Attendance at "Outside" Fires Brigade Officer's Explanation
The attendance of the Bathurst Fire Brigade at fires outside the municipality is at the discretion of the officer in charge of the station…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
379 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 19
31 Killed in Fire Holocaust in Store
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AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Fifty people were burned to death in the worst fire in New Zealand's history at Ballantyne's department store, Christchurch, this afternoon…
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With no possibility of the- total casualties in the tragic fire in Ballantynes emporium at Christchurch yesterday being, definitely known for…
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The death roll in the terrible fire, which gutted Ballantyne's drapery store in the heart of Christchurch (New Zealand)…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday (A.A.P., Reuter).â With no possibility of the total casualties in the tragic fire in Ballantyneâs Emporium at Christchurch yesterday being definitely known for some time, it seems…
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The deathroll in the fire which gutted Ballantyne's department store is increasing as more bodies are recovered from the building…
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An Orange insurance representative visited Bathurst on Wednesday and investigated causes that might have brought about the destruction…
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CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday: The victims of the fire at the Ballantyne department store are to be buried in a common grave on Sunday…
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At the Orange City Council on Tuesday night Alderman Machete zie referred to the danger from [?], should dry weather continue…
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When a rubbish heap, stocked with trees, branches and stumps caught alight in the grounds of Marsden College, about 2½ miles from Bathurst…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Fire brigade officers weekly hours were reduced by the Industrial Commission today from 84 to 56. (Operating from October…
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Orange Fire Brigade officers will continue to work the 84-hour working week until officially…
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The Moran family will be heavy losers as a result of the fire which recently destroyed the home on their property, "Dockairne" at Raglan…
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A pit-top fire which did more than £1,000 worth of damage at South Waratah colliery yesterday, reached the mine mouth before it could be…
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CHRISTCHURCH, Monday : There were sad scenes at the huge grave where the 41 victims of the fire at J. Bollantyne's deportment store last…
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Hydrochloric, acid, consigned in jars from Darling Harbor to western towns, is believed to have been responsible for the fire which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News Plans to Fight Bush Fires Meeting at Eugowra
EUGOWRA.âA meeting of delegates from the district bush fire brigades was held at Angeloâs Cafe, Eugowra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dingoes, Bush Fires "Mixed Grill" at P.P. Board Meeting Fumigation Stroongly Favored
The Mudgee P.P. Board had a long sitting on Tuesday last. It, dealt exhaustively with a proposal to link up with a Dingo Destruction Board, and turned the proposal down, although Mr. W. Smith, a field officer of the department…
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A fire trapped a sleeping family, of 16 including 11 children in an upper floor three storey home early yesterday but all were saved, in a…
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