Melb. Fire Dispute Avoided Regulation Strike Continues
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A full strike of Melbourne firemen was averted today after conferences between the Fire Brigades Unions the State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1949
454 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 23
Opposition Leader Under Fire On Rabbit Prosecution
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, said today that he would ask the Bathurst P.P. Board why the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Treatt, was not prosecuted for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →200 Tons of Straw Endangered by Fire
About 200 tons of straw were endangered when a fire broke out in a tree hear the Solomit Works at Molong yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horse Lost in Stable Fire
BALLARAT, Friday: The racehorse Miss Pamelus was killed by fire which destroyed a section of Mr. E. W. Craig's Shady Acres stud at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Editor Under Fire at Conference Official Journal Article
The action of the editor of The Wheatgrower in printing an article was overwhelmingly resented at a conference of the central Divisional Council of the Wheat growers’ Union of N.S.W., held at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Fire At Schofields R.A.A.F. Station SYDNEY, This Afternoon
More than £60,000 damage was caused when a fire gutted the control building at Schofields R.A.A.F. Station last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires at Bathurst
Two fires occurred yesterday in Bathurst, the first breakout being report to Bathurst Fire Brigade at 2.14 a.m. Under Station Officer F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Equipment For Fire Fighting
A feature of the Bushfires Advisory Committee’s Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mouse Nearly Set House on Fire
A mouse nearly set a house alight in Mulyan Cowra, recently. The owner of the house had just lit a fire under the copper, using scraps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Toll in American Hospital Fire New York
It is reported that 57 lives were lost in the disastrous fire which destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital at Effingham, an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →57 Lives Lost In Hospital Fire
NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Fifty-seven lives were lost in the disastrous fire which destroyed St. Anthony’s Hospital at Effingham, Illinois. The death-roll includes 10 new-born infants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →57 Die in Fire U.S. Tragedy
NEW YORK, Wednesday: Fifty seven lives were lost in the disastrous Site which destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital at Effingham —an Illinois…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Verdict in Schofield Fire Inquiry SYDNEY
The Court of Inquiry into the Schofield (R.A.A.F.) fire has reached a verdict. In its official report, it states that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Fire Deathroll 72 New York
The total of known dead and reported missing in the St. Anthony Hospital fire, at Effingham (Illinois), is now mentioned at 72…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.A.F. Employee Invents Fire Escape--No Official Recognition
Efforts by a Small Arms Factory employee to interest the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S. Wales in his plans for auxiliary fire escapes on buildings have, to date, proved unsuccessful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Damage in Inverell Fire Inverell. This Afternoon
Damage of more than £40,000 was caused in a fire Which gutted the buildings of, the Inverell Milling Company early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Mill
SYDNEY, Friday: Flames leaping more than 100 feet into the air lit up Inverell early today when a three story flour mill of the Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Wheels Bathurst Outbreak
A crowd of 150 to 200 people quickly gathered in William St. last night when Bathurst firemen commenced to unload a furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Churchill Under Fire U.S. Criticism WASHINGTON
Slighting reference to Winston Churchill by [?] opponents and supports of the bill to extend Marshal [?] for another year marked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warning on Lighting of Fires
The Canobolas Shire Council has decided to warn a Nashdale landholder who lighted a number of fires in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →