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

Fires & bushfires, 1919

262 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 14

Mudgee fire Brigade. Half-yearly Inspection

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 October 1919 · page 15

Mr. G. H. Dadd, inspector of the Fire Brigades Board of New South Wales, has been paying his half yearly visit of inspection to the…

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Germans Fire on British Warships. Copenhagen

Leader · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 6

The Germans continue gas shelling Riga. German artillery in Monday fired on the British warships, which immediately replied, bombarding…

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Germans Fire on British. Cornish Mining Disaster Confirmed. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 October 1919 · page 4

The Supremo Allied Council demands the surrender of five Gorman steamers which were transferred to Holland in 1916. In view of the imminent capture of…

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Hazelgrove. Bush Fire Losses

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 October 1919 · page 3

The parents and relatives of the late Sergt. P. Cunynghame, M.M. have the deepest sympathy of all residents here in the loss of their gallant son. Although of a retiring…

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More Fires and a False Alarm. Outbreak at Victoria Park Pavilion

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 October 1919 · page 2

The now quite and almost [?] sensation of the fire bell [?] was experienced on Friday morning. The bell was rung about…

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Lithgow Fire Station. Inspector's Praise

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Dodd, inspector of N.S. Wales Fire Brigades, paid a visit to the local station a few days ago. During the day, in company with Capt. Bruton, he visited the whole of the…

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Fires in Queensland. Brisbane

National Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 1

Another arrest has been made in connection with the four big fires which occurred at Innesfail and Cairns (Queensland), during the past week…

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The Fire Fiend. Epidemic at Coolah

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 5

For some time past Coolah has been full of fires—the bane and dread of people living in country towns which are minus a…

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Reward for Conviction of Fire Raisers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 17

By advertisement in to-days "Guardian" the Mudgee Town Council offers a reward of £25 for information that will lead to the…

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The fire Epidemic. and the False Alarms. Discussed by Town Council. Fire Alarms to Be Abolished. Reward for Conviction of Fire Causes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 8

The recent epidemic of small fires in Mudgee, and the many false alarms, were under discussion at the meeting of the Town Council…

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Coolah Page. Another Fire. on Lawson Park

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 5

Mr. Hansfield, one of the soldier settlers on Lawson Park, had the misfortune to have his house and furniture destroyed by fire on…

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Trouble in Egypt. at Seditious Mosque. Troops Fire on Rioters. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 November 1919 · page 4

A message from Alexandria states that serious rioting followed the midday prayers at a notoriously seditious mosque…

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Bush Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 9

A bush fire is raging on the southern portion of the Dalkeith estate starting from the barrier gate. A band of fire fighters,…

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Old Abbatoirs on Fire. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 2

A fire broke out at the old abbatoirs at Glebe Island in which thousands of tons of copra were stored, early to-night…

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Destructive Fire at Glebe Island Great Loss of Copra. SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 16

A destructive fire broke out last night at the old Glebe Island abattoirs, which have been used for the storage of copra by Burns, Philp,…

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fire at Wall's Siding Family Completely Burnt Out

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 November 1919 · page 2

One day last week a fire occurred in the bark bouse ol Mr. fred Parkins at wall's Siding. It is a mystery how the fire started. The…

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Destructive Fire. Melbourne Paper Mills MELBOURNE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 November 1919 · page 2

Portion of the premises of the Australian Paper Mills at Mel-bourne were completely gutted by fire on Saturday night. The total…

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An Early Morning Blaze

Molong Argus · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 4

At about 6 o'clock yesterday morning the citizens were startled —many from their beds—by the alarm of fire being sounded by the…

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Rubbish Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 3

[?] firebell at the Mudgee station [?] an alarm at about eight [?] on Friday evening. The [?] was amongst some cases in…

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False Fire Alarms. Youth Convicted and Fined

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 1

Samuel Graham, a young man well known in the town, was charged, before Mr. Hugh Malone, P. M. at the Mudgee Police Court…

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