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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

27 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 2

Bush Fire Fatality. a Braidwood Grazier

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Watt, the well known grazer of Krawaree, died in the Braidwood Hospital on Christmas Day. An Inquest was held…

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Fire at Tallong.. Church Catches Alight. Tallong

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

At stoit noon to-day a fire stated on the Mara[?] side of Tallong in open country, and speedily swept towards Pallong. A large number of residen…

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Fire Outbreak. at Moss Vale. Brigade's Good Work

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

On Thursday morning, at about To minutes to two, the bell at the local Fire Station was vigorously rung for a few minutes, with the…

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Careless Use of Fire

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

At the Mittagorg Police Court on Friday last a person was fined £5 for the careless use of fire. It appears that he was burning off a dead beast and left the fire burning, and…

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Fire at Moss Vale Good Work by the Brigade

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Thursday morning shortly before 2 o' clock on alarm of fire was given at the Moss Vale fire nation, and the brigade promptly res[?]. The scene of the…

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Bush Fires

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 2

At the end of last week bush fires were raging in the district, and as a resu't many acres of grass and a lot of fencing and timber has been…

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The Taralga Fires. a Woman Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

An Taralga Police Court on Thurs-day week, before Mr. Arnott P[?] Annie Spicer (cu[?]) was charged with m[?]licionary set[?] fi[?]e to natural…

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Fires In the Monaro. a Severe Drought

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

The oldest hands on the Monaro have never seen such a dry spell as the district is experiencing. Bush fires have been burning for the past…

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The Taralga Fires

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

At the Goulburn Quarter Ses[?] last week Anu Aga h[?] Spicer was charged with that at Tarawa on January 16, 1919, she did mallciously set…

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Fires In Victoria. Three Lives Lost

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

Three lives were lost in a fearful fire which swept through O[?]way Forest, Victoria, on Saturday. Mr. Clarkson,one of the oldest settlers…

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Fire at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The ignition of some benzine in the engine room at the Mittagong School of Arts, on Wednesday night, caused an outbreak of fire which for a time threatened a serious…

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Big Fire at Gundagai. Great Damage

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 April 1919 · page 4

The most serious fire in the history of Gundagai occurred at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning. It started in Mr. E. C. O'Sullivan's stationery shop…

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Fire at Bowral Produce Store Destroyed

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Residents of Bowral had their [?]lombers disturbed shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning by the vig [?]nging of the [?] tell, and in the course of a few…

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Fire at Bowral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 2

A fire was discovered about 1 a.m. on Thursday morning by the night-officer at the railway station (Mr C. Moore) in an old wood and iron…

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Big Blaze at Bowral Collins' Corner Destroyed

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

An alarm of fire was notified by the clanging of the bell at the Bowral fire station at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, and the excitement inseparable from such an occasion was…

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