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

Fires & bushfires, 1932

432 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 22

4 Shops Destroyed Fire at Tullamore TULLAMORE

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

THE PEACEFUL little township of Tullamore, situated on the wheat belt, near Trundle, received a rude disturbance at 2.45 this morning…

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Indian Crisis Wholesale Arrests Police Fire on Crowd CALCUTTA

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

STRONG forces of police to-day rounded up Congressmen, raided the headquarters at Bombay, and arrested over 100 members of…

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Beaten! Fire - Fighters in the West. Rain Only Salvation SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

THE tremendous strain, under which the fire fighters in the Cobar district have labored during the past week has finally proved too much…

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Some Plot Wholesale Murder of Europeans Misses Fire in India Calcutta

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

Plans for a wholesale assassination of Europeans were revealed at a judicial inquiry at Patna in the case of 11 Indians suspected of revolutionary…

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Far West Fires Grossly Exaggerated Sydney Yellow Press COBAR

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

The reports appearing in a section of the yellow press of Sydney, regarding the bush fires in this district are grossly exaggerated. So far the flames…

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The Bush Fires. Sydney

Leader · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 3

A detachment of 200 men of the New Guard left Bydney yesterday to assist in fighting the bush firee ne[?]r a cobar, and they…

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Bush Fires New Guard's Help SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

The New Guard contingent, of 200 strong, arrived at Cobar this morning from Sydney. They will not go on duty pending information…

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Country Blaze Destruction at Tullamore

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 3

Four shops were destroyed by a fire which swept through Tullamore at an early hour on Thursday morning last…

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Fires Under Control Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

The official Government Investigator at the scene of the Western bush fires reported that the conflagrations were now well In hand…

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Fire at Manildra

Leader · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

While wheal was being stripped al Mr. Maurice Ciarke’a farm, at Manildra, a spark from the tractor set to the crop and a Are started…

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New Guard Fire- Fighters Refuel at Lithgow on Way to Cobar

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Two hundred members of the New Guard left Sydney on Saturday afternoon to assist in fighting the bushfires in the Cobar district…

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Incendiarism. a Frait Shop Fire

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

When the Fire Brigades reach. the [?] of a fire In a [?] shop at Chatswood, early this morning, they discovered that…

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Kerosene at Fire Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

A house owned by Mrs. Daisy Quinlan was partly destroyed by fire at Lakemba last night. When the firemen arrived they discovered several…

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Fruit Shop Fire Was It Act of Spite ? SYDNEY Tuesday

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 2

Signs that petrol had been deliberately spilled in numerous parts of a shop at Chatswood, were revealed when firemen entered the building to…

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First Bush Fire Serious Outbreak at Brewongle

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 2

The first bush fire of the year in the Bathurst district occurred yesterday when an outbreak was reported from Brewongle…

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Famous Circus Burned Antwerp Blaze Animals Incinerated BRUSSELS

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

Arson. Is suspected In the fire of the famous Nurazami Circus at Antwarp. Terrifying scenes were witnessed…

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Danger Passed Fires at Cobar Cobar

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 2

All danger from tires appears to be passed. Fires in the vicinity or the town have been extinguished and there does not appear to be any…

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Dreadful Circus Blaze Believed to Be Incendiary Huge Loss of Animal Life Brussels

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

Arson is suspected regarding the fire in the famous Furazani Circus at Antwerp. Terrifying scenes were witnessed…

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Hotel Fire Occupant's Narrow Escape SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 2

Three women and a youth, the occupants of the Commercial Hotel, at Kangaroo Valley, near Berry, Just escsped in time attired in their night…

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Rabbits Roasted Alive. When Bush Fire Sweeps Woodstock Properties

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

People with a partiality for roast rabbit could have had as many as they wanted for the more asking had they followed the…

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