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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
413 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 21
Although he denied the truth of a signed statement he had made previously to the police, which accused another man of deliberately setting fire to a house at Hartley Vale, John William Campbell, together with the man he had originally accused (Walter Charles Moyle) was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Timcithy Francis Ryan (17), of Dunmore Post Office, was shot dead on a testing range at Port Kembla today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frequently an argument crops up at Shire Council meetings concerning the necessity of making firebreaks and adopting other precuationary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defying flames which roared around him after he had set fire to the wooden roof of his cell beneath Newtown Court House at 3 a.m. to-day, Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The police have been unable to locate Alfred Henry Singleton (24), who escaped from a cell at Newtown police court yesterday after burning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Monday's raid on Emden has added greatly to previous heavy demage caused by the RAF to this vital German north sea port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remanded from yesterday until Monday next, without [?]all, on 30 charges which related to the illegal use o[?]ars and the[?] Alfred [?]enry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire damage in 1941-42 was much smaller than in 1938-39. when propaganda had only just commenced. This was revealed today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ESTELLE Williams (14), Riley Street, Surry Hills, who suffered burns when a factory was destroyed in Foveau Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire which Rutted the general store of Jun[?] Ply. Ltd., Kyogle, before 4 a.m. yesterday, caused £30.000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weather over Bremen was bad when the R.A.F. made its last attack on the German industrial and shipping centre and as a result our pilots were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire causing £10,000 damage to a Botany wool store on May 24 was started by two children—a boy 10 and a girl 11—the City Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DETECTIVES think boys were responsible for starting a fire which destroyed sections of the Argyle Tyre Works at Enfield…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fierce dog fights over Moresby, Salamon and Lae, in which both the enemy and ourselves suffered losses, are featured in the communiqué issued at General Headquarters to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special nozzles of a type developed by the Chief of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades (Mr. Richardson) were used on hoses to fight a blaze which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When a fire broke out in a private residence --42 Ferro street-- shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the main switchboard wiring was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Mr. R. Donaldson took his seat on the Bench at the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, he glanced over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A month or two ago the greater part of Glen Davis police station (a temporary structure) was destroyed by fire and was consequently vacated,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has been revealed that the firebug, who started 14 different fires in four city hotels yesterday, is identical with the person who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discussing the menace of widespread bush fires caused by infiammatory phosphorus leaves dropped from enemy planes over a wide area—"from…
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