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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 22 of 31

Fire in Explosives Factory. Employees’ Narrow Escape. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 2

With remarkable rapidity, a fire spread through the explosives factory of the Australian Lithyte Co., at Leichhardt, to-day, and within fifteen…

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Big Liner on Fire £640,000 Damage HAVRE

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 2

A fire on the liner Paris, in dock, destroyed many cabins causing damage estimated at £640,000…

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Explosive Factory Fire Young Girls Rush for Safety Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 3

within half an hour the premises of the Australian Lithyte Explosive Company at Leichhardt were completely destroyed by fire to-day. The…

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Million Pounds Fire Paris

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 2

The liner Paris which caught fire in the docks yesterday, is estimated to have been damaged to the extent of £1,000,000…

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Exciting Scenes Boarding House Fire MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 1

Exciting scenes were enacted early this morning when a fire destroyed Broom's Guest house at Lakes Entrance. Four of the guests received…

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Newbold Fire-brick Resources Are Conserved Although Loss Turned Into Profit

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 2

Materially improved financial results are revealed when accounts of the Newbold Silica Fire-Brick Co., Ltd., for the year ended July 31 last…

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Standing Near Fire Young Man Severely Burned Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 5

Severe burns about the legs and body were sustained by Clarence Boyd (28), of Narrabeen, when his clothing caught alight while he was…

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Twenty-roomed House Is Destroyed by Fire Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 4

A fire broke out last night in a 20- roomed boardinghouse at Belmont. near Newcastle. The building was completely gutted…

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A Woy Woy Sensation. Double Harder and Fire. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 8

A ghastly tragedy occurred at Blackwall, a little holiday settlement, near Woy, Woy, to-day. when a woman is believed to have shot her elderly…

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Big Manilla Blaze Danger of Live Wires Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 1

A disastrous fire broke out at 1 o'clock this morning at the Manilla Flour Milling Co. Ltd.'s premises at Manilla. The damage is estimated at…

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Latest Gables and Telegrams. Fire at Maxilla Factory Destroyed SYDNEY, [?]

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 2

A fire [?] doing [?]…

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Hull's Greatest Fire Billingsgate Market Destroyed LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

The biggest fire in the history of Hull destroyed the London Eastern Railway Company's Billingsgate Market, an extension to which was…

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Disastrous Fire Church Street Blaze Building Gutted, Stock Destroyed Adjoining Premises Saved

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 7

Between, 9.30 and 10 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the promises in Church Street for so long occupied by Messrs T. Hill and…

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British Police Fire on Arabs Five Killed—30 Wounded Jerusalem

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 2

A group or Moslems suddenly attacked Government officers at Jaffa, whereupon the British police fired, repelling the attack and killing five…

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£16,000 FIRE Blaze at Mudgee MUDGEE

National Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 1

A big fire occurred at Mudgee this morning when the premises in Church Street, occupied for many years by Hill and Sons, but this week taken…

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Fire and Robbery Safebreakers at Windsor SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 1

Safebreakers entered the produce store of Pike Bros at Windsor earaly this morning and opened the office safe with explosives…

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British Steamer on Fire. Returning to Durban. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 1

The British sleamer. Rhymney, hound from [?] for Melbourne, has radioed that a lire hroke out In the after hold yesterday, and that the vessel…

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Both Legs Broken Run Over by Fire Waggon Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 3

Rushing to attend a fire at Grace Bros to-night, a salvage waggon from headquarters brigade knocked down seriously wounded Herbert Llewellyn…

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Arrival of New Fire Engine

Leader · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

Possessed of 76 horse-power, a speed of 60 miles per hour, and with a lifting capacity of 12,000 gallons of water per [?], the new [?]re engine…

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Steamer Returns to Po[?] Fire in After Hold. LONDON, Frid[?]

Leader · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

The British steakner Rhyn[?] bound from Hull for Melbourne radined that a fire broke out [?] after hold yesterday, and that the…

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