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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 20 of 23

Judge Critical on Ship Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 3

OTTAWA, Tuesday.— Mr. Justice R. Kellock, of the Canadian Supreme Court, yesterday censured the owners and master of the ill-fated cruise ship Noronic for their failure to provide proper means of detecting…

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Prevent Bush Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 1

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued a striking set of posters, which are designed to impress upon all and sundry the…

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Bathurst Fire Station Re-organisation of Personnel

National Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 7

The personnel at the Bathurst Fire Station has been re-organised Details of the move were given to aldermen, at last night's…

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Cudal Courier Fire Brigade Elects Officers Honorarium Paid

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 10

Arrangements to burn off town allotments in Cudal be made with officers of the Cudal Volunteer Fire Brigade, it was…

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Holy Sepulchre Fire

Central Western Daily · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.— The fire in the Holy Sepulchre Church, Jerusalem, reported last night, was completely extinguished after…

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Fire in Holy Place

National Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Friday: The fire in the Holy Sepulchre Church, Jerusalem, reporter last night was completely extinguished after 17 hours fire…

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Blaze at Cobar

National Advocate · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 2

COBAR, Sunday: Volunteer [?]remon worked fore five hours early this morning to prevent a fire in a cafe spreading to the town's shopping block. The…

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Fire At Central Hotel

Central Western Daily · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 1

Orange Fire Brigade received a call to the Central Hotel at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. Firemen found a single bed…

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Fire at Bathurst Factory

National Advocate · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 2

Bathurst fire brigade received a call from the Saddlemaster section of California Productions, at 7.55 last night, to a fire which had broken out…

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Alarm, But No Fire

National Advocate · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 2

Bathurst firemen were called from their slumbers at 3.20 a.m, yesterday. when the automatic alarm at Callfornian Productions went off S.S.O…

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Cause of Fire Unknown

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

The cause of the fire, which occurred in the Saddlemaster Section of the Californian Productions factory on Sunday night is unknown…

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Mine Fire in Germany

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 5

BERLIN, Tuesday.-- No lives had been lost in the mine fire at Johann Georgenstadt, the semi-official, East German newsagency A.D.N, reported…

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Woman Surgeon Burnedin Dispensary Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Dr. Zoe Hicks, 26, a woman surgeon, suffered severe burns when a bottle of ether exploded in…

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Police Fire on Rioters Miners Killed

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 4

LAGOS, Monday: Police wounded three Africans on Saturday when they opened fire on rioters and looters at Onitsha in the Eastern Provinces of…

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Alarm Sounded by Chickens Bam Saved In Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 3

READING, Pennsylvania, Monday.— Chickens “sounded” the alarm that saved a barn from destruction by fire yesterday…

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No Lives Lost in Mine Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 6

BERLIN, Tuesday: No lives at fill had been lost in the mine fire at Johann Georgenstadt the semi-official East German newsagency ADN…

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Dentist Rescues Woman Doctor Surgery Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A dentist saved a young woman doctor from being burned to death in a Leichhardt surgery when he threw a sheet around…

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Fire Damage

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Radio and television sets for export valued at nearly 1,000,000 were damaged or destroyed by a fire…

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Costly Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Radio and [?] sets for export, valued at nearly £1 million, were damaged or destroyed by a fire at Cambridge…

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Fire Destroys Hotel Guests Escape in Night Attire

National Advocate · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 5

BEGA. Thursday: Residents escaped in their night attire, and one man trapped above a staircase, jumped 15 feet from the verandah when…

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