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

Fires & bushfires, 1946

434 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 22

Proposed Fire Brigade For Coolah

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 17

The Coolah Council has been advised by the Board of Fire Commissioners that, following on a report of the visit of officers of the…

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Fire Brigade Dance Auspicious Beginning for a Worthy Cause

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 18

Due to the splendid combination of strong public support, careful organisation and generous effort by the committee, the Fire…

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Doctor’s Chi[?]ey Catches Fire

Central Western Daily · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

The Orange Fire Brigade received a fire call at 9.30 yesterday morning from the home of Dr. H. R. Hodkinson. Anson…

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Dunedoo Fire Brigade Fire Commissioners' Approval

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 9

At the July meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council a communication from the Beard of Fire Commissioners was considered…

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Naval Depot Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Six fire brigades tonight fought a blaze at the Navel Deport in Bunnerong Road, Pagewood, for chreequarters of an…

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Big Fire Military Dump Destroyed SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 1

A huge fire at Matraville military dump yesterday destroyed many thousands of aircraft subsidiary petrol…

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Open Fire Rifle Clubs to he Re-formed Very Welcome News

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 11

After an agitation extending over a considerable period, and in which the Mudgee District Rifle Association joined, the…

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Mystery Fire on British Ship SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 1

As a bride ship was steaming up the coast yesterday a mysterious fire was discovered in the lounge, and police, who boarded the liner…

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Fire in Summer Street

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 4

At about 7 o’clock last night Orange Fire Brigade received a call to premises its Summer St., and on arrival found a chimney…

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Blackberry Bush Fire Out of Control

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 2

Efforts to eradicate blackberries resulted in a fire getting partially out of control and igniting the underbrush on the mountainside at…

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Winter Bush Fires Desperate Position in North

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

The fact that bush fires are raging on the rich north coast is plain evidence of the desperate conditions prevailing…

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Fire Brigade Auxiliary

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 6

At a meeting of the Dunedoo Tire Brigade Auxiliary, held at the Central School on Thursday. August 1 it was decided to thank all…

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£35,000 DAMAGE Queensland Fire BRISBANE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 1

Winton (Queensland) was the scene of a disastrous fire yesterday when a hotel and six ether business places in the…

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Fire Brigade's Fruitless Journey

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 4

Last night's lire was quite a mixup. In the first place, Mr. Harley Brazil received the alarm, apparently an exchange errors at 8.49 p.m…

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Fire in Orange Post Office

Central Western Daily · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 4

A fire in one of the stores at the Orange post Office became [?] hot. on Saturday afternoon that it not alighe to the [?]…

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Australia Theatre Was a Blaze of Lights

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 5

Brightest street in the city last night was Lord’s Place and it was so because the facade of the Australia Theatre…

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Heroine Of Hospital Fire Former Lithgow Girl

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 2

Heroine of the fire at the Normanhurst private hospital, Ashfield, on Sunday night, Miss Ena Dickson, is a former Lithgow girl. Miss Dickson, who gave the alarm when the fire broke out, and then participated in the removal of patients until she collapsed, left…

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Munitions Store Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: City fire brigades were called out tonight to the munitions store at Commercial-road, Rozelle, where a stack of army barge…

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Brisbane Bush Fires Grass Country Burned Out

National Advocate · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday: Twenty thousand acres of grass and scrub country have been burned out completely by bushfires last night…

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Fires, Frosts Making Drought Worse Sydney

Central Western Daily · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

Bushfires and frosts are aggravating the worst drought in 25 years on the Far North Coast…

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