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Fires & bushfires, 1899

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Fire Brigade

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

Members of the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade, under Captain Marrio[?], had a torchlight parade of the town on New Year’s Eve, accompained by the…

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Fire Brigade

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

Members of the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade, under Captain Marriott, had a torchlight parade of the town on New Year’s Eva, accompained by the…

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Special Grants for Fire Brigades

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 2

The Government hits granted various sums of money towards the support of country fire brigades. The Nowra brigade, which is on the purely volunteer basis, is…

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Special Grants for Fire Brigades

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 2

The Government has granted various [?] of money towards the support of [?] fire brigades. The Nowra brigade, [?] is on the purely volunteer basis, is…

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Nowra Fire Brigade Concert and Tug of War. Bellawongarah V.firemen Victory for the Brigade. a Hollow Affarir

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

On Thursday night a concept and Tug of War was held in the School of Arts under the auspices of the Nowra Fire Brigade, when in spite of the many counter attractions, it being…

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The New York Fire

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 3

INQUIRY into the cause of the fire by which the Windsor Hotel, formerly situated in Fifth-avenue, New York, was totally destroyed, and many people…

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Took a Severe Cold after the Big Fire

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 4

After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more settled. After using…

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Took a Severe Cold After the Big Fire

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 3

After the big fire in Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried many remedies without help; the cold only becoming more settled. After using…

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A Fortune Thrown in the Fire

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 4

SOME time ago a lady died at Ben dermonde, near Ghent, letting the whole of her property to her niece, Rosalie V. The latter was constantly…

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Disastrous Fire at Kiama. Fifteen Buildings Destroyed. Damage Over £6000

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

At 2.30 on Sunday morning Kiama residents were aroused by the fire hells, and they soon found that the back premises of Vood Brothers’ butchering…

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Big Fire at Kiama. Fifteen Buildings Destroyed. Hundreds of Helpless Onlookers. Flames Fanned by a Gale

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the townspeople of Kiama were [?]sed by the ringing of tire-bells to witness the most extensive and destructive fire that has ever visited…

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Disastrous Fire at Kiama Fifteen Buildings Destroyed. Damage Over £6000

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 5 October 1899 · page 2

At 2.30 on Sunday morning Kiama residents were aroused by tile tire la[?] and they soon found that the back premises of Wood Brothels’ butchering.,…

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The Kiama Fire

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 4

The flaming lesson of the Kiama fire is that at least one provincial town is inadequately equipped to fight the bad- master fire which burns our houses now,…

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Disastrous Fire at Kiama

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 3

A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Kiama on Sunday morning by which sixteen premises were destroyed in Terralong-street. Almost the whole block of buildings from Collins to…

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The Disastrous Fire at Kiama

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 10 October 1899 · page 3

The Kiama “Independent ”of October 3 gives the following account of. the big flare A terrible catastrophe, that had been…

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Fire in Bega

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1899 · page 2

ON Sunday morning about 1.40 a fire broke out in the stables belonging to Mr. J. W. Goward’s Club Hotel. At 1.20 Constable Riley passed the place, and no…

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Fire at Kiama

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 1

The ringing of the fire bell in Kiama shortly after 8 o’clock on Thursday night soon drew a large crowd to Minnamurra street where a small fire…

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Nowra Fire Brigade

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 2

Mr. David Davis, M.L.A., applied to the Government at the end of last month for a special grant in aid of the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade. Last week he…

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Nowra Fire Brigade

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 23 November 1899 · page 2

Mr. David Davis, M.L.A., applied to the Government at the and of last month is a special grant in aid of the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade. Last week be…

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Fire at Kiama

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 23 November 1899 · page 1

The ringing of the fire bell in Kiama, shortly after 8 o’clock on Thursday night soon drew a large crowd to. Minnamurra street where a small fire…

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