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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 6 of 22

Ald. Mackenzie Tops the Poll As Fire Commissioner

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 2

Ald. Hector Mackenzie obtained a record majority when he was re-elected as the representative of the country…

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Money to Burn for Fire Brigade Officers Sydney

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

The Full Bench of the industrial Commissioner, in a reserved judgment today, in crossed salaries of fire…

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Latest Local News Fire Alarm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 3

The fire bell summoned the brigade late on Wednesday afternoon last, but there was nothing serious to contend with, the blaze being…

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Federal Heads Will Fire First Election Shots SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 1

A combined Opposition demand for an Australian-wide reduction in the fowl ration, to enable steppes-up exports to Britain, will be made by the leaders of the Liberal Party (Mr. Menzies) and the Australian Country…

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Sabotage on Ships Fire Bugs at Work

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: New developments have been reported in the sabotage of ships at British ports. After a trail of kerosene soaked…

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Fire Brigade for Coolah Decision Deferred

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 22

The Coolah Shire Council has received the following letter from the secretary, Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales:—…

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Fire Engine Crashes Sydney. This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

Racing to a fire which gutted a factory in Waratah-street, Leichhardt to-day a fire engine crashed into a telegraph pole at Forrest…

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False Fire Alarm on Big Liner

National Advocate · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: First bells rang [?] the second time within 36 hours on the liner Queen Elizabeth in Southampton last night, but this time it was a…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Bridge was called out last night to a fire in a chimney at the rear of Lenthall's Cafe. The brigade quelled the fire with a hand…

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Fire on Ship

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY., Tuesday: Fire did considerable damage to the motor ship Memba at Balmain today. The vessel was undergoing repairs when the fire…

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Fire in Sikh Temple Causes Rioting Cawnpore, Wednesday

Central Western Daily · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

Two persons arc reported killed and 40 injured in serious rioting which broke out when a Sikh temple was set…

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Brigade Wakes Family as Fire Threatens Home

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 4

A Millthorpe family was awakened by a bucket brigade late on Sunday night, when their home in Pym Street was threatened by hre, which destroyed an adjoining store…

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Storeroom Gutted by Fire Loss by Millthorpe Baker

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 2

Frantic efforts by a bucket brigade of 25 men to extinguish a file in a building at Millthorpe on Sunday night were of no avail…

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Fire in RAAF Unit in Japan

National Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 4

TOKIO, Thursday: Exploding ammunition hampered fire fighters when four two-storey barrack buildings housing RAAF personnel in the British…

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More Trouble in Java Extremists Fire Bandoeng

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

BATAVIA, Monday: The whole southern part of Bandoeng has been set fire by Indonesian extremists, according in correspondents reports…

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Wet Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 5

In Kimama, Idaho, a tank containing 5,000 gallons of water burned down…

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Canberra Man's Ill-fortune. Fire Destroys £1000 Worth of Furniture

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: A man who had supervised the loading of furniture and clothing into a van for removal from Canberra to Sydney,…

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Jacaranda Film Destroyed in Fire

Central Western Daily · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 6

The Technicolor film of Grafton and district, taken at the height of the J[?] Festival, was destroyed in a [?] which swept…

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Fire Victim Goes Shopping SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 2

Diana Haiti, today went shopping in the city for the first time since she was seriously injured in a fire at the Tivoli Theatre last September…

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Offer to Councils Radio Equipment to Beat Fire Menace SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 1

The Government is offering [?] councils special facilities to buy modern radio equipment for fighting bush fires. Several councils have already…

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