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

Fires & bushfires, 1915

673 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 34

Four Killed. Several Wounded Turks Fire on Picnic Train. Murderers Shot Down. Broken Hill

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 2

As a picnic train for Silverton was leaving Railway Town, just outside Broken Hill, to-day two Mahomedans fired on the train, killing three persons…

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Barrier Outlawry. Turks Fire on Picnic Train. Four Killed, Seven Wounded Broken Hill

Leader · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Futher details have been received of the shooting of a number of picnickers by Turks near Silverton yesterday. The train Which the…

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A Fatal Fire. Broken Hill

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

A fire in Railway Town destroyed two-roomed house in Nicholls-street, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James E. O'Toole. Mrs. O'Toole was absent at…

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The Prices of a Crime Chapter Xlii. the Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 6

"Oh, they were exciting enough," Grey laughed. "And now that I have taken you into my confidence I might as well finish my confession. I have…

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Fire in Bentinck-street

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

A fire was Opportunely discovered yesterday afternoon in a shed at the real of Dr. Busby's newly-erected premises at the corner of Keppel and…

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Germans Shoot Germans. Fire That Recoiled. Paris

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 3

The Germans shot 30 of the Landstrum in tie public square at Steinbach. because they were irresolute. After evacuating Steinbach, the…

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The Price of a Crime Chapter Xlii. the Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 6

The two friends dined comfortably, then lingered for half an hour over a cigar, until the twilight began to fall and the houses and shops along the…

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Tube Railway Fire. New York

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

The whole of the underground railways were disorganised by a fire in the tube railway at 53rd street. The fire caused terrible panic. Those…

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Fire at Wellington. Cottage Destroyed. Wellington

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

At 3 o'clock this morning, a wooden cottage, occupied by Robertson, a drover, and family, was destroyed by fire. The house was insured for…

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A Wellington Fire

Leader · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Shortly after two o'clock on Thursday morning a fure [?] out at the residence of Henry Robinson, drover, Gobolion street (reports the "Times.")…

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Proof Against Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 1

It is an old but trite saying that, "When your neighbor 's house is on fire, look after, your own."Have you ever thought what, would occur if your own house caught fire?…

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Under Fire

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

"It was my first engagement. The roar from the from was horribly new, to me. Our assailants who outnumbered us twenty to one were yelling like…

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Big Queensland Fire. (Brisbane

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A disastrous lire occurred at Dalby early this morning, three shops and two dwellings being destroyed. A high wind fanned the blaze, and…

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Local and General. Fire station at Lithgow

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A new are brigade station and residence is to be erected at Lithgo. A tender for £1590 has been accepted…

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Great Fire at Brussels. Refugee's Statement. Amsterdam

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

Refugees report that a great fire is raging at Brussels…

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The New Fire Station. a Handsomely Appointed Building

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

The new fire station, the tender for which has just been let to Messrs. A. and H. Jones, of Lithgow, at an estimated cost of £1596; will be a very handsome addition to the town…

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Big Queensland Fire Fourteen Buildings Destroyed. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred in the main street of Dalby early this morning, eleven shops and three dwellings being destroyed…

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The Brussels Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 16

It is reported that the fire in Brussels is due to the burning of the great Antwerp Company's oil works, a biscuit factory, and 12 houses…

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The Fire at Brussels. Amsterdam

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

The refugees report of a fire at Brussels was due to the burning of the great Antwerp oil works, a biscuit factory, and 12 houses in that city…

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Antwerp Oil Works Fire. Rotterdam

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

A fire at the Antwerp oil works is supposed to be due to the Allies' aviators' bombs…

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