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Fires & bushfires, 1916

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King Under Fire. His Horse Wounded by Piece of Shrapnel

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

A spur of mountains on the left bank of the Isonzo has become historic. The King of Italy wishing to be present at the fight proceeding close at hand, left…

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Bega Fire Brigade

The Bega Budget · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council, a communition was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners setting down…

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Science Notes & News Fire From Slaked Lime

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

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

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Visit of Fire Commissioners

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 1

After touring the southern end of the State, the Board of Fire Commissioners visited Nowra on Monday night, It had been arranged that the…

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Nowra Fire Brigade. Visit of the Commissioners

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 5

Monday night was important in the history of the Nowra Fn[?] Brigade. The Board of Fire Commissioners were present and were welcomed by…

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German Fire Squirt. Is It an Australian Invention. In The Bushman's Laboratory

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

Some years ago while I was holidayins at Wamberal, on the coast from Gosford, I metJimmy M'Garrigal, the inventor of the fire squirt which is…

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Shell Fire and Animals

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 5

The different effects of shell fire on different animals is described in the “Norddcutsche Allgemeine Zeilung.” by its correspondent on…

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"Consequential" Losses Through Fire

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 2

When a tradesman has a fire on his premises he derives some consolation from the fact that he has been paying premiums to an…

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Fire Balloons for Zeppelins

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 3

A motor engineer, writing in the “Daily Express,” suggests the use of fire balloons to destroy Zeppelins when they visit England. Zeppelins dread…

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Effect of Shell Fire on Animals

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 6

The effect of the war on different animals (says the Amsterdam correspondent of the “Daily Express”) is described in the “Norddentsebe…

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Bega Fire Brigade Opening of New Fire Station

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Messrs. E. Farr[?] M.L.C. president of the Board of Fire Commissioners Mr Shepherd representative of the…

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Bega Fire Brigade

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 2

The new building of the Boga Fire Brigade was officially opened on Saturday afternoon by the Hon. E. Farrar, M.L.C., President of the…

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Bega Fire Brigade

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 8

Balance of remarks made at the opening of the new fire station on Saturday last:— Mr Webb, secretary, also made…

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A Big Blaze. Four Shops in Centre of Bega Completely Outted

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

[?] at party hour yesterday morning four [?] shops the property of the Gleeson Estate on Crop Street. Bega and in the…

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Fire!

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

Bega had its periodic fire (the town and immediate neighborhood average quite one a year) on Monday morning. Mr. Ernie…

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Fire at Bega

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 2

About 1 o'clock on Monday morning an alarm of five was raised in [?], and the brigade promptly turned out from the now fire station under command of…

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Tragic Fire

The Cobargo Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

During the lunch hour on Wednesday, about 1.15, an alarm of fire was raised. Dense smoke was noticed by neighbors to be issuing from the…

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The Mecantile Mutual Fire and Accident Insurance Company. Remarkable Increase in Business. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 3

The shareholders, and incidentally the policyholders, in this Company, have good cause for being pleased with its [?]ical stability as evidenced by the…

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Fire

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 4

The house and contents of Mr. Jas. Sinclair of Falls Creak was totally destroyed bp fire on Monday. He also suffered the…

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Science Notes & News. Fire-escape for Horses

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 15 November 1916 · page 8

A large packing concern in California has installed an automatic means for opening the doors of its horse stable, which allows the horses…

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