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

Fires & bushfires, 1913

889 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 45

Small Fire at Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

The local fire brigade were notified by messenger about 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon that the store occupied by H. H. Bourke, in Brewery-road, was on fire…

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Fire at Drummoyne. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

"During the heavy rain which fell about 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a workshop in the rear of Messrs. Thornton Brothers', builders, premises…

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Shopkeeper Committed for Trial. Suspicious Fire. Grenfell

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 1

A coroner's inquiry into the cause of a fire at W. Rumble's shop, in Main-street, Grenfell, on Easter Monday night occupied the courthouse for five…

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Brewery-road Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

An inquiry was held at the Courthouse yesterday morning into the circumstances surrounding the fire at Burke's store, Brewery-road, on Saturday afternoon…

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Fire and Fall. Two Colliery Disasters. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

There were two colliery disasters in Wales yesterday. Fire broke out in one of the pits in Monmouthshire, and three members of a…

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Earlier Cables Explosion of Cartridges. Fire on a Train. London, Thursday evening

National Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 7

A canister containing live cartridges exploded in a third-class compartment of a passenger train at Kingston-on-Thames. The explosion…

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Fire and Cyclone. Auckland, N.Z.

Leader · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

The well known ship Makura, and the P. and O. Royal mail steamer. Macedonia, soon after leaving Sydney last Saturday ran into a cyclone. Both…

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Fire and Storm. Mails Destroyed. Auckland

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

The R.M.S. Macedonia arrived here at daylight to-day, after having been subjected to a severe buffetting by a cyclonic storm which blew up from the…

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Exciting Fire. Priest Saves Housekeeper. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 4

Exciting, scenes were witnessed at a fire that broke out in a Roman Catholic presbytery occupied by the Rev. Father, Rooney, at Sheffield…

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A Scene of Horror. Criminals, Lunatics, Fire. New York

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

Convicts at Lansang (Kansas) set fire to the prison and attempted to escape, Desperate scenes ensued…

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Fire in a Prison. £30,000 Damage. Lansing (Kansas)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 2

A fire broke out in the State prison here through an explosion under the dynamo. The damage amounts to about…

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Fire and Storm Makura's Mails Destroyed. Outbreak in the Hold. Macedonia in a Cyclone. Auckland

National Advocate · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

The R.M.S. Macedonia arrived here at daylight yesterday, after having been subjected to a severe buffetting by a cyclonic storm which blew up…

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The Fire Brigades' Award. "As You Were." Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 3

Judge Heydon to-day refused to vary the award of the Fire Brigades' Employees Union, on the ground that the men had no cause to grumble at…

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Shocking Suicide Woman Throws Herself in Fire. Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Anne Carlyon, wife of a farmer at Greta, near Wangaratta, commit­ted suicide to-day by soaking her clothes in kerosene, drinking poison,…

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Village Burnt Out 25 Homeless Families. Life 'Savings Lost

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 3

Twenty-nine houses were burnt down and 25 families rendered homeless by a fire which nearly obliterated a large portion 'of Swavesey, a…

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Revolver Shots Policeman Fires After Burglars. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2

Several men wore discovered trying to break into Joseph Selig's pawn-broker's shop, in King-street, Newtown, early this morning. Constable…

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Millthorpe News. Tuesday Night. Fire.—a Close Call

Leader · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 3

This afternoon at about 5 o'clock the residents living in the centre of our town were startled with the cry of "fire." Others weeo startled to…

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Fire at Lue

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 18

On Saturday night last a fire broke out in the stables at the Lue homestead. The manager, Mr. G. Raffan, states that it is a mystery how the…

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Fire in an Hotel

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

In a fire at an hotel in Malone City, United States, seven persons were burned in their beds. One woman saved her life by leaping from a third-storey window on…

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Melbourne Fire. Melbourne, F[?]

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 2

A fire in Elizabeth-street last practically gutted John Pratt and large grain store. The fire is still to have originated near a boil[?]…

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