Chimney Fire
At 8.10 last night Bathurst fire brigade was called to extiguish a chimney fire at the home of Mrs. E. Wrench of 220 Durham Street. Station Officer…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
454 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 23
Men Injured in Fires
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Three men have been admitted to hospital with severe burns as a result of two fires in Sydney this afternoon…
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There was an excellent attendance at the recent annual meeting of the Hargraves Bush Fire Brigade, which was…
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Civil defence in Australia, as elsewhere, was sufficiently vital during World War 2 to warrant the large and costly organisation devoted to it. This fact, together with…
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Shortly before ten o'clock yesterday morning, the Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a chimney fire at the Chelsea Cafe. S.O. Bell…
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LONDON, Monday: Motor hearse driver, 61-years-old George Wightman, of Bradford, was burned while rescuing a coffin with a body in it when…
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Orange fire brigade answered two alarms yesterday, but both were minor outbreaks At 5.15 p.m. the brigade…
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PARIS, Tuesday: Unconfirmed reports say that two women have been burned to death and a number of houses destroyed in forest fires which…
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Mrs. K. Riley, lessee of the People's Park in Gulgong, submitted the following information, requests and complaints, to last…
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PARIS, Thursday: With damage already estimated at many hundreds of millions of francs, mass unemployment is feared in areas ravaged…
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PARIS, Friday: Police requisitioned all available vehicles to evacuate women and children from a radius og six miles round the La Rochelle airfield…
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PARIS, Friday.—Police requisitioned all available vehicles to evacuate women and children from a radius of six…
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Fanned by a strong westerly wind--at times reaching almost gale force-- a bush-fire which broke out in the "valley" at the…
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PARIS, Sunday: Fires have raged throughout the night in the Sheran area of Western France. where 60 people including 11 soldiers lost their…
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Tremendous bush fires in the Gironde Province of France have done enormous damage and over 100 people have, been…
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ORANGE, Sunday Firemen at Orange today prevented damage to many thousands of pounds worth of fruit when a fire broke out in a fruit…
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BORDEAUN, Sunday [?] A [?] of persents lost their [?] who the village of be Barp, 30 miles south of…
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ORANGE, Sunday.-- A fire early this morning caused damage estimated at [?]8,000 to the Orange Producers' Rural Co-operative Society's…
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Damage estimated at between £8,000 and £10,000 win caused when afire gutted portion of Orange Producers’ Rural Co-operative Society's cool store in Peisley St. early yesterday morning…
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LONDON, Monday: A report by Lloyds yesterday said that thee 7174 tons British steamer, Avismoat, was making for Fremantle after several…
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