Chimney Blaze
Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a chimney blaze which occurred in Mr. C. Russell's Gumleaf Cafe, George Street, shortly…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
547 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 28
Bushfire Fighting
The Bushfires Advisory Committee wrote to last night's meeting of the Bathurst City Council, forwarding a circular regarding bushfires and…
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Breaking out in blackberry bushes bordering a railway line, a fire broke through into a vacant allotment and seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rest of the News in Brief . . . Jap Premier Under Fire
TOKIO, Thursday. — A demand for the resignation of the Premier, Hitoshi Ashida, was made today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Fire Could Be Dangerous
With the aid of knapsack pumps, S.S.O. O'Dea and five volunteers quickly extinguished a grass fire which broke out at…
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MELBOURNE. Sunday: The worst fire ever to occur at Brighton. (Vic) swept through the shopping centre last night, and…
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"There, is a lot of ammunition you can fire. Not at the Council, but for it". This comment was made by…
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The captain of the Dunedoo Fire Brigade, Mr. George Grayston, reports that two inspectors from headquarters visited town last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Turon Shire Warns Bushfire Menace Likely
The potential bushfire danger during the coming season of 1948-49 will be as serious as any year since 1939, when disastrous fires…
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Yesterday many bush fires broke out around the suburbs and fire brigades were extremely busy…
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At the Cudgegong Shire Council meeting on Wednesday last, the clerk (Mr. C. G. James) reported that a period when the resources of bush fire brig ades might easily be called upon to a greater degree than in the past, might eventuate this…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Firemen: were called out today to deal with go shrub fires which broke out at different points in Sydney suburban areas…
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Whipped by strong, gusty westerly winds a blackberry bush fire, at the foot of Tank-street, on Saturday morning, was too dangerous to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dangers of Bush Fire Council Discussion
The potential bush fire danger in New South Wales during the summer of 1948-1949 was given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Funeral of Man Burnt in Young Fire
[?]OUNG, Monday: At Young today, runeral tooK place of a 65 years [?] man who was badly burnt, when [?] near a district saw mill…
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In Cobar and McKellar's Paddocks 10 houses are in immediate danger of being totally destroyed if a large area of blackberry bushes goes on fire. This observation was made to -day by Station Officers W…
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Three men were killed and seven people injured yesterday afternoon when a steam passenger train crashed into a motor truck loaded…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Five Sydney fire brigades fought until late tonight a blaze in Charles Street, Erskineville, factory. It was finally…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A ferry carrying about 70 interstate women hockey players caught fire under the Harbor Bridge late today. With…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Railway officials will hold an inquiry into the cause of the collision between a steam train and a petrol truck, in which…
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