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

Fires & bushfires, 1949

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Manildra Magazine Trees Uprooted, Home Unroofed and Fire Started by Freak Storm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 4

A cyclonic storm, the like of which has not been experienced here for many years, passed over a portion of this district on Saturday afternoon, and devastated everything in its path…

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Fire Brigade Expenditure

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 19

The Board of Fire Commissioners has budgeted for an expenditure of £482 this year by the Coolah Fire Brigade. The board's fund in…

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Big Fire at N.Z. Airforce Stores AUCKLAND

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

A fire at a New Zealand Air Force Station at Palmerston North caused several biff explosions…

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Two Fires Broke Out Last Weekend

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

On Friday last a bush fire broke out on the reserve below Brigalow. The local bush fire brigade, with…

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Cudal Courier Fire Started by Lightning

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 2

Lightning during last Saturday's cyclonic storm started a fire at Mrs. Healey's, but it was quickly extinguished by rain which followed…

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Grass and Fencing Destroyed in Friday's Fire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 7

On Friday last, a fire broke out on the reserve near Hanover Creek on the Yeoval-Cumnock Road, but was quickly…

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Sheep Lost in Fire

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday; Two hundred sheep were incinerated and 2500 acres of grass destroyed in a big grass fire at Skipton, in the…

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Bush Fires Another Demand for Government Aid SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

"We have again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Christmas Season, has kept bush fires to a minimum. But we cannot…

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Nine Riders ‘Burnt Out’ Early

Central Western Daily · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 8

The terrific pace in the early stage of the Ace’s five-miles’ scratch race “burnt out” nine of the competitors in the main event of the Orange District Cycle Club’s carnival at National Park…

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Fire at Knickerbocker Hotel

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

S.O. Coffey and eight men of the Bathurst Fire Brigade were called to the Knickerbocker Hotel about 4 a.m. yesterday when a fire broke out…

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Fire in City Building

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

SYSTEM, [?] brigades [?] carly today [?]umber and [?] at…

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Lucknow Fire Post Office and Store Gutted

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

ORANGE, Monday: The damage caused by fire which destroyed the post office and store at the gold mining town or Lucknow near Orange…

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Good Save by Bucket Brigade Fierce Fire At Lucknow

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

Lucknow residents formed a bucket brigade to save the Commercial Hotel from being burnt down early yesterday morning…

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Man Started Bushfire: Court Action

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

A bushfire which destroyed 800 acres of grassland on ‘Stirling’ station was started by a a rabbiter, who left a small fire unattended for a few minutes while he…

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Councils Seek Bush Fire Legislation

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

"We have once again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Christmas season, has kept bush fires to a minimum…

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Nominations for Fire Board

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 6

Mr. H. K. W. McKenzie, of Orange has been nominated by Molong Municipal Council for the New South Wale Board of Fire Commissioners…

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Rabbiter Fined £3 for Starting Bushfire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

A rabbiter was fined £3 in Orange Court this week on a charge of lighting a fire which destroyed 800 acres of grassland…

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Artist's Studio On Fire SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 2

A man and his wife were severely burnt and four people were almost overcome by smoke when a fire broke out in a…

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New Captain of Bush Fire Brigade

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

The appointment of Mr. R. Kingham as captain of the Molong-Orange Bush Fire Brigade was endorsed by Amaroo Shire Council…

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Man and Wife Injured in Fire

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A woman cleaner and her husband were severely burned today in a fire on the second floor of Pacific House, George…

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