions have boon issued with regard to the lighting of fires:—"With regard to persons offending…

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