Fires in Oberon Shire
A notice regarding the "use of fire" in the Oberon Shire appears in this issue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1942
413 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 21
Passengers Lose Luggage. Fire on Melbourne Express. ALBURY
Only good fortune averted a major disaster early to-day, when two carriages on a second division of the Melbourne Express…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Into the Fire Accident at Dubbo Dubbo
Mr. F. J. Lee, Those home to at Riverbank," West Dubbo, s[?]ed on the floor of his kitchen an fell into the fire. He received severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train on Fire Melbourne Express in Danger Major Disaster Narrowly Awerted ALBURY
Only good fortune averted n major disaster early to-day when two carriages on the second division of the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Express Fire Compensation to be Paid SYDNEY
Tweny passengers who lost their baggage and personal effec[?]s in a fire on the Melbourne Express Yesterday will be compensated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'A Warning to Others' Man Fined £10 Under the Careless Use of Fire Act
IMPOSING a fine of £10 in the Capertee Police Court on Friday on a man charged under the regulations of the Careless Use of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gulgong District News Blackout at Gulgong Minister's Request to Gulgong's Chief Warden Over Phone Fire Siren to Sound
ON Sunday evening next, March 29, Gulgong will have a blackout and every citizen in the town is asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Short Circuit At Sub-station Causes Fire And Dislocation
When a fire broke out at the electricity sub-station at Roy-street corner about 10 o'clock on Saturday morning power and light…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BIG N.E.S. Tests Next Month. “Fires” Will Rage in Congested Areas. SYDNEY
In theory buildings will be wrecked, gat mains will be burst and fires will rage In congested areas when a big N.E.S. test will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Slight Damage Brisbane Express on Fire SYDNEY
One of the undercarriages of the Brisbane express caught fire last night just south of Newcastle. It is believed a spark from the brake…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy of Fifteen. Fire Years in Iron Lung. SYDNEY
A Sydney boy. john McMahon, who has been in an iron lung for five years, believed to be the longest period spent by any boy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sparks on Axle Grease Cause Fire on Brisbane Express. SYDNEY
Inquiries following the outbreak of are on the undercarriage of one of the cars of the Brisbane Express, at it travelled towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Echo Council to Prosecute
THE sergeant of police, Gulgong submitted to last Gulgong Shire Council meeting a report on the breach of the Careless Use of Fires…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Open-air Fires New Regulations
A NATIONAL security regulation prohibits the lighting or maintenance of fires for the purpose of clearing land and requires that any…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires on Trains Authority Concerned SYDNEY
Concern in [?] quarters [?] fact that have had been two [?] of firest [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Fire Sydney
A TRAIN was slopped on Hawkesbery River Bridge early this morning when a 15-ton truck of merchandise was burnt out and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Third Train Fire Sydney, This Afternoon
When a train was stopped at Hawkesbury River bridge early this morning a 15-ton truck of merchandise for Gosford wash urned out and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Destroyed Sunday Afternoon Fire Cause Not Known
A wooden and galvanised iron house, together with its contents, situated in Sheedy's Gully, was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Butcher's Shop
At 1.27 a.m. yesterday a fire broke-out in the butcher's shop on the corner of George and Piper Streets the premises owned and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Dunedin DUNEDIN
Damage estimated at £100,000 was done today when four blocks of buildings were destroyed by fire here. Four persons lost their lives. They…
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