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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 8 of 18

The Digger Slipped Complaint Misses Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 7

A slightly wounded Digger in a Solomons Island hospital complained that all he had from Red Cross was cigarettes and…

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Extensive Damage From Fire Raid on Kobe Attacks Also Made on Bases North of Japan New York, Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 1

A Washington report discloses that excellent results were obtained in the big fire bomb attack on the Japanese port of Kobe. Eight of the bombers are missing out of a force of close on 500…

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Osaka Hit Again Big Fires Raging in City Americans Capture Naha Airfield

National Advocate · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK. Thursday: Another force of giant bombers returned to Osaka, Japans' second city, early this morning to drope 2500 tons of…

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BRITAIN’S 11th Armored Division. Eleven Months’ Fighting, Fire Weeks’ Rest

Leader · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 4

The thought occurred to me when I was with our troops in Germany and Holland that we have now what must be the most…

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Rylstone News Meeting of Bush Fire Brigades

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 6

A meeting of the above brigades, called by the shire president, and held in the Memorial Hall, Rylstone, on Saturday afternoon, June…

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Old Bathurst Boylson's Mill Fire Recalled

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

Mr. O'Donnell writes: Boylson's flour mill stood on the corner of George and Durham Streets Bathurst on the site now occupied by a garage, and…

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Bush Fire Fighters' Compensation Fund

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 10

A bush fire fighters' compensation fund has been established under the Workers' Compensation. (Bush Fire-Fighters') Act. 1944…

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Manly Fire Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

A fire occurred in a residential on the Corso, Manly, where a few weeks ago one woman was suffocated and others…

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Systematic Destruction of Jap War Plants Big Raids on Industrial Centres Enemy Fires North Borneo Oilfields New York

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 1

With Japan's major war arsenals neutralised for the time being, a new phase in the systematic destruction of her war plants has begun with the diversion of Allied air might to lesser targets…

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Truck Catches Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

Damage estimated at £30 was caused to a cargo being transported from Perthille to Rockely early yesterday afternoon when a five ton White truck…

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"Satisfactory," Says Cr. Windus Compensation For Bush Fire Fighters

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 1

"That is satisfactory. The bush fire fighters wanted some protection and they have it at last," commented Cr. G. H…

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£40,000 Damage by Fire

National Advocate · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday: Approximately £40,000 damage was caused when the main depot of the Metropolitan Omnibus Co. Fremande was partially…

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Fire Started by Railway Engine? Lyndhurst Landholder Prosecutes Railway Department

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 3

When a fire started in his paddock next to the railway line, just as a heavily loaded goods Charles Cant, former Lyndhurst…

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Fire Started by Railway Engine? Landholder Sues Railway Department

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 10

When a fire started in his paddock next to the railway line, just as a heavily loaded goods train labored past, Abraham…

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New Targets Hit Record Fire Bomb Raid on Japan

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 2

GUAM, Monday: The mightiest air fleet ever to be sent against Japan has dropped 4000 tons or fire bombs on three ports on Honshu and one on…

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MacArthur Under Shiper's Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: General MacArthur has again been under sniper fire. The latest incident happened just after the Australian…

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No Wood—no Fires Scone Shivers

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 4

Scone is a cold spot in the [?] and its inhabitants are experience a wood shortage. There are now only two or three wood carriers in the…

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Almost a Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 17

The fire siren sounded in Gulgong last Sunday afternoon when a small out break occurred at a shop and residence occupied by…

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Dunedoo Matters Town Improvement Levy Fire Brigade Proposal

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 9

Many matters affecting Dunedoo were before the last meeting of Cobbora Shire Council, and there was considerable…

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Bail Refused. Fire on Murder Charge. MELBOURNE

Leader · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 4

Following police objections, ball was refuted to Ruby Carlos in the city court to-day when she and four other women and a man were all…

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