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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

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High-angle Fire at Port Akthur a Simple Explanation of the Method of Attack

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 6

Fifty year ago the Japanese "[?] ge train" consisted of bows and arrows: to-day they are besieging the strongest fortress is the East…

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Moss Vale Fire Brigade

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

Some months ago the Fire Brigade Board bad a new fence erected along the alignment at the main street, and very shortly afterwards a flood came…

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Terrible Fire in a Mine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 6

A Coarters Towers wire states that the fire originated on Friday morning in the Brilliant P.C. mine. Mr. White, manager of the Brilliant Block,…

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The Sketcher. the Great London Fire Ring

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 4

One May morning. some twelve years ago, a young constable, off duty and in plain clothes, was strolling aimless[?]y along a back street in Camberwell. He [?]ad a…

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Remarkable Case of Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 2

But for timely discovery what might have been a serious case of fire occurred at the council chambers, Moss Vale, on Wednesday evening. A large volume…

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A Novel Fire

Robertson Advocate · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 4

Considerable excitement was caused in Sydney the other afternoon by a fire on a lory which was loaded with flax. The vehicle [?] proceeding along…

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Heat and Bush Fires

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

The heat during this week has been exceptionally severe in Bowral. Monday last was a scorcher, and the next two days saw but a slight improvement. Thursday…

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Fire Brigade Social

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

A very enjoyable time was spent at the Oddfellows' Hall, Bowral, on Thursday evening, when, at the invitation of Capt. Moses Jones the members of the Bowral…

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