"Can't Cause Bush Fires" Railway Engines Modern Apparatus Is Too Efficient
EVERY time a bush fire breaks out after a train has been in the vicinity, public opinion, thoughtlessly and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1940
642 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 33
Fire Fiend "Difficult" Blaze at State Mine
Employees of the State mine, led by the manager (Mr. R. E. Fullagar) and Lithgow fire brigade spent nearly three hours on Friday night…
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Towards the end of last week there were several more gra[?] fires around Orange and the Fire Brigade was busy. At the third fire on his properly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Week-end Fires in Bathurst
Two fires in Bathurst over the weed-end destroyed between 300 and 400 cwt of second-hand building material and part of a six-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Iron Caused Fire
An electric Iron left switched on and unattended in an upstairs room at Gallagher's building on Thursday night caused a fire that threatened the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Bathurst Fires. Lucerne Stack Destroyed. BATHURST
Two fires occurred here during the week-end. One, on Saturday, destroyed 20 tons of second-hand building materials, the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wine Cellar on Fire. Extensive Damage. INVERELL .Sunday
A lire caused damage estimated at 13.1100, at As[?]mun'[?] wine cellars at the Bukkulla vineyards to-day. Fifty thousand gallons of wine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£30,000 Worth of Wine Destroyed In Fire INVERELL
A fire caused damage estimated at £30,000 at [?] wine cellars at Bukkulla vineyard yesterday. The cellars were burnt out, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unauthorised Fire Orange Farmer Fined ORANGE
Frederick Barrett, a fanner, of Pinnacle Road, Orange, appeared in the Orange Police Court today on a charge of having started a fire on his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early Morning Blaze. Haystack Alight at Towac. Fire Near Oil Depot
Pumping water from a dam, the Orange Fire Brigade, within 15 minutes, extinguished a fire which partly destroyed a stack…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze at Dubbo Butcher's Shop Well Alight Good Save By Brigade DUBBO
Following upon last week-end's excellent save at the Club House Hotel, the Dubbo Fire Brigade continued its good work this morning when it found…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfire Prevention Timely Hints Methods of Avoiding Destruction
During the past few weeks residents of Lithgow and the district have either read in the newspapers or witnessed for themselves the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondents Bushfire Fighters (To the Editor)
Sir,--Under the heading ''Meadow Flat," in the issue of February 14 you published an account of the fire at Meadow Flat on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Tallawang Brigade First Experience
OVER 40 Interested persons attended a meeting of the Tallawang District Bush Fire Brigade at the residence of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Telephonistes Thanked Gave Warnings of Bush Fires
THE exchange girls couldn't have worked better. Fire calls were put through quickly, and it even seemed as if they took…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire Fighters Insurance Protection
IN connection with accident Insurance of volunteer fire fighters, the clerk of the Cudgegong Shire Council (Mr. C. G…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bush Fires Value of Brigades Initial Problems Clarified
THAT the value of bush fire fighting brigades is realised and appreciated was amply demonstrated by the large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wagga Bush Fires Under Control Last Night WAGGA
The bush fires which were raging throughout to-day towards Tarcutta are now under control. They threatened a number of valuable properties…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigades Why Are They Opposed? (To the Editor)
SIR,—It may surprise you to know that such worthy organisations as bush fire brigades are meeting with opposition. There are cranks…
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