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

Fires & bushfires, 1929

602 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 19 of 31

Forbes' Fire Bug Four Fires in a Week FORBES

National Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 2

The fourth fire since Tuesday occurred in the town last night, and it is believed that an incendiarist is at work. Last night's blaze was in the rear…

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Fire at Forbes Incendiarism Suspected, SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 2

A fire which was discovered in a small building at the Forbes showground, is believed to have been caused by incendiaries, as a pile of…

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The Palm Beach Fires. Accused Remanded. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 8

Sydney Keys, 38. a boarding-house keeper, and Eric Woodger, 34, a laborer. were remanded by the Manly Court to-day, on a charge or setting…

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A Cinema Fire London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

A hundred women and children dashed from a blazing cinema at Welling, Kent, to-day when a fire smoke out in the operator's box…

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A Vessel on Fire Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 5

A message was received in Sydney to-day, that the steamer, King Cadwallon, bound from Africa to Adelaide is returning to Durban with a fire in…

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Tragic Fire Display Nine Boys Incinerated London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 1

Nine cadets were burned to death when a dummy house collapsed during a fire brigades' display at Gillingham, Kent, to-day…

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Cinema Fire Women and Children Escape London

National Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 3

100 women and children dashed from a blazing cinema at Welling (Kent) following on a fire in the operator's box. The operator and his assistant…

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9 Cadets Die Holocaust at Fire Brigades' Fete Comedy Turns to Awful Tragedy "Dummy" House Catches Fire LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 2

Nine cadets were burned to death when a dummy house collapsed In the Fire Brigade's display at Gillingham to-day…

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Fire at Sea The Cadwallon Abandoned The Crew Rescued CAPETOWN

National Advocate · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

The crew of the steamer Cadwallon, which caught fire during the voyage from South Africa to Adelaide, abandoned the ship on Saturday afternoon…

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Peak Hill Fire Aged Couple's Narrow Escape Peak Hill

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

An aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ring, had a narrow escape from death when their home was destroyed by fire. They were awakened by the roar of…

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Fire at Peak Hill

Leader · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 2

An aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ring, had a narrow escape from death when their home was destroyed by are last week end. They were awakened…

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Two Big Melbourne Fires. 0. Gilpin’s Warehouse, Destroyed

Leader · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 3

The soft goods warehouse of O. Gilpin Pty, Ltd., at Malvern, and the furniture factory of C. Duncan, North Fitzroy, were destroyed by fire early…

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Boy Flogged to Death. Slayer Gets Fire Yean. MELBOURNE

Leader · Wednesday 17 July 1929 · page 3

Al Castlemaine, to-day, Herbert Bowude, a laborer, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, for the manslaughter of an eleven year old boy…

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Kent Fire Disaster Morbid Interest in Funerals London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 1

The fifteen victims of the fire disaster at Gillingham, Kent, were buried, to-day in a long line of graves. The whole town surrendered itself…

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£800 Oberon Fire Family Burnt Out Nothing Saved Oberon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

A disastrous fire which broke out in a weatherboard cottage at 5 a.m. to-day destroyed the building and contents. The house was…

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The Gillingham Fire. Burial of the Victims. LONDON

Leader · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

The fifteen victims of the fire tragedy at Gillingham, Kent, were buried on a long line of graves. The whole town surrendered itself to the…

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500 Places Burnt. Angora’s Big Blaze. CONSTANTINOPLE

Leader · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

Ken[?] Pasha has personally direct[?] the fighting of a [?] blaze at [?] which destroyed 500 houses and shops…

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