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

Fires & bushfires, 1925

435 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 22

A Grass Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

Capt. Gunnee and the members of the Bathurst Fire Brigade were called out yesterday to suppress a grass fire on the corner of Rocket and Peel…

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Ship on Fire Two Children Perish Los Angeles

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

Two children, were burned to death and two other persons seriously injured in a fire on the Japanese steamer Gingo Maru. The passengers and…

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Fire Bugs at Work. Three Outbreaks at Dubbo. Dubbo

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

The Dubbo police are making investigations into several outbreaks of fire during the holidays. A fire broke oat at E. Glover's stationery…

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Brothers' Narrow Escape Blaze in City Factory Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 8

Two men had to leap from a first storey window to-day to escape flames which destroyed a factory at Darlinghurst They landed safely, but one…

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Cricket Ground Blaze New Use Kor Beer Cool. Spectators Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

A fire, broke out in the main stand on the Melbourne Cricket Ground at 11 a.m. to-day, causing great excitement amongst the big crowd of…

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Picture Show Fire Damage at Redfern Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

A picture theatre at Redfern was severely damaged by a fire, which broke out shortly after half past two this morning. When the brigade…

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Pre-arranged Fire Kerosene Makes Fuel for Flames. But Firemen Spoil the Plot Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

A fire broke out at Gartrills picture theatre, Newtown, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Firemen discovered a room on the first…

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CARGO. Disastrous Fire

Leader · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 1

There was much consternation on Sunday morning, when news reached that a fire bad taken place at Mr. W. J. Fisher’s (“Oakleigh”), when…

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Park Fires

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

The grass in Victoria Park, near the District Hospital, caught fire to-day. Captain Gu[?]e, or the Fire Brigade, with members of the Machattic Park…

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Fire Fiend

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 25

Fire demolished two cottages and a big shed in Denman Street, the property of Miss Keenan. The fire broke out in Clatworthy's…

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A Cylinder of Fire. Sensational Fight for Life

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 19

Trapped in an iron cylinder, the inside walls of which were a mass of flames, John Matthews (19), a Lithgow palner. had a…

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Tragic Christmas Party Poisoning Suspected. Blood-stained Fire Iron

The Bathurst Times · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 1

An affray which occurred in a hut in a lonely part of Goyne's Road, White Hills, near Bendigo, on Saturday afternoon, December 27, had a…

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Fire In Drapery Shop Clem. Lewis's Establishment Gutted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 9

Fire devastated Mr. Clem Lewis's drapery store in Church-street, Mudgee early on Saturday morning. With the exception of a few…

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Garage Fire Six Motor "Buses Destroyed £10,000 Damage Bowser Pump Explodes Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

A fire broke out in a garage at Paddington early this morning and destroyed six motor buses and did damage estimated at £10,000. The…

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Big Fire at Tokio

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

Tokio reports that an outbreak of fire destroyed the international hospital there. All the patients were, however, saved…

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Burraga News Snake Bite and Fire. Burraga Defeats Rockley

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

The Rockley cricketers journeyed to Burraga last week end, where they once again contested against the local players. After a very…

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Bush Fire at Weetalabah

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 11

During Christmas week a bush fire broke out on the eastern boundary of Weetalabah Station. The fire destroyed about 300 acres of…

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Fire at Coolahville

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 11

Last week a fire occurred in the grain shed at Coolahville Station. The flames had secured a firm hold before the fire was noticed, and…

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Racehorse Smothered Fire Caused by Dropped Match

The Bathurst Times · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 1

Treviso, a well-known racehorse, which, him won several good races, was found suffocated in his box at the training establishment of Mr. John…

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£2000 DAMAGES. Fire Destroys Shops. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 2

One shop was destroyed and two others deceased by fire in Coronation. street, Hornby, to-day. The fire on the premises of Horace…

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