Fire Brigade Procession
The annual procession of the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Saturday night last, when the men in full uniform [?] the town in a [?] preceded in another…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
45 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
Farmer Burnt Out
The residence of Mr. James Crawford, at [?], Nowra-Milton Road, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday last. One of the children had been paying with matches…
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The residence of Mr. James Crawford, at Parma, Nowra, Milton Road, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday last. One of the children had been playing with matches…
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A FEW minutes after 1 o’clock on Thursday morning the alarm of fire was raised, and soon a large number of spectators congregated in the vicinity of the Prince of Wales Hotel, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Isastrous Fire in Nowra. Messrs. W. H. & B. Wilford Burnt to Death the Prince of Wales, Hotel Demolished
The most disastrous fire that has ever [?]curred in Nowra broke out in the Prince [?] Wales' Hotel in the small hours of Thursday morning, resulting in the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Nowra Fire. Destruction of the Prince of Wales Hotel Two Milton Men Burned to Death. Narrow Esoape of Others. Excellent Work by the Fired Brigade. Inquiry Adjourned Till
The appalling fire that destroyed he aid Prince of Hotel in Nowra on Thursday morning and caused the death of two well-known South Coast residents, it is…
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A FIRE broke out early on Thursday morning at the Prince of Wales Hotel The hotel was a two-storey building, built of wood, the partitions in the upper storey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at Nowra. the Prince of Wales Hotel Totally Destroyed. Mr. William and Mr. Ben. Wilford, of Million Perish in the Flames
Last Thursday morning at about one o’clock the Prince of Wales Hotel was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was raised, so we believe by Mr. John Pringle, who had retired to his…
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The coroner for the district (Mr Z. G. Bice J.P.) opened an inquest on Thursday touching the cause of death or Messrs W. H and B. Wilford and as to the origin of…
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The inquest as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the Prince of Wales Hotel in Nowra on the 11th inst., and the cause of death of William Henry Wilford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Nowra. Two Lives Lost. Messrs. W. H. and Ben. Wilford, of Milton. Old Prince of Wales' Hotel Destroyed. Good Work by the Firemen
The fire fiend laid his devastating "hand on the Prince of Wales' Hotel, Nowra, on Thursday morning, with fatal results, two well-known residents of the Milton district,…
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The inquest as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the Prince of Wales Hotel in Nowra on the 11th inst., and the cause of [?] of William Henry [?]…
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The Prince of Wales Hotel, Nowra, one of the best known hostelries on the coast, and which from the manner, of its construction has been a menace to the safety of the town for…
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The creek bed lay just past them, but at this season the creek was nearly dry. We know that the fire would leap the stream. There were pools, however; one…
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At the Kiama Licensing Court last week, the Police Magistrate, in the course of a few remarks, stated that in consequence of the recent fire at the…
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THE committee of the Volunteer Fire Brigade are indignant at the refusal of the special committee of the School of Arts to allow them to erect tanks…
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At the Kiama Licensing Court last week, the Police Magistrate, in the pours? of a few remarks, stated that in consequence-of the recent fire at the…
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It is [?] of President M’Kinley [?] during [?] of his [?] he was [?] about [?] to place by a reporter for a paper of opposition politics.—…
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"WHEN I received my baptism," said a returned Bushman, "I must admit that I could not realise any danger and was perfectly cool. The eneuoy…
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At a meeting held at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening, the Mayor presiding. it was unanimously agreed that the money (£14) subscribed by the public on…
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