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

Fires & bushfires, 1947

379 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 19

Big Fire at Bondi Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 2

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a petrol explosion and fire which gutted the furniture store of Messrs. Barron and…

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Britain's War Against Fire Plan to Save 1500 Lives and £10,000,000 Damage Each Year London

National Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 6

Fifteen hundred lives are loaf in fires in Britain every year. and damage to the extent of £10,000,000 is done by them, In an attempt to save…

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Hundreds Watch Firemen Fight Blaze In Summer Street

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 1

Traffic was almost at a standstill at 7 o’clock last night when hundreds jammed Summer Street to watch firemen fight a blaze at A. C. McKenzie’s butchery, near the Strand Theatre. The Orange Fire Bridge, directed by…

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Fire at Orange

National Advocate · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

Hundreds of people crowding Summer Street, Orange, at 7 o'clock last night halted traffic at a fire which broke out in a bacon-curing room at…

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“Gee, Mum, Can I Have a Fire, Too”

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 1

A group of people who saw firemen extinguish last night’s fire at the rear portion of Mc-Kenzie’s butcher shop of…

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Big Ship and Its Fire London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 1

Although No. 5 hold of the Shaw, Savill, Albion line's 15,000 ton liner Corinthi[?] was gutted during Saturday's fire, the only damage to…

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Raging Fire on Ship Checked in Desperate Fight London

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 1

It was officially announced last night that the fire which broke out on the liner Co[?]thic at the Cammel Laird shipyard’s at Birkenhead, early yesterday morning, had (been brought under control…

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Coolah Fire District

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 19

The Board of Fire Commissioners has forwarded the council a detailed estimate of expenditure in respect of the Coolah Fire District…

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Fire at Mill

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 16

Shortly before 6 p.m. last Saturday, the Gulgong Fire Brigade was called to Loneragan's Mill where a fire started in one of the wheat…

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Blaze at Loneragan's Extensive Damage Done Three Men Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

A fire which broke but in the honey and storage department of Loneragan's garage premises in Mortimer Street on Tuesday…

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Huge U.s. Dock Fire Enormous Damage Caused

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday: A fire which caused 7.000,000 dollars worth of damage destroyed two Hudson River piers and damaged a third…

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Costly Fire. New York

Central Western Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 7

One of New York’s costliest waterfront blaxes for many years destroyed two Hudson River piers yesterday, causing damage estimated…

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Rain Extinguishes Extensive Grass Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

A fire which started in dead grass and undergrowth on vacant land in Macauley-street yesterday morning, burned strongly…

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Pipe Set Fire to Pants and Crop

Central Western Daily · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

On Saturday Mr. H. Vagg, Sur., of Mr Gwysne, met [?] an unusual accident. Assisters his son Mr. [?] M. Vagg, a harvesting…

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Grass Fire in Kite Street “Put Out”

Central Western Daily · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

The Orange Fire Brigade yesterday afternoon ‘fought’ for only a few minutes to extinguish a grass fire, on a…

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Big Fire at Wagga

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

WAGGA, Monday: A fire which followed an explosion today gutted a cool store and destroyed thousands of fowls, and turkeys…

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“Fire and Sword.” PARIS

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

“Indo-China is not being put to “fire and sword” and difficulties there can be solved. Announcing this on his return…

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Dramatic Sequel To Fire On Glenroi Heights

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

Twelve hours after a fire gutted a house in Glenroi Heights late on Sunday night a man was arrested by Orange Police, and charged with maliciously setting fire to a cottage. He was allowed £500 bail. Not long after the alarm of a fire in a house in Moresby Street,…

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Big Fire at Wagga Freezing Works Wagga

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 1

Thousands of pounds of damage was caused in Wagga’s biggest fire for years when a cool store was gutted by fire…

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£1000 Fire Damage Sydney, Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

A fire which broke out in the workshop of F. C. Jenkins and Sons' bicycle shop, Broadway, early today spread to an upstairs studio used by…

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