Coolah Fire Brigade Established
The Coolah Fire Brigade has now been officially established, with the fire engine and other equipment housed in the new…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1947
379 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 19
Objection Leads to Argument at Inquiry Into Fire
When Mr. Vincent Rheinberger, counsel for George Arthur Rutter, who has been charged with maliciously setting fire to a house, objected to submission of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orange Fire Inquiry Mother Tells of Small Daughter's Rescue ORANGE, Wednesday
Two witnesses, told the Deputy Coroner. Mr. J. P. Jeager; that they had seen George Arthur. Rutter, 44, helping firemen to, extinguish the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Witnesses Said Rutter Helped Firemen To Put Out Fire In House
Two witnesses told the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. P. Jaeger) that they had seen George Arthur Rutter helping firemen to extinguish the fire at a house at 28…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fourteen Witnesses Called At Fire Inquiry
Fourteen witnesses have been called at the coronial inquiry into a fire at 28 Moresby by Street, Glenroi Heights, on January 12, and yesterday was the third day of hearing,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Inquiry Still Sitting After 3-Day Hearing
A woman who lives in a cottage directly opposite George Arthur Rutter, in Moresby Street, Glenroi Heights, told the Coronerâs Court yesterday that no person…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caravan Gutted by Fire Damage Estimated At £1[?]
A motor caravan, owned by Mr. P. Weldon, Molong bath[?] caretaker, was burned down t[?] its chassis on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Addresses at Fire Inquiry
The inquiry into a file in a cottage at Glenroi Heights, Orange, on January 12, concluded yesterday at the Orange Court House. At the conclusion Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. P. Jaeger) committed George Arthur Butter for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt Out Clergyman's Bad Luck
A fire in a lorry near Young on Thursday destroyed most of the possessions of a clergyman who was a P.O.W. during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Danger in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Sunday: In spite of recent rain a bushfire danger warning has been issued in Victoria for tomorrow. A ban has been placed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guests’ Cars Garaged When Fire Broke Out at Rear of Hotel
When a fire broke out in a pile of rubbish at the rear of the Royal Hotel on Saturday afternoon, a number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RADIO v. Bushfire Test at Grenfell Sydney
A special demonstration in the use of radio equipment in bushfire fighting is to be held at Grenfell on Saturday, March 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Plane Sydney
Window drapings of a passenger aircraft burst into flames during a flight from Sydney to Canberra this morning. The Trade Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Brewongle Good Save by Residents
When a fire occurred in the kitchen of a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. P. Hayes and family, at Brewongle, on Monday, the timely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Residential Fire
SYDNEY, Monday: Fifteen families at Ryde are homeless tonight as the result of a fire in a residential. The fire started in the upper storey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →G.P.O. Fire
SYDNEY, Friday: In a fire which broke out on the third floor of the G.P.O. early today, 1000 newspapers, and packets were destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There Was More Smoke Than Fire
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroyed Manildra Grazier’s £2,000 Station Home On
When a grazing station manager and his family returned to Manildra from Gumble late on Saturday afternoon they found that their 11-roomed home, valued at £2,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Waterloo Factory Sydney, This Afternoon
Two persons have been injured, one seriously, in a fire which broke out this morning and burned for a lengthy period to-day at a bitumen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Iron Started Fire In Summer Street Shop
An electric iron, inadvertenty switched on, is believed to have caused a fire in an upstairs room of Bryantâs…
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