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

Fires & bushfires, 1936

418 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 21

Brisbane Blaze Four Buildings Destroyed Brisbane

National Advocate · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 2

Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which swept through four buildings in Stanley Street, South Brisbane, last night. Several…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 2

WORD arrived yesterday to the effect that the Pier Hotel, Cleveland, 18 miles from Brisbane, owned by the mother of Mr. Cliff…

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Big Brisbane Blaze. Block of Biddings. One Fireman is Injured. BRISBANE

Leader · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 2

Damage estimated at [?] was caused by a fire which swept through four buildings is Stanley Street, South Brisbane, last…

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Fire Brigades on Top Bathurst Down 39-9 Visitors Easy Win

National Advocate · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 3

The Bathurst Rugby Union XV. were completely cover [?] by the visiting Metropolitan Fire Brigades team in the principal Rugby Union…

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Moolarben Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 September 1936 · page 4

CONSIDERABLE loss was sustained by Mr H. Leven, of Moolarben when a motor truck and a shed were recently destroyed by fire. Mr…

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Right to Buy Gulgong Fire Station

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 September 1936 · page 12

A SPECIAL report by the finance committee in regard to the renting of the fire station in Gulgong was dealt…

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Mysterious Fire Prompt Action by Fire Brigade Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 5

At a fire in a four-roomed cottage in Warialda Street, Merrylands, last night, bagging saturated with inflammable liquid was found beneath the…

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Oberon Draper's Loss Car and Materials Damaged by Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 September 1936 · page 4

While travelling in the Gingkin district last week, Mr. Charles Dunn, who is engaged in the drapery business, noticed smoke issuing from the…

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Welsh Nationalists Opposition to Bombing Station Surrender Follows Fire London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1936 · page 1

The Rev. L. E. Valentine, of Llandudno, Professor Saunders Lewis, lecturer in Welsh at the University College, Swansea, and president of…

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Fire at Sofala. Claim for Damages Pearce Against Mrs. Burton Verdict For Plaintiff Damages to be Assessed To-day

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1936 · page 3

Some contrasting highlights were introduced into a lengthy case in which the accidental burning of a cottage at Sofala last October was…

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Sofala Fire Claim for Damages Plaintiff Wins

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 7

A FIRE which damaged a cottage at Sofala last October hart its sequel in the Bathurst District Court recently, when Judge…

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Fire Chief Finds Shop Alight SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 1

THE President of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr T. J Smith) was returning to Sydney by car early this morning from…

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Sofala Fire Claim Verdict for £177 Parties Agree

National Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 1

Damages totalling £177 were awarded in the District Court yesterday to Ernest Joseph Pearce, a grazier, of Sofala, for the partial destruction of…

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Bexley Fire Furniture Factory Destroyed Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 3

Within half an hour, an outbreak of fire gutted a furniture factory of Richard Sneddon and Sons in Forest Rood, Bexley, this morning…

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Girl Fights Fire

Leader · Monday 21 September 1936 · page 3

White her father was away and her mother ill In hospital, a little girl. Alma Sanderson, of Mitre Street, Bathurst, valiantly endeavoured…

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Mitre Street Blaze House and Contents Destroyed Pathetic Circumstances Family's Terrible Loss

National Advocate · Monday 21 September 1936 · page 2

The five-roomed house owned and occupied by Mr. Henry James Saunderson and family, of Mitre Street, together with the contents, was totally…

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Still Burning Ormonde Fire Ship's Blaze Under Control Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 1

A message from Twofold Bay this morning stated the fire on board the R.M.S. Ormonde has not yet been subdued…

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Woman Burned Fire at Wollongong Wollingong

National Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 2

Mrs. R. Brown was severely burned while trying to put out a blaze which broke out at her home at Goonderin. She was taken to hospital. The…

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Steamer on Fire Danger Averted Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 3

While the vessel was off the new South Wales coast this afternoon, a fire was discovered in the hold of the Ori[?]t Liner Ormonde, which is…

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Fire on Ormonde. Damage to 20,000 Tonner. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 4

The fire on the Ormonde was extinguished the afternoon, and the vessel left Twofold Bay at 3.30 for Sydney. She is expected to enter Po[?]…

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