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

Fires & bushfires, 1924

376 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 19

Fire Commissioners to Visit Bathurst Next

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 19 June 1924 · page 2

The N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Bathurst next Wednesday. The Bathurst Council was apprised of this by a communication last…

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A [?] Fire Station

Leader · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 6

The finishing [?] are last being added to the Orange [?] station, which has [?] a [?] with a residence…

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Schoolgirl's Confession Didn't Like School and Set Fire to It. 24 Lives Lost Vancouver

National Advocate · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 2

A message from Los Angeles states that a 14 year old girl, whose name is withheld, has confessed to having set fire to the Hope Development…

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Roof Ablaze Excitement in George Street First Fire in Bathurst Since April

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 6

The first fire Bathurst has experienced since April, when Sedewick's In Keppel-street caught alight, occurred today…

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George Street Fire £200 Worth of Damage

National Advocate · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 3

Shortly after mid-day on Saturday the Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call to a two-storeyed brick residence in George Street, where smoke was…

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Fire Commissioners' Visit

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 2

The N.S.W. Fire Commissioners and Mr. Jackson (Chief Officer of the N.S.W Fire Brigades), arrive in Bathurst by motor car at 5 o'clock this afternoon…

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Fire at Gulgong Two Shops Gutted Gulgong

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 2

Two of the principal shops here were gutted by a fire which broke out at a quarter to four this afternoon. As there is no local fire brigade all…

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To-day's Telegrams. a Fire, a Wife, and a Husband. Extraordinary Melbourne Case. Sydney

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 2

To-day's market, quotations:--Pens 6s to 14s, beans 3s to 10s, cabbages 1s to 9s cauliflowers 4s to 14s, new laid eggs 2s 6d case and rivers 2s 2d, butter 163s 4d, honey…

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Katoomba Blaze Shop Gutted Katoomba

National Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 2

At 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Beale's second-hand furniture store in Waratah Street. The store was completely gutted and most…

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Fire Outbreak

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 4

A fire which, occurred at the residence, of Mr. White, stock inspector, last week, did little damage, as luckily many people were…

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Fire Commissioners Meet Municipal Council at Fire Station

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 2

The New South Wales Fire Commissioners arrived in Bathurst late yesterday afternoon by car, and in the evening interviewed the local municipal…

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Fire at Gulgong Cooperative Store and Porters Gutted by Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 5

The fire fiend has not troubled Gulgong much during the past few years, but it had a disastrous result on a big building on Tuesday…

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House and Contents Destroyed Lack of Fire-fighting Facilities

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 43

The alarm of fire was sounded about midnight on Wednesday, the scene of the outbreak being the brick and weatherboard cottage in…

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Shop Gutted Big Fire Occurs at Katoomba Katoomba

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 4

Early this morning a fire gutted a second hand furniture store, and badly damaged a grocery store and Newington's boot store…

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A Katoomba Blaze. Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 3

A fire broke out early this morning in a group of buildings in Waratah-street. They were well ablaze before the fire brigade arrived. Beale's furniture store and…

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Fire Commissioners Visit Lithgow. Everything Working Satisfactorily

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 6

The Board of Fire Commissioners paid a visit to Lithgow on Wednesday. The members present were Chief Officer Jackson, Messrs. Douglas, Baker, and Bestwick. They…

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N.S.W. Fire Board Visit to Bathurst

National Advocate · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 1

The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners arrived in Bathurst on Wednesday afternoon and on the same Wednesday afternoon and on the same evening paid a visit of…

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Steamer on Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 2

Reuter.--A message from Las Palmas states that the Otaki, from Wellington to London, arrived with a fire in No. 4 hold. The vessel subsequently sailed with the…

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Fire at Wohongong Three Premises Destroyed Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 14

Damage estimated and about £12,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Mark and Maynards premises at Woolongong at…

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Another Blaze Narromine Suppers £15,000 Damages

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 1

A disastrous fire started in Narromine at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the corner of Dandaloo and Burraway streets…

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