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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

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

Bush Fires

The Picton Post · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 3

During the past fortnight, bush fired have raged throughout the district and thousands of acres of grass country, miles of fencing and other property…

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Bush Fires

The Campbelltown News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

Hundreds of thousands of acres of grass and bush areas throughout the State have been destroyed by fiire in the last few weeks, and in many…

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Bush Fires. Fires at Orangeville

The Campbelltown News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

During the whole of last week fires were burning on the mountains and Crown Lands beyond Orangeville, and on Thursday, aided by a strong nor-west…

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Blaze at Gledswood

The Campbelltown News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

A six eyinder Buick motor car, driven by a Mr. Brown, of Sydney, in which was his wife and child, burst into flames on the Old Cowpasture Road,…

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Another Fire at Orielton

The Campbelltown News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

During the early hours of Friday morning last a fire broke out, apparently from a smoulder unnoticed since the previous Sunday, in Mr. E. Cross’…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Campbelltown News · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 1

On Monday evening, a little before 7 o’clock, Mr. Arthur Clis[?] noticed smoke issuing from the back portion of Mr. Ballard’s…

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Fire

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 3

The gale that blew on Wednesday of last week was responsible for a fire which ignited on the shingle roof of the old two storey building in Argyle…

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Wilton News FIRE

The Picton Post · Wednesday 10 October 1923 · page 2

While Mrs. McNeil was away in Sydney on business recently a fire broke not at her residence and did considerable damages, clothes etc were…

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Campbelltown Fire Brigade

The Campbelltown News · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 1

[?] say that the local Fire Brigade member’s have not done yoeman service in abating outbreaks of fire on…

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