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

Fires & bushfires, 1948

547 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 28

Truck Blaze

National Advocate · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 2

About half an hour after Mr J. Fish had ot out ofg a truck which he had been using yesterday, and left at the rear of G. Fish Ltd's premises at the…

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Guam Fire Three Americans Missing

National Advocate · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 2

GUAM, Sunday: At last two have died in a great fire, which is burning in a petrol dump on the U.S. Pacific base of Guam…

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Fire Brigade Pay Roll Stolen SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

Using a key a thief last night opened the steel safe at Fire Brigade headquarters, Sydney, and stole the payroll of £1,300…

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Fire Board Contributions Bathurst Council Discussion

National Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 7

Aid. C. A. Hansard. moved. at last night's Bathurst City Council meeting that "The purpose of resolution concerning increased…

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Oberon Bushfire Meeting. Oberon

National Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 6

Shire President (Cr. B. C. Cotton) presided at the meeting of Bushfire Brigades at Oberon to-day…

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Stop Press Two Fires This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

Two fires, one near Station 2LT and the other in an area between the Vacuum Oil depot and duration cottages in western…

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Fire Extinguishers Caused Crash New York

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

The Civil Aeronautics Board has found that carbon dioxide fumes from fire-extinguishers caused the crash of the DC6 airliner in…

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Fire Control in N.z

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 August 1948 · page 5

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Sweeping changes in the control of fire prevention and fire…

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Fowlhouse Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1948 · page 2

When a brooder in a shed used as a fowlhouse on the property of Mr. McAndrew, off Rankin Street, caught fire late last night, the shed was…

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Big Fire Sydney Chamber Ablaze

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Hundreds of occupants of Rawson Chambers, city, fled in terror when fire spreading rapidly turned the two floors into…

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Good Save by Brigade at City Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 1 September 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fire gutted the two top floors of Rawson Chambers, City, shortly before 9 a.m…

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Probe of Blaze Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 8

Insurance assessors today began investigation into the fire at Rawson Chambers Pitt Street City Yesterday which gutter six factory work…

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Another Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade were called out at about 3.45 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a fire which hod. broken out in a chimney in the residence of…

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Ship Afire Carrying Sodium Nitrate Fire Brigades' Strenuous Work

National Advocate · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday: The 10,000 tons freighter Atlantic Air is alight at Port Adelaide with tons of sodium nitrate in her…

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Arson Suspected In Theatre Blaze

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Police investigating mysterious fire at the Roy Theatre, West Ryde, early this morning, believe that a deliberate attempt was made to burn down the theatre. Firemen arrived on the…

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Electricity Pole Caught Fire

Central Western Daily · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 3

Heavy rain on Wednesday night caused an electricity pole near Cowra Hospital to burst into flames…

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Grazier Gets Verdict for Fire Damage SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 1

An important case was heard at the Tamworth Supreme Court last week. Lewis Cornelius Grayston claimed…

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Bushfire Menace

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Plans for dealing with the bushfire menace are well in hand, now that summer is approaching…

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Kashmir Cease Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 2

KARACHI, Tuesday: India and Pakistan have appepced the pro[?]l of the U.N commi[?] on Kesh[?] for a cease the ill the disputed ter…

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Malicious Hoax on Fire Brigade

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 4

What is described as a deliberate and malicious attempt to hoax the Lithgow Fire Brigade was made on Monday night,…

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