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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

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

Fire At Albion Park

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 4

About five o'clock on Tuesday morning the cottage of Mrs. O'Connell, of Albion Park, was totally destroyed by fire, together with practically all the contents. The…

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Australia Day Madness. Wounded Soldiers Under Fire in George Street

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 3

If a visitor from another planet, with no previous information on the subject, had alighted in George Street, or anywhere in Sydney on the memorable 30th,…

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S-hell-Fire

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 2

There are, it appears, very few men who are not afraid of shell-fire. There are fewer who pretend that they are not afraid. Phillip Gibbs describes…

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To Make Fire Kindlers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 3

Take rosin any quantity, melt it and put in for each pound three ounces of allow. When all is very hot stir in sawdust to the quantity of being absorbed…

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Fire Inquiry

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

At the Court House, on Tuesday , an enquiry was held by the Coroner, Mr. Shepherd, into the circumstances surrounding the fire in…

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Fire Inquiry

Southern Star · Wednesday 29 September 1915 · page 4

At the Court House, on Tuesday, an enquiry was held by the Coroner, Mr. Shepherd, into the circumstances surrounding the fire in…

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Shell Fire Transforms Recruits Into Veterans. Prospect Under Fire. Bullet Kills Dryblower

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 4

How the Australians who charged helter-skelter up "Gaba Tepe" leaped from recruits to bloody veterans in a few hours forms the…

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Bush Fires

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 1

On Sunday afternoon last bush fires raged along the North sale of the river. Mr. Gerry's residence on the bank of Bomaderry Creek were in danger of destruction by the…

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Fire From Slaked Lime

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 6

Wood can catch fire from the slaking of even poorer grades of lime. Very poor limes may produce a temperature of 300 deg. Cent., which is sufficient to…

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Fire Commissionership. Ald Shepherd "Makes Good."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 3

Ald.Shepherd, Mayor of Berry, who is again a candidate for the position of Councils' representative on the Fire Brigades Board, in a letter…

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Fire Brigades' Board. (To the Editor)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 3

Dear Sir, I desire to rewind you that the triennial elections for your representative upon the Fire Brigades Hoard is now approaching…

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