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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 5 of 21

MANILDRA. Fire—Mill Destroyed

Leader · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 2

The local flour mill owned by Mr. A. Haml[?], took fire at about 3 a.m. on Friday, and was completely harmed to the ground, with all machinery,…

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London Notes. London, February 11 Films and Fires

Leader · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

M[?] thinking [?] [?] and the opening of a [?] picture house the Para[?] in [?]…

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Petrol Again Disastrous Fire Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Whe na farm hand on the property of C. W. Tout, of Mt. Hope, filled a lamp with petrol in mistake for kerosene last night, an explosion occurred…

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Nude Couple What a Fire Disclosed Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

A man and a Woman jumped off the blazing verandah of a week end home in the hills near Upwey to-day, when a fire threatened to trap them…

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Letter to Editor. The Manildra Fire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 11

Dear Sir,—Will you be good enough to allow me space in your columns to express my appreciation of the), efforts of the willing band of workers who…

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Big Bush Fire Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 1

ONE hundred men, after a strenuous fight, saved seven properties from destruction by fire near Lake Blackburn. Two square…

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Fire Brigade Social Some Presentations Are Made

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 5

At a social evening at Lithgow fire station on Thursday night a number of presentations were made, besides which Mr. W. A. Gregory, a member…

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Newtown Fire. Big Loss in Vain Fight. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 1

S[?] valued at in[?] than £50,[?] destroyed. and [?] thrown out of work by the worst city [?] the wool store b[?] in…

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Bush Fires. Raging in Victoria. MELBOURNE

Leader · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Bush [?] are still threatening the settlements en the Mornington Peninsula. A firebreak has been burnt around the…

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Victorian Bush Fires Towns in Danger MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 1

Bush fires are still threatening the settlements on the Mornington Peninsula. A fire break has been burned around…

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£15,000 DAMAGES Blaze at Yenda GRIFFITH

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 1

Damage estimated at £15,000, was caused by a fire which destroyed rice mills owned by Hall and Company Ltd. at Yenda, early this morning…

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Rice Mills Razed. £15,000 Fire. GRIFFITH

Leader · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Damage estimated at £15[?] was caused by a fire which destroyed rice mills owned by Hall and Co., at Yend[?] early this…

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Disastrous Losses Bush Fires in Victoria Residents Flee MELBOURNE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 1

DISASTROUS bush fires are raging in Victoria. Many home and large areas of country and crops have been…

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Cottage Destroyed Early Morning Blaze at Dubbo Max Escapes Through Window Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 2

In an early morning b[?] at 3 a.m. to-day a weather[?]d cottage, sa[?]ated next to the old Mc[?] picture T[?]esure in Daring street, which…

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Bush Fires. Voluntary Fighters Should Be Protected

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

A match has a head, but no brains, when you use its head, use your brains—prevent bush fires…

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Victorian Bush Fire Brigades Association

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 3

Organisation in Victoria has progressed a stage further than in N.S.W. Last year the seventh Annual Conference of the…

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Houses Destroyed Bush Fires in Victoria Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 5

Bush fires in the Dandenong Ranges are still causing grave anxiety. Another blaze commenced this after…

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£12,000 DAMAGE Victorian Bush Fires MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 3

Damage estimated at over £12,000 has been caused by bush fires when have devastated large tracts of timber and grass country throughout the…

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£30,000 Fire Claim Non-suit Entered SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 3

The claim in the Supreme Court by Ivy Pearl Carr, for £30.000 damages from Bernard Ormonde Baker, as the result of a fire at Baker's…

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