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

Fires & bushfires, 1937

367 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 19

Fire Station Lease

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 17

A Sydney firm of solicitors, Messrs. Pigott, Stinson, Macgregor and Palmer, forwarded to last meeting of the Gulgong Town…

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£200 Fire Escape Town Hall Improvement

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 17

When an improvement to the Town Hall, estimated to cost £200, was under discussion at a recent meeting of the Gulgong…

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Too Close to Fire Aged Man Badly Burned QUEANBEYAN

National Advocate · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 6

Hareld Simmons, 76, was severely burned at his home to-day when his overcat caught alight whilst standing in front of the fire. His clothes…

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Baradine Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 July 1937 · page 4

THE coroner (Mr F. Hawkins) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances of the recent fire which destroyed the garage occupied by…

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Escape From Fire Woman and Daughter Lose Everything SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Hilda Ledger and her young daughter, of High-street, Carlton, awoke early this morning to find their house in flames. They beat a hasty…

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New Tyres for Fire Engine

National Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 2

After many years of service the Bathurst fire engine is to have its solid rubber tyres replaced with modern pneumatics. Yesterday the engine…

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Katoomba Fire Shops Destroyed KATOOMBA

National Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 3

A baby, which was asleep in an upstairs room was rescued during a fire which severely damaged shops, occupied by a fruiterer and a draper this…

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Disastrous Fire Elderly Couple Lose All Grenfell

National Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 5

A fire which broke out in a weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. A. E. Applett, in Warradeery Street, Greenfell, in the early hours of this…

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Fire Mystery Police Reconstruct Tragedy Scientific Probe Into Woman's Death Adelaide

National Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 5

In their efforts to solve the mystery of a fire in which Martha Matilda Herraman, 94, was burned to death en May 27, police reconstructed a single…

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Bang—then Fire Old Bomb Explodes SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 1

EIGHT people had remarkable escapes from death at Rockdale yesterday when a Mills bomb, a forgotten war souvenir,…

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Multiple Ballons Destroyed by Fire Professor Piccard's Escape

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 4

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Ballarat Fires Fire Maniac at Large Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 4

A pyromaniac is believed to be at large in East Ballarat. Four houses have been destroyed in three days. and extra police have been sent from…

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New Fire Engine for Blayney

National Advocate · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 2

In furtherance of the N.S.W. Fire Bridges Board's policy of rehabilitating country services as soon as possible, Blayney fire brigade officers…

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Firebug Scares City. Four Fires in Two Days. Householders Ready to Quit. MELBOURNE

Leader · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 4

A pyromaniac is believed be at large in East Ballarat. Four houses have been destroyed in two days,…

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Tom Sullivan Is Hero. Scored Fire Tries. Old Boys Hold Challenge Cup

Leader · Monday 26 July 1937 · page 3

Tom Sullivan, the blonde giant, it the beta of to-day’s football story. He scored five the eight tries registered…

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Stolen Car Constable Fires Shots Lithsow Sensation LITHGOW

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 2

in an effort to stop a [?] wh[?]d been reported stolen. Cons[?] J.P.Fallon to-day fired two [?] after his signal to the drive…

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Fell Into Fire 33 Years Old Man's Death Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1937 · page 2

The city coroner (Mr. Ornm) to-day returned a verdict or death from curns. following collapse due to heart failure. In the case In which Ronald…

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Melbourne Blaze Goldsbrough Mort's Store Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort's wool stores in Bourke Street were partially destroyed by fire last night and many breeds of stud sheep penned ready for the…

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Big Fires In Sydney and Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 4

Fire destroyed the greater portion of the works of Australian Soaps Ltd., at Alexandria, on Saturday night, the damage being estimated at £85,000…

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Sydney Fire Soap Works Destroyed Damage Estimated at £100,000 SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 2

Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the works of Australian Soaps Ltd., in Alexandria last night. The blaze…

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