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Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

13 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Police on Duty Night of Recent Fire

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

Following on complaints made regrading noisy [?] at the Bowral Band recitals, Bowral Police were on duty in Corbett Gardens on the night…

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Fire In Lackey Road Good Save by Fire Brigade

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 3

A weather-board cottage in Lackey Road, Moss Vale, owned an occupied by Mrs Stevenson, was noticed to be on…

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Tullamore Fire. Cottage Resists Flames

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 3

The necessity of using fire retardant materials in modern building construction was clearly demonstrated by the disastrous fire that recently…

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Fire's At Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 2

Shortly after 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning the Moss Vale Fire Brigade was called out to a bit of a blaze which…

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A Good Save Fire at Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 2

Good work by Moss Vale Fire Brigade and a number of residents was responsible for a good save at Mr. S. Browne's sawmill in…

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Another Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 2

On Wednesday evening another bit of a blaze occurred in Moss Vale, making the third within the past three months. The outbreak…

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Home Saved. Fire at Burradoo

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 2

Bowral Fire Brigade was promptly on the scene when the alarm was given at 2.30 p.m. on Monday that a, building at "Riversdale," the…

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Fire at Mr. D. S. Donkin's Burradoo Property Destroyed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 2

Bowral Fire Brigade was called out on Monday afternoon to deal with a fire at "Riversdale." the property of Mr. D. S. Donkin, at…

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Fire Astor Cafe Premises Damaged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 2

Another fire in Moss Vale, making the fourth outbreak in three months, occurred about 9 o'clock on Wednesday night,…

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Bush Fires

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 2

Owing to the continued dry weather and recent heavy frosts, there is a considerable amount of dry grass and undergrowth this season, and…

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New Fire Engine. for Mittagong Brigade

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 2

Mittagong Fire Brigade, which has been greatly handicapped for some time by the slowness of the fire engine, has taken delivery of a new…

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Fire Brigade's Complaint. HYDRANTS

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 2

At Monday's meeting of the Shire Council a letter was received from the Moss Vale Fire Brigade complaining that on the occasion of a…

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Fire at Burrawang

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 2

While Mr. R. Irvine and family, of Burrawang, were attending the cricketers' ball in the Burrawang Hall on Wednesday night their home…

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