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Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Fire in Bega. Andy Ting Lee’s Store Gutted

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

At about 3 o’clock on Sunday morning, while Constable Turner was doing night patrol, he noticed a thin column of smoke ascending from the premises…

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Fire

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning Andy Ting Lee's store premises in Gipps Street, next to the Central Hotel, and immediately adjoining Mr…

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Fire at Andy Ting Lee's Store. Coroner's Inquiry

The Bega Budget · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 3

Yesterday, Mr. H. O. T. Cowdroy, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire which totally…

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Fire Inquiry

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 4

AT the Court [?] on [?]…

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New Fire Station

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

Mr Seward Elliott has secured the contract for the erection of a new station for the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade, in…

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A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 7

The possibility of a prairie fire is not a life in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader. A young settler in the Far West…

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An Appalling Fire

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 2

[?] Sunday—Canadian [?] R.M.S. [?] gives the following [?]…

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A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 3

The possibility of a prairie fire is not a life in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader A young settler in the Far West…

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Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Fire Brigade was held on Thursday evening last at the Station, Junction-street…

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Fire Risks

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 2

We have had occasion to refer to the great popularity and enormous strength of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd. We…

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Peer's Loss by Fire. Lord Brassey's Mansion in Flames. Treasures Burnt. Owner Directs Firemen From Tower

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 6

A destructive fire broke out this afternoon at Normanhurst Court, Lord Brassey's Sussex seat near Battle. The great part of the eastern portion of the…

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Bega Fire Brigade

The Bega Budget · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the Bega Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Thursday evening at the fire station the hon, treasurer, Mr. P…

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One-Man Fire Drill

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

A competition in one man fire drill for a gold medal presented by Mr Alex G. Reid by members of the Nowra , Volunteer Fire Brigade on Monday…

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A Destructive Fire. Estimated Damage £500. Nothing Insured

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

News was received in Bega yesterday morning that a destructive fire broke out the previous night in Mr. George Guthrey’s cheese factory (Briandairy),…

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Great Telephone Fire. Stampede of 1200 Girls. Paris Exchange Destroyed. £1,800,000 Damage

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 6

From Paris, on the night of September 20. the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— A fire of a most disastrous character,…

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Fire at Pambula. a Saddler's Shop Destroyed. Other Buildings Saved with Difculty. Mrs Bell Burnt to Death

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 5

Pambula is a centre remote from attacks of the one fire lend, but great consternation and excitement prevailed on Friday morning last when the cry…

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Opening of the New Fire Station

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 9

A public meeting was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday night to consider what steps should be taken to suitably open the new fire station, just erected in Junction…

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A Powerful Fire Office

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 3

H is again a pleasure to note the progress and popularity of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a first favorite throughout the…

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