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

Fires & bushfires, 1941

267 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 14

Dubbo Fire Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 5

When a fire broke out in the be[?] of a house in Nancarrow Street this morning damage was done to the electrical installati[?] and the…

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Fire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 13

The Cudal Fire Brigade had a call on Saturday night last, when a haystack on Mr. Charles Taylor's property caught fire. The stack containing about…

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Compulsory Hail and Fire Insurance

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 16

The executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association recently decided to approach the Federal Government, with a request for the establishment of…

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Fires, Floods and Hurricanes Take Toll London

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 3

Fires floods and hurricane have d[?]tated considerable areas in Europe caused many deaths and rendered thousands homeless…

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Floods and Fires. Thousands are Homeless. Havoc in Europe. LONDON, February [?]

Leader · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

More than 30,000 people are homeless in Hungary as the result of flooding, along the Danube. Reports, from…

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Another Fire Raid on London Fails London

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 3

Another German attempt to set fire to London last night failed. For three and a half hours, fire bombs were rained on the…

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Fierce Attack. Nazi Airmen. Fail to Fire London. R. A. A. F. Men Bag One. LONDON, February [?]

Leader · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

London’s Volunteer fire-fighters working courageously for hours last night failed attempts to fire…

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Plane in Sea. Two Airmen Killed. Another in N. Z. Fire Missing Believed Dead. MELBOURNE

Leader · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 2

Two airmen were killed when their plane crashed into the sea off Fremantle last night, another lost his life in New…

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Liability of Bush Fire Brigades

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 12

MR. E. Halloran hon. [?]ry of the [?]wang Bush Fire Brigade wrote as follows to last Gulgong Shire Council…

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Last Night's Fire Was False Alarm

National Advocate · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called out at 8.47 last night but the call proved a fake alarm. The alarm came through the telephone…

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THE R.A.F. Channel Ports Blasted: Many Fires Seen London

National Advocate · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 3

Watchers on the English coast last night had once more ample evidence that British planes were blasting the Channel ports. The…

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'Bathurst Court Charge of Setting Fire to House Three Counts of Breaking and Entering Alleged

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 1

George Edward Marsh, a young farm hand, residing in Bathurst district, was charged in Bathurst Police Court Yesterday with…

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Minister Asked About Bakery's Fire Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 1

The Minister for Justice (Mr. V. H. Treatt) admitted in parliament today that at the time Abben Bread Coy, had applied…

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Bush Fire Danger Was Becoming Real

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 12

THE forty-four points of rain registered at the Gulgong Post Office yesterday morning was most timely…

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Nazi Fire Raid Fails But R. A. F. Strikes Hard London

National Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 2

The fire raids on Cardiff, directed at setting fire to the big Welsh industrial town on Monday night and last night…

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Fire Commissioner Vacancy

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The president of the Shires Association (Mr. Wilson) has decided to contest the seat on the Board of Fire…

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Oil Fires Are Quickly Conquered with Local Brigade's New Apparatus

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 4

A valuable and recent addition to the equipment of the Lithgow Fire Brigade is a mechanical Foam Making Branch for fighting oil fires…

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German Internee Clad in Shorts Flees Under Guard's Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Although shots were fired at him by a military guard a German internce. Brick August Friz…

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Big Moves Made in Mediterranean Balkans May Blaze But Britain Will Be There the African Advances Continue But Lull On Most Fronts

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 1

Latest advices indicate that the whole of Berbera, capital of British Somaliland, is not in British hands, but the most important part is. Italian resistance to full occupation is not expected to be great, particularly as its…

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Great Petrol Fire in Sydney Narrowly Averted

National Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Quick action by the staff averted what may have been a serious .outbreak of fire at a petrol storage depot near…

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