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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
397 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 20
Shortly after six o'clock this evening an alarm was telephoned to the Fire Brigades that an outbreak of fire had occurred at Tooth's Brewery. In a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHILE burning off operations were in progress on Martin Bros' Bodangora station last week the fire got the upper hand and it took a big effort to get the flames under control. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire took place at the residence of Mr. James Shirlaw, Brewongle, yesterday afternoon, when the kitchen, stables and about £20 worth of binding twine was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir, — My attention has recently been drawn to the distressing fact in our country districts, where the chances are, unfortunately, all in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Superintendent of Police yesterday received word from Fo[?] that a fire occurred at Condobolin on Sunday by which the School of Arts and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the inquest concerning the Cio[?] [?]ail. [?] the jury found the premises were wilfully not on fire by some person or persons unknown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A bush fire occurred in the Coolah district on Saturday last, Messrs. Giffon Bros homestead narrowly escaping demolition Willing hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At noon to-day the fire bell gave an alarm. It was found that the grass in a paddock at the rear of Mr. Lawford's residence in Stewatt-street, had ignited,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the monthly meeting of the Pastures Protection Board at Muswell-brook, Mr. R. T. Keys said that to protect from pastures from bush fires,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire which took two hours to subdue, took place yesterday in the bootswain's storeroom on the cruiser Hermes at Devonport. The shell room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Secretary for Railways states that in connection with the efforts which the Railway Department is putting forward to minimise the risk of bush…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A fire which fortunately, did not cause much damage occurred in a paddock at the rear of Mr. Lawford's residence in stewart street yesterday morning. The grass by some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire occurred at Burrawang, near Cumnock, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. A gang of 50 men were employed thrashing barley, when one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. J. Sherlaw, near Brewongle. How the fire originated is not known, but it is thought that a spark from the kitchen must have fallen on the thatched…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Wednesday last, shortly after midday, a disastrous fire occurred at Burrawong Station, near Cumnock. From what we can gather it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A DESTRUCTIVE and disastrous fire occurred at Burrawong Station near Cumnock on Wednesday afternoon, the result being the total destruction of a quantity of barley in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The beam ceiling of a room at Sandringham under the bedroom of Queen Alexandra took fire last night. Her Majesty who was asleep was opportunely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A beam in the ceiling of the room at Sandringham, under the bedroom of the Queen, took fire last night her Majesty who was asleep was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One who knows, has given us the following [?], as pursued in Queensland, for fighting bush fires. The [?]ntive of burning round [?]…
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