St. George's Basin Fire
The Coroner (Mr Watson) held an inquiry on Monday at St. George's Basin into the cause of the fire which destroyed Watt and Mathie's…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
40 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Bush Fires At Eden
SUNDAY, 3rd January, will be a day long remembered by residents of Eden and adjoining districts. The heat was intense, and the town and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Black Sunday. Record Heat and Bush Fires. Nowra in Danger. Losses at Fall's Creek, Tomerong, and Other Centres
The first Sunday of 1909 will long be remembered in Shoalhaven for its excessive heat and for the bush fires that menaced many settlers and householders, and for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Down South. Many Properties Burnt Out. a Woman’s Sufferings. Narrow Escapes. Houses, Stock, Crops, Fences, Destroyed
Reports show that destructive bush fires have been raging down south, some landholders suffering severely. At Bald Hills and Boggy Creek the…
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Sunday last will be a day long remembered by all, not only from the intensity of the prevailing heat, which put up a record, but owing to the raging bush fires that almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fires in the Valley. Destruction of Property. Some Narrow Escapes
Sunday last will long be remembered by those who live in Kangaroo Valley as one of the hottest days on record there. The registered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tamed by Forest Fires. Children's Place of Refuge Shared by Wild Bears
From New York, on October 22, the correspondent of the "Dally Mall" wrote:— The forest fires continue to rage in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Fire Station. the Official Opening. Special Grant of £100
The commodious and well-designed building recently erected by the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade as a station in Junction-street, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening the New Fire Station
The new station erected by the Nowra Volunteer Fire Brigade at a cost of £280 was officially opened by Mr M. F. Morton, M.P., on Wednesday evening last, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Cambewarra
The residence of Mr. David Ewin at Cambewarra, at the junction of the West Cambewarra and Brown's Mountain roads, together…
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On Wednesday night last, the residence of Mr David Ewin, at West Cambewarra, was completely destroyed by fare. Mr Ewin himself was absent at the time, having leff a…
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A destructive outbreak of fire occurred at Cambewarra early on Wednesday night, resulting in the total destruction of the Post Office…
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Three revolver shots, the yelp of a dog, the ringing of a small bell, and then the larger ones, and cries of âFire !â soon woke…
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ON Sunday night, about 11.15, the early-to-bed residents were awakened by revolver shots, the ringing of the church bells and cries of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Toll in Theatre Fires
The terrible theatre fire at Acapulco, Mexico, in which 300 people are said to have been burned to death, is one of the most destructive on record; indeed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petrol Motor Fire-engine
The first petrol motor fire-engine to be put into service in the Metropolis has just reached the London Fire Brigade headquarters. A second engine…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Life Toll in Theatre Fires
The terrible theatre fire at Acapuico, Mexico, in which 300 people are said to have been burned to death, is one of the most destructive on record; indeed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Millionaires. Red Cross Work at a Fire
An impromptu "Red Cross corps," Composed of some of the best-known New York millionaires and their wives, clad in dressing-gowns, was called to…
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Shortly after 1 o'clock on Saturday morning the residents of Nowra were rudely awakened from their slumbers by the clanging of the fire bell. A red glare and a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade
At a meeting of the Nowra Volun-teer Fire Brigade on Wednesday night a proposal was submitted to place the brigade under the control of…
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