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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 9 of 18

Fire Started by Railway Engine Landholder Awarded £115 Damages

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 11

Abraham Charles Cant, former Lyndhurst landholder, has been awarded £115 damages against the Railway Department, for a fire on his property, which was allegedly started by sparks from a railway…

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Twelve Perish in Plane Blaze (Second Edition Yesterday1) British Aircraft Crashes at Mascot

National Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The worst air disaster in Sydney occurred . tonight when a Royal Navy plane burnt into flames soon after taking off from Mascot…

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Ymga-acf Under Fire

National Advocate · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 2

Jeeps have so speeded up welfare work in Borneo that the YMCA-ACF mobile service now reaches every battle area. Tea is made early and…

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Charge Against Wife Alleged to Have Set Husband on Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday: At Newtown Police Court today it was alleged that a young mother of a month-old baby had thrown methylated spirits…

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Family Tragedy. Caused by Fire’s Fames. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 1

Gas poisoning has now been advanced as the cause of the Erskineville family tragedy, yesterday. in which a father and a baby son lost…

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Stili Hanging Fire J. Hines' Road

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 3

The months go on and no finality is reached in regard to Mr. J. Hines' road, on the Lyndhurst-Waugoola Shire boundary…

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Fire in War Plant

National Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: When a pre broke out in a munitions plant in a town near Sydney today, a great column of white smoke shot into the air…

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Proposed Fire Brigade

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Coolah Council the matter of the proposed Fire Brigade for the town was raised by Cr. Weaver. He asked…

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Vandals Destroy Fire Alarms

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 1

Vandals have been active in the Vale -road area and have forcibly removed a receiver from the telephone system alarm box…

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Bush Fire Railway Dept. Sued

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 20

Abraham Charles Cant, former Lyndhurst landholder, has been awarded £115 damages against the Railway…

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Incredible Bomb and Fire Damage Guam

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 August 1945 · page 1

Returning crews report huge sheets of flame, visible nearly 200 miles, enveloped four Japanese cities and a huge oil refinery, which were…

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Official Report to Premier Molong Flour Mill Fire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1945 · page 10

A number of fires at flour mills throughout the country started rumors of sabotage. This idea seems to have been disproved by…

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Two Men Injured Fire in Workshop

National Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, [?] this [?] at [?] had been [?] the [?] men had…

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Bush Fires Question of Finance

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 7

The question of raising funds for bush fire fighting has been vigorously debated at Mudgee conferences, and opinion…

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Car on Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

An unmarried single seater car owned by Mr. Ward Bennett, of 11 Willam Street. Bathurst was damaged by fire of unknown origin early…

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Lightning Fires Cottage

National Advocate · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 2

MAITLAND, Wednesday: Lightning which struck a weatherboard cottage at Bolworra, near West Maitland, early this morning, travelled through…

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Fire Dangers Hooliganism Condemned SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 1

Chief of Sydney fire brigades says that many fires were started last night by demonstrators in the streets and in…

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World Awaits Cease Fire Order Reply Sent to Jap Cabinet Emperor Hirohito Must Obey Allied Commands New York

National Advocate · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 1

The Japanese Cabinet is still studying the Allied reply to the peace offer. Tokio newspapers however hinted at sensational developments before long…

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Early Morning Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 2

Bathurst firemen had an early morning call yesterday to put out a chimeny fire at the residence of Mr. Joseph Irvine, 235 Lambert Street…

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No Subsidy for Bush Fire Brigades Financial Problems Worry Boree Shire Council

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 2

Boree Shire Council will not pay subsidies to district bushfire brigades in future because it has its own financial shortcomings…

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