Boree Shire Discusses... Fire Control Whose Pigeon?
Although Goobang Shire Council (Parkes) thinks that bushfire brigade captains in its area should be empowered to act in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1949
454 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 23
Lithgow's Good Fire Record
Lithgow Fire Brigade attended 43 fires and 5 false alarms during 1948, S.S.O. W. Maunsell, revealed to- day…
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Estimated cost of line protection for the Canowindra fire district for 1949 would be £308, Boree Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cowra's Disastrous Fire Cowra
Squire, Pepper and Co. Ltd., the largest departmental store in the South- west, was destroyed by fire at 1.30 p.m. to- day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Guts Big Cowra Store
COWRA, Wednesday.â Damage estimated at £250,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the store of Squire, Pepper Pty. Limited at Cowra this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Girl Guides' Camp
ORANGE, Wednesday: Groups of girl guides camped at Lake Canobolas beat out flames in dry grass, around a small hut which was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Service Board's Letter to Bathurst Council
In a letter to Bathurst Council last night the Board of Fire Commissioners referred to the estimate of the amount proposed to be expended this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Cowra Departmental Store Gutted £250,000 Damage
COWRA, Wednesday: One of the most disastrous fires in Central NSW. for years occurred at Cowra this afternoon, when the large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →200 Turn Out to Fight Big Bushfire
More than 200 men and a number of women from 10 bushfire brigades fought an extensive fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crow Bait Starts Bush Fire
GOOLAGONG—A story last week about a rabbit which set fire to a 30-ton stack of hay during a bushfire near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo Fire Inquiry
DUBBO, Thursday: Evidence at an inquiry into a fire which caused £1400 worth of damage at Dubbo early last December, was concluded this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scout Hut Destroyed By Fire
A log cabin type of hut, the property of the Orange District Boy Scouts, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Break Damage Are Insurance Companies Liable?
The question whether Insurance Companies were liable to meet claims for damage caused when bush fire brigades burnt firebreaks was raised…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grass Fire
Orange fire brigade last night extinguished a grass fire with buckets. The fire broke out in an…
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Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Bathurst Fire Brigade were called to a paddock adjoining Bouffler's daughter yards. SSO Grey and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cotton Fire Started Deliberately
KARACHI, Friday: The fire [?] destroyed eight store[?] cotton bales and cotton [?] yesterday is believed to have [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Savage Race Riots Sweep Durban Police Fire On Crowds
DURBAN, Sunday—It is officially estimated that 100 have died, and 100 were wounded in Indian-African race riots in Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Bushfires Started by Lightning
A flash of lightning started a fire which destroyed 20 acres of grassland on Mr. W. Baker’s property, 12 miles from Orange on the Cudal Road on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire at Millthorpe Began On Railway Line (From Our Correspondent)
MILLTHORPE, Monday.— The bushfire danger is low, but on Saturday morning members of the Millthorpe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Near Railway Gates at Millthorpe
A fire was noticed near Nye's Gates, Millthorpe, soon after the passenger train had passed through on Saturday morning…
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