Fire at Suburban Factory Big Quantity of Oil Lost
SYDNEY, Sunday: A fire broke out tonight at the premises of Pioneer Spring Co. Ltd. McEvoy Street, Alexandria. Eight hundred gallons of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
379 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 19
Arson Alleged In Several Lithgow Fires--Cottage And Workshop Gutted
Fires which raged fiercely in Lithgow on Friday night destroyed a large workshop in Mort-street, partially gutted a brick dwelling in Ramsay-street, Vale of Clwydd, threatened to ignite four neighboring houses,…
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A brick cottage which survived the violent earth tremors which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage at the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Six units of the Sydney Fire Brigade today saved £8,000 worth of wool from destruction by fire. The fire broke out…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday: Police now believe that the two fires at Lithgow over the week end were caused by young boys. The fires caused…
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The Orange Fire Brigade was called to Dr. J. T. Patonâs surgery Anson Street, at 4 p.m. yesterday when [?] of the…
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The necessity for residents to notify the brigade immediately they noticed or suspected a fire and, hot to try to fight the blaze first, was…
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Sensational developments climaxed the investigations into two serious fires which caused damage estimated at £2,500 in Lithgow last week-end, when Det. Sgt. E. E. Mabbutt and Plainclothes Constable W. J. Heron…
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An 85-years-old woman, her two grandchildren and a great- grand- daughter aged 18 months, were rescued from the upper story of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help for Fire Victims Vale A. L. P's. Good Move
The sympathy of the Vale of Clwydd branch of the A. L. P. was extended to Mr. "Bert" Burroughs, whose home was gutted by fire…
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Two fires last week-end causing £2,000 damage were lit by three children, aged five, six and seven years. Police making inquiries said today…
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SYDNEY, Friday. A [?] baby girl was [?] in her mother train a [?] last night [?] before het [?]…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.â Damage estimated at £60,000 was caused by a fire which gutted two buildings in George Street, City,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big City Fire £50,000 Damage Caused
SYDNEY, Sunday: Damage [?] at £50,000 was caused by a fire which severely damaged two buildings in George Street, near…
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Although a strong north westerly wind was blowing at almost gale force a fire, which broke out in waste ground off Paschendale-street,…
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Bathurst fire brigade was called at 6.30 o'clock last night to the residence of Mrs. Stevenson. 132 Howick St., to extinguish a fire which had broken…
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Regret and sincere wishes for their future happiness were expressed by a representative gathering of business people, local organisations…
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Orange Fire Brigade was called out twice yesterday for fires in house [?] The householderâs name in each…
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With rain worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to Victoria seeping down around the millions of grains of wheat lying in the…
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Prompt arrival of the Orange Fire Brigade, and a strong water pressure, checked what could have…
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