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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1914

43 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 3

Fire

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 3

On Sunday night Mr. Bert Stapleton's general store premises at Quaama were burned to the ground, and the whole of the stock and contents…

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English Fire Fiend. Bloodhounds on the Trail. "Sadie" and "Justice."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 6

Who is the fire fiend? The mystery surrounding the cause of the recent series of stackyard fires on Cleveland farmsteads was solved by bloodhounds, used by the police…

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A Popular Fire Insurance Company. "The Liverpool, London and Globe." Figures Which Speak Foe Themselves

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 7

The name of the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company is a familiar one to most of our readers, and in every country town of…

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A Popular Fire Insurance Company. “The Liverpool, London and Globe.” FlGURES Which Speak for Themselves

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 3

The name of the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company is a familiar one to most of our readers, and in every country town of…

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Fire From Heaven

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 3

The possibility that a discharge of lightning may start a fire is recognised in every insurance policy, yet we were scarcely prepared to hear from forest authorities that more than half the forest fires are…

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Fire at Berry

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Sam. larter at Berry on Monday evening, with the result that part of the building was destroyed, together…

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A Novel Fire Extinguisher

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 2

Ammonia bombs as a means to extinguish forest fires are being tested in some of the national forests of America. In the case of bush fires…

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Fire Brigades and Country Charges

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 July 1914 · page 1

The "Shire and Municipal Record" says:—Ald. R. Shepherd, Mayor of Berry, the representative of Country Municipal Councils on the Board of Fire…

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The Fire Fairy's Advice

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 10

She was a dainty wee girlie, with brown hair just matching her frock, and starry brown eyes. She threw herself down by the fire, in the…

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Ship on Fire

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 2

Yesterday morning it was reported in Bega that a steamer had called in at Eden with smoke pouring out of her, the vessel having a fire in her…

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Ship on Fire

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

Our Eden correspondent writes: At about half-past three on Monday morning, the s.s. Buningtong, of the Howard-Smith Co. (Captain…

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Fire! Cottage in Auckland Street Gutted

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning some of the residents of Bega were awakened by the fire bell ringing, and others by a number of revolver snots fired in…

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Fire!

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 3

A little before daylight on Sunday morning some of the residents of Bega were awakened by the cry of "Fire!" and the ringing of the…

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How Balloons Take Fire

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 3

The way in which balloons are made at present is well calculated to produce electric sparks, says a writer in Cosmos, abstracting an article in L'Industrie…

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Baptism of Fire. Wollonoong Lad in Action

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 2

Mr. Herb. Parsons has received the following letter from Corporal Geo. Walklate, who up to the time of joining the Expeditionary Force, was a…

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Facts and Fancies. Sparrow as Fire-Raiser

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 2

A smouldering cigarette picked up and carried by a sparrow to the belfry of Main Hall, on a University of Valparaiso, Indiana, set fire to the…

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Scotsmen Under Fire

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

A Frenchman who seems to have been attached to a Scottish regiment as interpreter since the beginning of hostilities tells the following stories…

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Fire at Coolangatta

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 1

Mr. G. Knox, of Coolangatta, had the misfortune on Tuesday night to lose by fire his barn, cow bails, horse stalls, sulky…

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Country Fire Brigades

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 2

Mr. H. Wansey, insurance companies' representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners, had something to say on Thursday…

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Fire at Bomaderry

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 11

On Saturday night last, just before 9 o'clock, the residence occupied by Mr Reuben Mison, at Bomaderry, was completely destroyed by fire. All the members of the…

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