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

Fires & bushfires, 1945

357 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 18

Bush Fire Danger Take Precautions Now

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 3

Blayney district, in common with out others, face a menace from bush [?]. The prolific growth of herbage makes…

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Cullenbone Fire Brigade

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 18

The annual meeting of the Cullenbone Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Cullenbone School on Thursday, November 8, sixteen…

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Wheat Destroyed Fire Causes Havoc TAMWORTH

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 1

A devastating fire occurred near Tamworth yesterday. Fourteen properties were swept by flame…

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New Fire-fighting Methods Will Save Millions Of Pounds

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 3

New fire-fighting methods developed by the United States Navy during the war will save civilians millions of pounds…

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Molong Fire. Serious Blaze Averted

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 4

A fire occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Starr on Tuesday morning. The blaze started at the back of the stove and spread to the ceiling of the…

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Gamboola Bush Fire Brigade. New Brigade In Amaroo Shire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 7

"At a meeting of interested landholders in Molong on Tuesday, November 13, it was resolved to form a new Bush Fire Brigade,…

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Disastrous Sydney Blaze Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 1

A fire which gutted a five storey building in Wentworth Avenue, City, early this morning, caused damage estimated at £100,000. The building…

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Grass Fire

National Advocate · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

There was a grass are at the corner of Rankin and Howick Streets yesterday afternoon. The blaze was easily extinguished by the brigade with…

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New Fire-fighting Methods Will Save Millions Of Pounds

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

New fire-fighting methods developed by the United States Navy during the war will save civilians millions of pounds…

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£150,000 Damages Sydney's Largest Blaze for Years Hundreds Thrown Out of Work

National Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: A five storeyed building in Wentworth Avenue, city, was destroyed in less than hall an hour in one of the fiercest…

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Former Orange Men In Fire SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 1

Five storneys’ Gordon House in Wentworth Avenue, City, was destroyed today in less than half an hour in one of the…

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Bush Fires in Victoria

National Advocate · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: With a hot north wind this morning. following a hot dav yesterday, Victoria prepared for an outbreak of bushfires but a cool…

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Bush Fires Compensation for Fighters

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 7

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, states that any person injured whilst fighting bush fires as a volunteer could…

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£150,000 FIRE Fierce Blaze SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 1

The five storeyed building in Wentworth Avenue, city, which was destroyed in less than half an hour in one of the fiercest…

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Town Blaze of Light Tonicht for Big Welcome Home

Central Western Daily · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 1

Tonight Orange’s “White Way” will be turned on for the first time since the war began, and all Neon signs will be ablaze, when over 300 local ex-servicemen are welcomed…

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Another Big Fire In Tamworth District SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 November 1945 · page 8

Another big fire swept through the Tamworth district yesterday during which 5000 acres of grassland were burned and 300…

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Tivoli Fire Coroner Criticises Management

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY. Monday: The Sydney Coroner today closed the Tivoli show girl inquest with a verdict of accidental death…

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Faulty Wiring Cause of £4000 Watch Fire. Sydney

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 1

Faulty electrical wiring is believed to have been responsible for a fire which destroyed the entire stock of watches veined at £4000…

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Two Small Fires

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 3

Lithgow fire brigade was called out to two outbreaks of fire yesterday. The first was yesterday morning at Gunnell's Garage at Dunn's…

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Wiseman's Creek Bushfire Brigade Formed

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 3

WISEMAN'S CREEK, Monthly, Wiseman's Creek parish hall was an animated picture on Saturday night last in response to an invitation to…

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