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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 19 of 22

FIRE'S £25.000 DAMAGE Burned for a Fortnight

National Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Friday: Between 25,000 and 30,000 acres of pastoral and timber country were burnt out in a bush fire which has raged in an area…

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FLASHES from our NEWSROOM Fire Out. LITHGOW

Central Western Daily · Saturday 9 November 1946 · page 1

The fire which has been raging in the State Forest area here, is now completely extinguished. Steady rainfall reinforced the…

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Another Bush Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 1

Inspector J. C. McCormack stated this morning that he had been advised that another bushfire had broken out in thick scrub country…

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The Battle of the Bush Fire Prevention Week

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 8

On Monday night next its Royal Highness, the Governor General, will issue a public statement calling upon citizens…

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Police Probe Into Forest Fires Chief Secretary's Comment

National Advocate · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY. Sunday: it bushfires which had destroyed available forest and other areas last week had been caused through carelessness or…

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Training Hard Dunedoo Fire Brigade

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 12

The newly formed Fire Brigade at Dunedoo is taking the job seriously and members have been turning out regularly for…

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Big Fire Narrowly Averted SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 1

What may have been a disastrous fire occured, in Sutherland Street, St. Peters, yesterday…

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Especially Urgent Fire Prevention Week

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

His Royal Highness, the Governor-General will issue a public statement calling upon Australia to observe Fire Prevention Week which…

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£10,000 Fire at Young

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 4

YOUNG, Monday.—In one of the most spectacular fires in the history of Young, the general store of W. Hayes and Sons, in the heart of the…

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Rain Quells Fire in Pine Forest

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 4

The fire which has been raging in the State forest is now completely extinguished by the steady rainfall and reinforced efforts of the…

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Chinese Communists May Cease Fire Naking

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 2

Communist spokesman ( Wangling Nan), egging abandonment of the national assembly meeting tomorrow for adoption of a new…

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Mix-up in China War Reds Distrust Cease Fire Order

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday In [?] chiang [?] order was d[?] today but latest reports [?] that heavy fighting…

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Explosives in Danger Bushfire Warnings BRISBANE

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1946 · page 2

Bushfires near Brisbane this afternoon threatened ammunition damps at the rear of a military camp. Troops turned out to burn…

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Bragger Burnt When Float Caught Fire Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 1

When a horse float caught fire on the road from Richmond today three well-known hors s—Bragger Eagle Star and Scottish…

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Tallawang Bush Fire Brigade

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 16

A meeting of the Tallawang Bush Fire Brigade was held at W. Wallis office last week, when the following office-bearers were elected for the…

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Fire at Ryde

National Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A fire near the Field of M[?] cemetery at Ryde this afternoon [?]ened the arm [?]chicle park and several houses…

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Boomey Bush Fire Brigade Upset No Word Of Subsidy For New Tank

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 8

Members of the Boomey Bush Fire Brigade are just a bit upset. Not because they only had two fires to put out in the past year, but…

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Man Dies After Police Fire Shots in Lismore Lismore

Central Western Daily · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 3

An alleged jewel thief shot by a police officer in a lane last night died in hospital today He was William George Brice…

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Bush Fire Menace

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Reported outbreaks of Hush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £17,000…

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Brigade Didn’t Give Fire A Chance At Hotel Orange

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 1

Chemical extinguishers stifled a fire at the rear of Hotel Orange at lunchtime yesterday. Firemen were on the spot in as instant and never gave the fire a chance to ass[?]e serious proportions…

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