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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

34 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 2

Fire at Moss Vale. Cottage Destroyed

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 2

A weatherboard cottage in Railway-street, Moss Vale, known as Miss. Sy[?]e's property and occupied by Mr. Lawrence, riding ganger on the…

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Disastrous Fire. Cottage Demolished

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 June 1915 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred on Saturday evening last between 6 30 and 7 o'clock, when a weatherboard cottage in Railway street, the…

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Shower of Shells Liner Outwitted Pirates Race Under Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 4

Unarmed as they were, and completely at the mercy of a German submarine, the crew of the Liverpool liner City of Cambridge refused to give the enemy best,…

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Work of the Nuns French Heroines in Lorraine Ten Days Under Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 June 1915 · page 3

Sister Julie has not yet been celebrated in deathless verse as the heroine in Gerbeviller, but she has been decorated by the President of the French Republic in person, and that…

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Liquid Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 4

The Germans have used every method they can to stop the advance of the Allies, from poisonous gases to spraying trenches with liquid fire. Both these methods, by the way,…

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School Destroyed by Fire

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

On Sunday last the Box Vale public school was totally destroyed by fire. It is thought that a man who had escaped from the custody of the police was ca[?]ping there, and…

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Recent Fire at Wingelle. Open Verdict

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 2

An inquiry was held by Mr. H. W. Taylor (coroner) at the railway (Station Wingello, on Thursday into the cause of the fire by which the…

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Proposed Fire Brigade for Mittagong

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

At the last meeting of the Mittagong Municipal Council, held on Wednesday night last, a communication was received from the Board of…

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Proposed Fire Brigade for Mittagong

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 November 1915 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Mittagong Municipal Council, held on Wednesday night last, a communication was received from the Board…

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Fastery Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

New York, Nov. 6.-A fire destroyed a six-story candy factory in Brooklyn. Girls jumped from four stories to the ground, amidst terrific…

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Fire Brigade for Mittagong

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

The matter of a fire brigade for Mittagong [?] been disscussed by the local municipal council, and the estabilshment of a brigade has been…

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