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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

36 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Fire Brigade Control. Local Administration Wanted

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 1

At the Nowra Council meeting, on Monday night, Ald. Holloway moved That this Council ask all Municipalities and Shires affected by the operations of the…

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Fire!

The Bega Budget · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Bega Court House on Thursday morning, before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., concerning a fire which…

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Coronial Inquiry. Fire at Bomaderry

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 10

An inquiry as to the origin of a fire which destroyed a house occupied by Mr. W. Baxter at Bomaderry was held by the District…

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Coronal Inquiry. Fire at Bomaderry

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 4

An inquiry as to the origin of a fire which, destroyed a house occupied by Mr. W. Baxter at Bomaderry was held by the District…

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Fire Suicide Out of Pique

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 6

A remarkable story of a woman who set fire to herself in anger tns related at Aldershot at the inquiry into the death of Mary Kate Burns, a married woman. One Sunday the wished to go out, but her husband…

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Fire. General Store Destroyed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 4

Karnofsky Brothers' general store a wooden building, at Barren jarry was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning…

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19 Hours in Pit Fire. Man's Life to Save Mates. Three Brothers Perish

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 3

Many heroic deeds were performed in the attempts to rescue the twenty-six miners who were Imprisoned by the in one of the pits of the Carron Company at…

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Nowra Fire Brigade

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 6

The annual social function in connection with the Nowra Fire Brigade was held at the station on Wednesday night, when a number of guests were…

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Social at Fire Station. Presentation of Medals

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 4

The annual social function in connection with the Nowra Five Brigade was hold at the station on Wednesday when a a number of guests we a…

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Steamer on Fire

Southern Star · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

The Devonian, one of the fleet of Atlantic liners that rendered such timely succor to the Volturno, arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday. She…

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Steamer on Fire. 136 Lives Lost

Southern Star · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 4

The steamer Carmania early on Thursday morning received a wireless call that the British steamer Volturno, bound from Rotterdam to…

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Fire! Cottage Goes. Occupants Away

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

On Saturday night there seemed to be more than the usual crowd in the thoroughfares of the town. The people were mostly centred in front of…

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Destructive Fire

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

Mr. Wesley Binks, son of Mr. Thos. Binks, of Sedgeford, Broughton Village, had the misfortune to be burnt out…

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The Cheerful Blaze. Its Merits and Defects

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 6

Austria has followed the English custom of heating houses by fires instead of hot air —much to the disgust of American visitors, who complain of perpetual colds in the head…

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Man on Fire in the Street

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 3

While George Girvan, a coalman, was lighting his pipe near Golder's Green tube station, his hands, which were covered with coal dust moistened with oil, caught fire. He…

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Fire Drill

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 3

Factory Proprietor: "Fire drill, if you please, [?] Division A will endeavor to batter down that locked from door; Division B will leap from the windows; Division C will remain quietly at the tables until suffocated—all…

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