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

Fires & bushfires, 1931

369 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 19

Two Fires Homes Destroyed at Kandos

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 6

Two fires occurred in Kandos during the holidays. The first was discovered early on Friday morning in the residence of…

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Fire! Cottage Gutted a Coolah Blaze

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 7

A disastrous are occurred in Scully Street, Coolah, on Easter Monday night at about 10 o'clock, when a six-roomed…

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Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 4

A fire broke out in the dining room of the residence of Mr. H. H. Coleman, electrician, in Angus Avenue Kandos. The family were…

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Early Morning Blaze Total Loss of Effects

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 13

The fire bell roused a good many people from their beds at 20 minutes past three on Sunday morning and a large crowd congregated at…

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Baradine Blaze Shopping Block Gutted Woman's Narrow Escape

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 1

Six shops in the business centre of Baradine were destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning…

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Steamer on Fire Thrill for Passengers BRISBANE

National Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

Passengers on the steamer Ormiston. had a thrill on Tuesday night when a fire broke out in one of thecabins. Two cabins were damaged before the…

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Burglar Precautions Hinder When Fire Occurs Chinese Near to Death Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

A Chinese storekeeper at North Sydney, Kum Tong Percy, had a narrow escape from death last night, when the shop in which he lived…

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Fire Fighter Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 6

Whilst assisting to extinguish the fire which broke out in Mr. Coleman's shop, in Angus Avenue, on Saturday night last, Mr. Goodacre…

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Fire Destroys Cottage Curious Incident at Kandos

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 4

Pecullar circumstances surround the destruction by fire early on Friday morning, of the six-roomed fibro' residence of Mr. Edgar Stolzenheim in…

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A ouble Fire Kandos Conflagration Mysterious Explosios

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

A fire broke out at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Kandos in a six-roomed [?]ibro residence, owned and oc­cupied by Edgar Stolzenheln, who…

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Explosion Follows Fire Heroism at Assuan Dam Cairo

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

Several Europeans and many natives were injured when fire exploded a store of dynamite at the Assuandam, causing damage estimated at…

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Early Morning Blaze 1.45 As "Hoodoo" Hour

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 6

The hour of 1.45 a.m. seems a "hoodoo" period for Blackheath, since no fewer than four fires within a short space of time have originated at that…

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Town Council Showground Rates Fire Brigade Loan

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 10

The Mayor (Ald. A. Baldwin) was in the chair at a meeting of the Gulgong Town Council The Local Government solicitor…

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Eleven Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 3

The blaze which destroyed Elsinore Cottage at Blackheath, was the fifth early-morning fire in six weeks. All have broken out at…

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Fire at Factory Manager's Narrow Escape SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

The general manager of the Metropolitan Chemical co. Ltd. Mr. R. S. Stanford, had a narrow escape from death this afternoon when in a…

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Canowindra Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 6

The first two-story building erected in Canowindra, owned by Mrs. Stinson, and valued at £4000, and two other shops, H. Cantwell's…

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Fire Brigade

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 12

Mr R. T. Hole, of the District Works office, Bathurst, visited Gulgong on April 13. In connection with the Town Council's proposal for a…

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Mysterious Fire "Guardian" Threatened

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 5

What might have been a disastrous fire was discovered in the "Guardian" machine room early this morning by an employee who…

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Fire Alarm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 9

"Where there's smoke there's fire" was not true shortly after midnight on Saturday night last, when the clanging of the fire bell…

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Candle Causes Fire Young Woman's Terrible Death Adaminaby

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5

A young woman aged 21, was burnt to death in a fire which destroyed the home of G. H. Bell at Kiandra last night…

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