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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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

Fire at Minto. Weatherboard Cottage Demolished

The Campbelltown News · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 1

At about 1.30 a.m. on Monday last a small weatherboard cottage and its contents was totally destroyed by fire at Minto. The building which…

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Grammar School Fire

Camden News · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 3

A fire destroyed a shed containing about twelve tons of hay at the Camden Grammar School on Friday afternoon of last week. At about 3.40 a…

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Camden Fire Station Motor Engine Installed

Camden News · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 1

The Dennis Motor fire engine, valued at £1000, installed at the Camden Fire Station, has now equipped the local brigade equal to that of most…

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The Fire at Douglas Park Coroner's Finding

The Picton Post · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. R. H. Antill at the Court House, Picton, yesterday afternoon, held inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Camden Fire Brigade Two Presentations

Camden News · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 10

The Camden Fire Station was prettily decorated on Wednesday evening of last week, and tables were ladened with it supper delicacies supplied by the…

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The 1929 Fire Recalled

The Campbelltown News · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 1

The echo of the disastrous fire of the 9th January of last year, whereby some score or more of residents within in the fire zone, lost, in some cases,…

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Careless Use of Fire Burning-off Prohibited

Camden News · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Wollondilly Shire Council a communication was received from the Chief Secretary's Department notifying Council that…

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Big Fire Checked. Billet Wood Afire. Wonderful Save by Fire Brigade

The Campbelltown News · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 1

What threatened to be one of the biggest fires in Campbelltown was an outbreak at the rear of Mr. A. G. Williams bakery in Dumaresque St.,…

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Fire at Yerranderie

Camden News · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 1

The Silver Mines Hotel, Yerranderie, was burnt to the ground early on Tuesday morning. At about 1.30 a.m. the proprietor, Mr. D. W. Steedman…

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Destructive Fire at Yerranderie

The Picton Post · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 3

About 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, 9th instant, a fire broke out in the Silver Mine Hotel. Yerranderie, and in a very short time the whole…

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