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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires
15 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
ALL Monday afternoon dense volumes of smoke could be seen from Bowral rising from the eastern side of the Gib, although not much notice was taken of it by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sensational struggle with a burglar took place between a lady named Mrs.Macken at her residence at Mary-street, Longuevillo, and an unknown man,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal fire occurred at Cabramatta on Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Bonarius, residents of the place, left home early in the evening to attend a dance at the house of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHORTLY after ten o'clock on Thursday night the peaceful inhabitants of the town were awakened by the cry of fire [?] The scene of the occurrence was in the residence attached to Mr. B. Clavern's shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Monday morning last Mr. A. D. Badgery, J.P., conducted an inquiry at the Town Hall, Bowral, as to the cause of the fire that occurred on Thursday evening, April 9th, by which Mr. B. Clavern's shop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dear Sir,—I shall feel obliged if you would kindly publish the enclosed correspondence, which speaks for itself, and explains my reasons for resigning the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Moss Vale Fire Brigade Board has been laboring under various grievances in connection with which Mr. H. A. Moss, Mayor of Moss Vale, and Mr. D. Clifford,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquiry was held by Mr. A. Radgery (District Coroner) on Monday last, repecting the recent destruction by fire, of a cottage belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following report from Superintendent Bear to the Principal Under-Secretary, has been banded to us by the Moss Vale Fire Brigade Board for publication:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The attention of our readers is invited to Superintendent Bear's report to the Undersecretary, re the Moss Vale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the Bowral Fire Brigade Board was held on Wednesday, August 12th. Present: Mr. R. S. Mackenzie, J.P. (Mayor), Mr. H. E. Wickham, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT 3 o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) morning the night officer in charge of the Bowral railway station received a telephone message from Mitlagong that a cottage thought to be Mrs. Chalker's boarding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOWRAL was all excitement on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after 3 o'clock a fire was noticed in a shop occupied by Mrs Hanley in Bong Bong-street, a short distance below Charker's Imperial Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DEAR SIR,—Judging fromiremarks passed by some of those present at the inquiry re the recent fire in Bong Bong-street, there appears to exist an impression that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COMMANDANT AND MRS. HERBERT BOOTH arrived in Sydney on Wednesday by express from Melbourne. On the way the Commandant get out at the Bowral station, seeing Mrs…
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