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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 9 of 20

St. John's Wort Resists Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 May 1922 · page 14

The big mountain fires some weeks ago at Redbank and adjacent localities failed to consume many acres of abominable St. John's…

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Burned to Death Knocked Into Grass Fire. Merriwa

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 May 1922 · page 11

James Daniel, of Gungal 71 years of age, succumbed at the local hospital from burns. On Saturday afternoon he was…

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Disastrous Timber Fire. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 May 1922 · page 6

M[?] and Young's timber [?] joinery works at Hobart were totally destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at…

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Gudal Blaze Huxley's Store Destroyed Manildra

National Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

Messrs Huxley Bros' general store at Cudal was completely destroyed by fire at 2 a.m. to-day. The damage is estimated at £10,000…

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Fire

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out at about 3 o'clocK this morning on the property of Mr. H. Cruickshank, White Rock and property to the value of £200 was…

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Fire at Cudal

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 10

The many friends of Messrs. Huxley Bros., general stockkeepers, at [?], will regret to learn that a fire completely destroyed their…

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Incendiary Fires Rebels Machine-gunned London

National Advocate · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 2

Belfast alone was the scene of fifteen incendiary fires yesterday, after one of which the gunmen collided with the military reserve in a pitched…

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Local and General. Fire at Cudal

Leader · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 2

A dis[?] fire occurred [?] [?] Haxi[?] Brothers’ several were [?] Cudal early on Friday morning the buil[?] stock being totally…

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Outbreak of Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 6

The Royal Hotel at Tambar springs narrowly missed [?] stru[?] fire one day last week. The outbreak occurred shortly…

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Wholesale Fires 21 IN 24 Hours London

National Advocate · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 2

Seventeen incendiary fires attributed to Sinn Feiners occurced at Belfast overnight, including a [?] of large factories. Firemen have…

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Cables. Belfast's Fire Record. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 7

Within the past two years more than one hundred warehouses and business premises in Belfast have been set on fire, and in many cases…

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Fire Outbreak

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 23

A sensational few minutes were occasioned on Monday evening last by an outbreak of fire in one of the bedrooms on the second floor of the…

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Grass Fire at Lochiel

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 8

A miniature fire occurred at Lochiel yesterday, caused by someone carefully throwing a match which [?]gated the long dry…

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Deaths and Fires a Heavy List London

National Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 2

The Ulster Irish Association states that between December 6 and May 29 fourteen police and two soldiers were Killed, and twenty-nine police…

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False Fire Alarms Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 2

Fully 25 per cout. of the fire alarms received by the Metropolitan Brigade were false and malicious, but it is obviously difficult to catch offenders…

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Big Fire £50,O00 Damage at Longreach Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 3

Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a great fire which threatened to destroy tho town of Lougreach. The fire started at half-past 7, and…

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13 Buildings Destroyed Damage Estimated at £50,000 Longreach (Q.) Threatened by Fire Brisbane

National Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 2

Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a great fire, which threatened to destroy the town of Longreach to-day. The fire started at 7.30,…

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A Mudgee Blaze

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 6

The residence of Mrs. John Smith, in Lewis-lane, Mudgee, was completely destroyed by fire. Little of the contents were saved, and the mother and four young…

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Five Times Devastated. Disastrous Queensland Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 6

A fire broke out at 3 a.m. on Wednesday in the main block at Longreach, Queensland. Eighteen business establishments. were destroyed and the damage is estimated at £50…

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Longreach Fire £60,000 Damage Rockhampton

The Bathurst Times · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 2

A south-easterly breeze helper of the big fire at Lougreach to escape from the control of the firemen, and their many willing helpers…

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