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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Fire That Wasn’t

The South Coast Register · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 3

The Berry Agricultural Hall won’t burn. It isn’t that it’s too green—because it has been standing there for…

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Big Fire at Candelo. Three Shops Destroved

The Bega District News · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 2

A fire at Candelo at 3 o’clock yesterday marring destroyed three shops and two residences right in the centre of the business portion of the…

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Big Fire

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

Candelo bad a thrilling awakening on Sunday morning, when it was found that fire had broken out in the middle of the practically solid block…

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Extinguishing Fires by Aeroplane

The South Coast Register · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

WHEN he was in Sydney to attend the Local Government Conference, Ald. Burke, of Crooked River, saw demonstration in fire fighting…

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Carcious Use Of Fire

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 3

Mr. Jack Walson, of "Bridge View." Nowra, nearly had a serious loss on Sunday night last as a result of the [?]less [?] fire. His son,…

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Fire in Junction-street. a Good Save

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 10

About 5 o'clock on Monday morning Mr. Arney discovered flames issuing from premises opposite his baker's shop. He at once gave the…

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Fires

The South Coast Register · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 1

An outbreak of fire at the rear of Messrs. P. Walsh and Sons’ store on Monday morning caused damage estimated at a couple of hundred…

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Redhead Mill Destroyed By Fire. Damage Over £3000

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 4

Redhead mill, upon which the small village of Redhead, about 20 miles from Milton, depended, has been wiped out by fire…

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The Fire Fiend at Harley Hill

The South Coast Register · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 6

Hot weather and bush fires go together naturally. And Berry had her share of both during last week-end. The fire fiend…

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Disastrous Fire at Cobargo. Butter Factory Partly Destroyed

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 November 1926 · page 2

The butter factory at Cobargo, practically a new building, was partly destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Mr Arthur Koellner, the…

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A Black Friday Bush Fires Devastate the Coast Homes Destroyed. Thousands of Acres of Grass Destroyed. Men, Women and Children Flee For Their Lives Eden and Nethercote Fare Worst

The Bega District News · Monday 13 December 1926 · page 2

Friday last will go down to history a one of the most disastrous days ever experienced in; this district. Intense heat prevailed, with fierce westerly…

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Bush Fire Notes

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 2

The mail car from Bega to Eden had a thrilling experience when near Wolumla, where a fire was raging. Driver Sid Rixon had to “step on it”…

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Friday’s Disastrous Fires. As Told by Our Correspondents. Eden

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 December 1926 · page 4

Between 5 and 6 p.m. on Friday, 10th December-, the township of Eden miraculously escaped complete destruction. by fire by the timely…

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Nowra Notes Bush Fires

The South Coast Register · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 4

Fire swept across Mr. A. Hughes’ property on Friday, destroying everything in its path—home, pigs, poultry and crops. From the…

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The Fires. Mr. Alf. Hughes' Homestead Destroyed. Fire At Sassafras

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 4

Friday last was a clinker day right along the South Coast, and down the Far South Coast the same conditions prevailed--terrific bush fires,…

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Red Ruin. Devastating Fires

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 1

This neighborhood has shared what seems to have been a State-wide catastrophe. Reports from far and wide throughout the country fell of a…

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Bush-fire Benefit

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 1

By advertisement in this issue, it will be seen that the benefit picture show in aid of Mr Harry Peck and family, who lost all their belongings…

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