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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 6 of 28

Big Waterfront Fire £100,000 Damage Blaze at Hobart

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Sunday: A big fire late this afternoon caused damage estimated at more than £l00,000 on Hobart's waterfront. Within half an hour, more than 300 yards of ocean pier were blazing and firemen…

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Disastrous Hobart Fire Huge Damage to Ocean Pier Hobart

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

It is estimated over 8,000 people, who wore kept in check by a big squad of police, watched the disastrous fire which…

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Bush Fires Exhibit

Central Western Daily · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 7

A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee’s information bureau at the Royal Sydney Easter Show this year…

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Fire Guts Factories Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

Two adjoining South Kensington factories were partly destroyed by fire early to-day. The factory building of L. R…

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Cottages Destroyed in Woy Woy Fire

National Advocate · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Two cottages were totally destroyed by fire and a third badly damaged in an outbreak at Woy Woy today…

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Jews And Arabs In Conflict Heavy Damage in Fires and Explosions Jerusalem

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

Seven Jews, six Arabs and one British officer were killed and many Jews injured in Palestine yesterday when fresh…

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Orange's First Fire

National Advocate · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

Orange residents heard the orange fire siren last night for the first time this year. The brigade was called to extinguish a fire which…

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Bathurst Grass Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade's siren was sounded for the first time in two months early yesterday afternoon. The Brigade was called to extinguish…

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Spectacular Trangie Cars Blaze

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 2

TRANGIE, Thursday: A man was badly burned and another lost £78 in a wallet together with 44 petrol tickets, when a car and a utility…

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£650,000 Cotton Fire in Sydney

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 2

Raw cotton worth more than £650,000 was destroyed last night by a fire in a bonded store in Botany Road, Waterloo…

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Dense Crowd Watches Big Sydney Fire

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Fifteen thousand bales of badly needed cotton and motor spare parts were destroyed this evening by fire in…

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Big Sydney Fire Hampers Texile Production

National Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The spectacular fire, Which completely destroyed a large bond store in Botany Road. Waterloo, would seriously interfere…

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Minor Fire This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 1

Fire threatened to destroy three sides of the fencing surrounding the Esk-street water reservoir this afternoon…

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General’s ‘‘Cease Fire’’ Offer Arab League Not Interested

Central Western Daily · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Sunday.— The Palestine Government was ready to discuss with Arab and Jewish civil and military leaders details for a ‘‘cease fire’’ agreement, declared the High Commissioner,…

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Serious Fire in Western Stores Brigade Makes Great Save

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

A fierce fire which broke out in the produce store of Western Stores shortly before 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon caused damage estimated at…

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Employee's Courage in Removing Gelignite Prevents Serious Accident in Big Orange Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

ORANGE, Monday: The courage of a young radio technician for his part in the removal of several hundredweights of gelignite from a blazing storeroom at the rear of the Western Stores, Orange, yesterday…

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Another Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to a fire at 10.40 p.m. last night, when a chimney caught fire in the mess hut at the Per Way Railway Workshops…

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Orange Fire Damage Exceeds £10,000

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 1

ORANGE, Tuesday: Damage in buildings and stock caused by the big fire at the Western Stores here yesterday, was estimated by a…

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Fog Machine Has Unlimited Possibilities ! Will Prevent Fires and Kill Bugs

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 3

The possibilities of fog machines in preventing fires and exterminating bugs and fliesin addition to killing…

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Central Western Daily Grand Job by Orange Fire Brigade

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 2

Members of Orange fire brigade more than deserve every word of praise that has been given for their…

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