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

Fires & bushfires, 1949

454 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 23

Factory Occupants Fined Fire Hazard Cases

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday Three occupant[?] of factories in Station House. Rawson Place. City where it was stated "a definite the hazaro" existed were…

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Explosion & Fire Cause £100,000 R.a.a.f. Damage

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused when a fire destroyed the R.A.A.F. No. 2 Stores at Regents Park early this morning. Heavy explosions rocked the building and shook…

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Bush Fires Bill New Legislation

National Advocate · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Many country bush lire fighting organisations were waiting for the Government's Bush Fires Bill to…

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Bush Fire Brigade E. Toynton, Captain

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 7

To attain more efficiency of the control of bush fires, Boomey Bush Fire Brigade has decided to divide their area into sections,…

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Fire Hazards' at Glen Davis

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 5

A fire breaking out in Glen Davis could reach alarming proportions because of the lack of fire-fighting equipment, the Progress Association…

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Private Hospital Patients Rescued From Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Doctors carried several elderly and crippled patients to safety when the Coniston Private Hospital, in…

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Bushfire Safeguards

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 3

The new Bush Fires Bill was commended in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. R. S. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh) as an "attempt…

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Fire in Hospital

National Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY. Friday: Aged, bedridden men moaned, helpless elderly women screamed as nurses elderly them to safety when fire swept through…

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Three Dead Tragic Fire in Victorian Town

National Advocate · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Sunday: A man and his wife, und the wife's brother, were burnt to death in a homestead fire near Colac (Western Victoria) last…

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Russia Playing with Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 3

HAMBURG, Monday (AAP)— Russia was playing with the in her attempts to whip [?] German nationalism in the…

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Complete Block Gutted in Queensland Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, This Afternoon.-- Fire destroyed a complete block of shops in the main- street of Proserpine, 670 miles north of…

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Some Motorists Have Petrol in Reserve Fire Risk Involved

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 9

With the current shortage of petrol supplies hanging over their heads many motorists have been storing petrol in drums to avoid the possibility of temporary…

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£10,000 Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A spectacular fire caused £10,000 damage at Proud Bros. Pty Ltd moulders' lacing factory at Beaconsfield early…

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Fire at Migrant Centre

National Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 2

The Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call to the Migrant Centre yesterday afternoon at 3.25. SO Coffee and four men attended the fire,…

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[?]ld Make Blayney One Of The [?]t Unsightly Towns In The State! Council's Verandah Post Order Under Fire

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 1

"I think that if the Council insists on the implementation their instruction, and the two years expire next February, [?] Blayney is going to be left one of the most unsightly [?]ns in the State."…

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Damage in Garage Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused by a fire Which swept through a garage at the rear of Mr. G. Bunt's home in 25 Ferro-street,…

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Changes at Bathurst Fire Station

National Advocate · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 2

SEVERAL changes at the Bathurst Fire Station are contemplated in the next few weeks. The move has been brought about by…

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Dry Cleaning Establishment Blaze

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 8

Shortly after noon to-day a fire, started, in the boiler room of Mr. G. Moufarrige's dry cleaning establishment in…

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Long Trip by Fire Brigade

Central Western Daily · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 1

Orange fire brigade travelled eight miles on Saturday night to extinguish a [?] fire at “Rahiri”…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 2

The chin[?] in the kitchen of Dr. Foga[?]ty's home in George Street caught alight shortly after 7 o'clock last night. The Bathurst Fire Brigade…

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