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and poor communications meant serious problems for many farmers in
crises such as house fires. These three photos show just how
disastrous it was for Cogden Farm in 1914.
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An attractive thatched
Georgian farmhouse
with verandah, before the fire.
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17th June 1914, the
terrible day of the fire at Cogden Farm.
The contents were saved and and are piled on the lawn,
but the water pressure was nil.
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Cogden farm after the
fire in 1914 - so, fire
devours the lot. The house stands rebuilt today.
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