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

Fires & bushfires, 1922

390 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 20

Township Burnt Out Fate of Cookamidgera Parkes

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 2

The township of Cookamidgera, 11 miles from Parkes, has been burnt out. A wine shop and store and a large weatherboard residence adjoining…

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Fire—and Not Insured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 16

Last Friday evening about 6 p.m. Mr. H Heath. of Pine Ridge Soldiers' Settlement had the mistortune to have a shed containing…

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Fire in Theatre Actor Stops Panic Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 4

Damage estimated at between £15,000 and £20,000 was caused by a fire in King and King's musical instrument, warehouse, in Queen-street,…

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Mountain Bush Fires. Serious Blaze at Medlow. Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 November 1922 · page 3

A big bush lire raged at Medlow Bath all day yesterday, and destroyed hundreds of acres of timber, and undergrowth. Practically the whole male population of the town…

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Fighting Fires Organisation Prevents Damage Dubbo

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 21 November 1922 · page 2

Bush fires have again to be reckoned with. There have been many outbreaks, but as the settlers in the parts in which most of the fires have…

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Tarana. Cottage Destroyed by Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1922 · page 3

On Friday last the home of Mr. Rowan, on the sports ground, was destroyed by fire. Very little was saved, and the less was not j covered by insurance. The cause is…

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Fire Swept Country. Great Damage Done

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1922 · page 2

Fires which started at Leeton have destroyed crops and holdings. Twenty thousand acres of grass have been burnt. The fires swept the country towards Narrandera…

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Fire Near Narrandera Serious Damage Done Wagga

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 22 November 1922 · page 2

The big bush fire which menaced Narrandera was diverted from the town by fire-fighters and a helpful wind. At latest reports the fire was…

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Pilliga Scrub on Fire £10,000 Damage an Apathetic Government Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1922 · page 2

A terrific fire is raging through Pilliga scrub. The damage is estimated at £10,000. Settlers are uninclined to continue their efforts owing to the…

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Bush Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 November 1922 · page 14

Bush [?] have been native demonstrated [?] on this locally espective in and of the [?] that [?]…

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Big Bush Fires Flames Miles Wide. Coonamble

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 November 1922 · page 9

A big her is raging through the Pilliga Scrub. It began on Thursday last, and the desperate efforts of Forest Guard Harris, with a…

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Menace of Open Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 November 1922 · page 18

Great care should be exercised in the list of own fires during the summer especially [?] that everything is [?]. The penalty for…

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Big Blaze Averted. Firemen's Good Work. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 November 1922 · page 16

A serious fire was narrowly averted at the Town Hall Coffee Palace, Haymarket, last night, and hut for strenuous efforts of the…

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Fire Consumes Stack

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 November 1922 · page 13

While chaffcutting operations were in progress on Mr. G. T. Collver's farm the other day a spark from the engine carried to…

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Katudabh Station on Fire Help Wanted So Mudgee

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 November 1922 · page 16

Just as we were going to press, Mrs George Stewart, of Binnawee, rang up and unformed us that a bush fire was [?]aging furiously on…

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Fire in Balmain Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 24 November 1922 · page 2

An old stone [?]ding at Batmain, which was once the Batmain School of Arts, and lately occupied by electrical works and brass foundry, was destroyed…

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Fire at Newbridge Motor Car Destroyed

National Advocate · Friday 24 November 1922 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Thomas Jones, of Caloola, drove into Newbridge, and packed his Ford car in the large shed at the rear of the…

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Ligtning Causes Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 11

During the storm a few days ago lighting struck a tree on the Havilah Estate near cross Roads. Causing the grase ti fire. Flames…

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Fatal Fire Child Burned Alive. Peak Hill

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 13

A [?]fire occurred at midnight at the residence of Mr. Louis stiller in [?]. Mr. Stiller's youngest child, a boy…

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