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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 8 of 20

Belfast Fire Whole Street Destroyed Scores of Homeless Families Looters Arrested London

National Advocate · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

Between forty and fifty families are homeless as a result of the complete destruction by fire of Antigua street, Belfast. The street is composed of…

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Wellington Blaze Two Shops Destroyed. Occupants Escape in Night Attire. Wellington

National Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out at 5.30 this morning in Pepper and Thomas's general store, Percy-street, which was soon a mase of flames. The building were…

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Blaze at Wellington. Business Houses Gutted. Wellington

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 13

A fire broke out at 5.30 this morning in Messrs. Pepper and Thomas's general store in Percy Street. The store was soon a mass of…

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A Fire Scare

Leader · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 4

Shortly after the performance of the K[?]nuts had commenced at the Australian Hall on Saturday night, a short circuited current connected with…

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The Baptism of Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 6

"The Turks wore further entrenched half-way up a steep cliff which commanded the beach at this point, and were pouring…

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Steamer Set on Fire Watchman Shot

National Advocate · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

Armed men boarded the Ulster steamer Rachinogad, sprinkled the deck with petrol, set fire to it, shot and wounded the watchman and…

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The Wellington Fire

Leader · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 2

In connection with the big fire at Wellington, on Friday morning last. the damaged properties were insured follows:—Mears Pepper end…

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The High-street Fire. Reynolds Sentenced at Parramatta

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 2

At Parramatta quarter sessions, before Judge Armstrong, Arthur Reynolds pleaded guilty to a charge of arson, at Lithgow, on March 20. He was sentenced to 18 months…

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Fires in West Attributed to Mice. Dubbo

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 10

The epidemic of fires continues in the west, especially in the farming districts. The latest victim [?] Mr. J…

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A £[?]00 Fire

Leader · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 1

At an early hear on Sunday morning a are occurred at Mr. C. Lowe’s mrm at Terramungamine, near Dubbo, by which a large shed, a motor…

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A Combara Blaze

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 10

A fire[?] which destroyed the store and dwelling of Mr. Gold[?], at Combara, occurred last week[?] Mr. Goldsby had acted as secretary to…

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Fire Brigades Board

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 10

There is a good deal of speculation in political circles as to who will succeed Mr. E. H. Farrar as president of the Fire Brigades…

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Disastrous Fire at Narromine

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

Mice are believed to have been the cause of a disastrous fire which broke out at Nairomine on Saturday night. Four wooder shops were completely destroyed and…

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Roumanian Disaster. Explosion of Fire-damp

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

Reuter's Bucharest correspondent states that there were 160 casualties, of whom 82 are dead, incinerated, of horribly mutilated as the result of an explosion of fire-damp…

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Fire at Merriwa. School of Arts in Flames

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 9

At 10 p.m. on Thursday Mr. J. M'Namara was riding into Merriwa and noticed flames issuing from the School of Arts. He…

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Disastrous Fire Four Shops Demolished Mice Blamed Trangle

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Mice are believed to have been the cause of a disastrous fire which broke out in Narromine on Saturday night. Four wooden shops were…

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Big Fire at Narromine

Leader · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 4

Mice are believed to have been the cause of a disastrous fire which broke out in Narromine, on Saturday night. Four wooden shops were completely…

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District Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 12

Within the past week a series of fires occurred in the Gilgandra and Gulargambone districts. On Saturday evening lust the homestead of…

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Fire in the School of Arts

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 26

The cry of "Fire !" around the townspeople on Wednesday night of last week, when it was found that the reading room…

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A Fire [?]

Leader · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 2

Royal Statemen is [?] 16 years old and his owner, Mr. Tom D[?]yer of Young has decided that the time has come for his ra[?]ment [?]…

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