Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1901

515 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 26

Disastrous Fire. Mr. A. McDonald's House Destroyed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 September 1901 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred on Friday, by which Mr W. McDonald, of Erudgerie, lost his home. On Friday morning Mr. McDonald,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Lucknow

Leader · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 2

At about three o’clock yesterday morning residents of Orange were startled by the continuous vigorous ringing of the fire bell, but as no fire was visible to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at a Mine

National Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 2

News reached town this morning that the battery on Mr. P. Sullivan's property at Chamber's Creek was destroyed by fire. It appears that the fire originated in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Big Fire in Melbourne

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Marshall's about factory, Port Melbourne, last night, shortly before 7 o'clock, by which the building and all the machinery and stock…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Battery Destroyed By Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 3

On Saturday last the quartz crushing plant, of the Sullivan Syndicate at Chambers Crook, was totally destroyed by fire in some unaccountable manner. At 11 o'clock John Tilson and Fiedcrick…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire at Black's Hill

Molong Argus · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 2

ON Wednesday night a little before 9 o'clock the whistle at Black & Sons' mill blew the alarm of fire, and in a few minutes a very fair sized crowd…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

More Armenian Atrocities. Bloodshed, Pillage, and Fire. London

Leader · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 2

Armenian advices announce shocking bloodshed, pillage, and fire at Mush, a city of 6000 inhabitants. The situation in Sassun is critical…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Lucknow Fire

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 2

No one was in Mr Walker's residence when the fire broke out, and therefore the cause of the outbreak is a mystery. Mr Nicholas Farmer, the well-known fire…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at the Mill

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 7

GENERALLY speaking, the mill whistle is regarded as a welcome friend to the community, as six times each working day it indicates the passage of time. Sometimes, when the mill is not…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Fire at Lucknow. Several Buildings Destroyed

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 2

A fire broke out at the residence of the Rev. M. Walker, situated in the main street of Lucknow, shortly after two o'clock on Wednesday morning, resulting in the total…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Hordem's Fire. £800,000 Inburanoe Claimed. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 3

Yesterday Mr. Samuel Hordern signed 500 claims totalling £800,000 on various Insurance Offices, in connection with the-recent fire at the Palace Emporium…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire in a Woolshed. Incendiarism Suspected. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 2

A fire occurred at Mr John Carlton Watson’s Greenbank Station, near Young, on Saturday night, which destroyed the woolshed and 40 stud…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The New Fire Station

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 September 1901 · page 12

When the Mayor was in Sydney last week he invited Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, to visit Mudgee for the…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Fire Alarms

National Advocate · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 2

At about 6.15 p.m. yesterday the local Fire Brigade received a call to extinguish a fire in a chimney at Mrs. Glazier's Empire Hotel, but before…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Alarms of Fire. Some Mild Excitement

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 2

The Fire Brigade was kept busy lost evening, the fire bell ringing out the alarm of fire twice within four hours The first alarm was given precisely at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Prize Winners. at the Bendigo Fire Brig-ade Competition

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 6

‘DURING our preparation for the Bendigo Fire Brigade Demonstration we received some very severe strains, and almost broke down, but by the liberal…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Sydney Squibs. the South African War.--fire and Its Causes.--the New Loan

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 7

" We 'olds the railway lines; the Boer 'olds the country." That was the opinion expressed by a "Tommy " on the situation in South Africa, and the greatest statesman alive could not…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Fire at Lucknow

Leader · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 4

A “coroner’s inquest was held at Lane’s hotel, Lucknow, yesterday, before the Coroner (Mr Marriott) regarding the cause of the recent disastrous fire…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fires at Balmain. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 3

Two Bros broke out at Balmain this morning during the height of the gales, threatening serious results, but the splendid work of the Fire Brigades prevented any seriou…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire at Clear Creek

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 2

On Sunday last the but of a miner named William Dunsmore, at Clear Creek, near Peel, was destroyed by fire. The contents—bed, bedding, clothes, &c.—were completely…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →