Fire Prevention Week
SYDNEY, Monday: Fire Prevention Week in NSW began today. Most Local Government bodies and Schools have signified their…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
547 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 28
Coastal Bushfire Danger
NOWRA, Monday: A strong westerly wind has been blowing today in the South Coast district between Milton and Flat Rock, and farmers…
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An overhaul of the bushfire fighting organisation in and around Canobolas Shire will be made at a conference in…
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What could have developed into a serious fire, with extensive damage to one of the city's best-known dwellings, was averted early this…
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Orange, Wednesday: An overhaul of bushfire lighting organisations in the Caliobolas shire area will be made at a conference in Orange tomorrow…
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In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear, distrust and a certain amount of…
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A “mock” bushfire at Orange will be used to demonstrate modern fire-fighting equipment,…
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A warning that bush fires were likely to be prevalent this year was made by Cr. J. M. Caldwell,…
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BERLIN, Friday.—A Russian lieutenant fired on a German mob in the American sector of Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Alarm Woman's Hoax Calls Out Bathurst Fire Brigade
"There is a house alight down here on the corner of Lambert and Bentinck Streets." These words were spoken by a…
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At a well attended meeting held at Perthville on Friday last, it was decided to form a volunteer Bush Fire Brigade. Election of offijcers resulted:…
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Orange Trades and Labor Council is to protest to Orange City Council against a proposal that die fire brigade should revert largely to the volunteer system…
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Two years' research into atomic energy and cosmic rays was totally destroyed when the laboratories of the Physics School of the University…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Two years' work on cosmic ray research was destroyed in a fire at the experimental laboratories at the…
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After every available fire engine had been used to control the stem to stern blaze on the British steamer Takoradian in Copenhagen…
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Everything will be in readiness for the opening of the Cherry Blossom Carnival in Lord’s Place tonight. All decorations and lighting…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday : No evidence of sabotage has been found by detectives investigating the fire which early yesterday destroyed vital…
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Rushing along a burning balcony with her 12 months old child in her arms, Mrs. A. Straub, wife the licensee of the Aloomba Hotel, 16 miles…
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A switchboard fault is believed to have caused the fire which destroyed valuable equipment in the University cosmic ray laboratory on…
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COPENHAGEN, Thursday.— After every available fire engine had been used to control a stem-to-tern blaze…
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