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

Fires & bushfires, 1938

467 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 24

Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 10

A very modern villa, the property of Mr. J. J. Sullivan, of Sydney, was totally destroyed by fire last week. The cause of the…

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Mysterious Fire Coal Dump Damaged

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 11

THE Western Mines Rescue Station squad at Lithgow received a call from Lidsdale on Friday morning, and proceeded to a dump…

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Fatal Fire a Queensland Blaze Brisbane

National Advocate · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 6

William Cuthbert Dodds, 66 married lost his life in a fire in Taishan Flats Jordan Terrace Breakfast Creek early this morning. He…

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£600 Damage Warehouse Blaze Early Morning Save By Fire Brigade

National Advocate · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 1

Approximately £600 worth of oil molasses and other goods were destroyed early yesterday morning when one of the biggest fires in…

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Big Bathurst Blaze. Damage Estimated at £606. BATHURST

Leader · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 2

Damage estimated at [?]000 was caused by a fire which broke eat in a large [?] at the near of [?] had [?] warehouse in…

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Victorian Town Menaced by Bushfire. Melbourne

Leader · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 2

Driven by a fierce north wind, a bushfire that broke out in the Latrobe Valley at 1 a.m. on Saturday, is now bearing down on…

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Tragic Hotel Fire Inquest on Boy and Aged Woman Boy's Fatal Mistake SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1938 · page 2

"If the lad had remained in his room we could quite easily have saved him." said Fireman Barker, giving evidence before the City Coroner…

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Bush Fire Prevention. Advisory Committee's Educational Effort

Leader · Wednesday 12 October 1938 · page 1

When the approach of the bush fire season, the Basil Fires Advisory Committee. [?] representing number of interested [?] has resumed its…

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Grocery Shop Fire Two Men Charged With Arson SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1938 · page 2

After inquiring into the fire which occurred at the grocery shop of William McCleure, of Toongabbie, on September 5. the Parramatta District…

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Bush Fire Prevention Advisory Committee's Educational Effort

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 10

WITH the approach of the bush fire season, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies, has…

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Fire Commissioners

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 4

THE Fire Commissioners are visiting Mudgee to-day, and the mayor and aldermen will meet them at the fire station at 7.30…

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Forest Fire Heroic Mothers Die TORONTO

National Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 1

The bodies of two women and nine children were found by the side of a road after a forest fire had passed near Fort Frans[?] (Ontario)…

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Bush Fire Prevention Advisory Committee's Educational Report

National Advocate · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 2

With the approach of the bush fire season the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies has resumed its…

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Dog Saves Master. From Incineration. When House Catches Fire. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 4

Awakened by his dog, which licked his face, John Shepherd, 27, found that his home at Coogee was alight…

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Coogee Fire Woman Thrown From Window Dog Rouses Sleeping Man SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 5

Trapped in a blazing room when [?] went to rescue his aunt, at Coog[?] early to-day, John Shepherd, 27, threw the aunt out of a window, 12 feet…

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Bush Fire Prevention Advisory Committee's Educational Report

National Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1938 · page 5

With the approach of the bush fire season the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, representing a number of interested bodies has resumed its…

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Elong Blaze Cottage Destroyed DUNEDOO

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 1

DAMAGE estimated at £480 was caused by a fire which totally destroyed a sixroomed house at Elong on Sunday. It was occupied…

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Visit of Fire Commissioners Volunteer Firemen Complimented

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

THE President of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners, the Hon. T. J. Smith, and Mr. T. S. Douglas (insurance…

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In a Hurry Fire Engine Collides With Car

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

When a Katoomba fire engine was rushing to answer a call at Leura on Sunday, it collided wtih a car driven by Mr. A. A. Morton, of…

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Alleged Confession Fire Outbreak At Bathurst BATHURST

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 1

Following an outbreak of fire in a newly-built house in Piper-street, Bathurst, a 13-year-old boy allegedly confessed to the police to setting…

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