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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 5 of 23

Fire in Truck

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

DUBBO, Monday [?] railway truck of general mer[?] was badly [?]amaged by fire [?] yesterday However, the local fire brigade put…

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Threat By Grass Fire At Glenroi

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

A fire which broke out at Glenroi Heights yesterday morning destroyed an area of grass in a vacant allotment. Orange fire brigade was…

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Fire at Base Hospital Malicious Damage Charge

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

George Albert Carr, shearer, was remanded to next Friday on a charge of malicious damage at the Orange Court…

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Bushfire at Black Springs

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

OBERON, Monday: A bushfire that broke out at Black Springs has been menacing the Vulcan Forest. A sang of men have been fighting the…

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Fire Exits Not Adequate

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Summonses were issued today against ten persons running factories in Rawson Place Sydney for occupying…

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"Business As Usual" Whilst Fire Rages

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

The whole of a weekly wash, a weatherboard laundry and fittings, a large number of rafters and portion of a kitchen ceiling and wall were destroyed when fire gutted the rear of premises occupied by Ern Johnstone, Main -street barber,…

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Fight Against Bushfires Councils Want Legislation

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 10

“We have once again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Christmas Season, has…

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Fire Brigade Report

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 19

An inspector of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades was in Dunedoo last week and looked over the whole "box in dice." His report is one in the eye…

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Home Destroyed by Fire (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

MANILDRA. —Quite a stir was caused in Manildra recently when a fire was discovered In Mr. Gerald Finn’s…

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Bushfire Danger Oberon

National Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

At a meeting of "Oberon Shire Council to-day Cr. Cotton reported that he with Sgt. E. H. Hughes, was called out to the Black Springs bush…

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Sad Fire Fatality at Newcastle NEWCASTLE, This Aft

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

An 18-months-old baby, Kerry Hunt, was burned to death and five other people injured, one seriously, when a fire destroyed…

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Rifle Fire "To Destroy Rabbits" Abercrombie Council Criticism

National Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

Criticism of a suggestion that rabbits could be eradicated by rifle fire was voiced by a member of Abercrombie Shire Council at yesterday's…

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Fire Fatality

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 11

NEW YORK, Tuesday. — A second person died yesterday from burns received on Sunday, when an apartment house…

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£2000 Damage in Lithgow Blaze P.M.G. Property Involved

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday: Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which broke out today at the rear of a building used by the P.M.G…

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Another Fire Victim Dead

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday: A second person died yesterday from burns received on Sunday When an apartment house was set on fire by a youth…

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Fake Broadcast Bodies Recovered After Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 5

QUITO [?] —Most of the persons [?] for the burning of a radio station of Saturday [?]…

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£2,000 Damage at Store-room Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 5

A fire early yesterday morning completely gutted the back portion of a weatherboard cottage, used by the Post Office as a store -room, workshop and office, in Roy -street, and caused about £2,000 damage when irreplaceable records,…

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Lithgow Fire

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 8

LITHGOW, Wednesday. — Damage estimated at £2,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at the rear of a…

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Camp Set On Fire At Culya

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

Orange police are investigating the cause of a fire at Culya, near Clergate, on Monday…

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Grass Fire Near Tip

Central Western Daily · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

A fire, which broke out in a rubbish tip, just off the Cargo Road, yesterday afternoon, destroyed a nearby area of grass Orange Fire Brigade, which was notified of the outbreak…

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