Oberon Fire Checked By Prompt Action
OBERON, Tuesday: What might have developed into a serious fire was prevented last night by the prompt action of Mr. William Haswell, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1949
454 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 23
Portland May Have Local Fire Brigade
Blaxland Shire Council will make preliminary investigations concerning the establishment of a fire station at Portland, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Priest Under Fire Defied Archbishop
BOSTON, Wednesday. — Jesuit priest, the Rev. Leonard Feeney, said yesterday he had been “silenced”…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rubbish Tip on Fire Smoke Nuisance
Orange fire brigade took more than an hour to extinguish some burning rubbish in a tip in Byng Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board of Fire Commissioners
There are ten candidates nominated for the Board of Fire Commissioner election on June 7, 1949. The following are the candidates: John Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning to Be Given of Forestry Fires
In future seasons, the Forestry Commission will warn residents of any area where burning off is to be carried out that such action…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Fire Station Change
[?] the next few weeks the per[?] stall of the Bathurst Fire Station will be reduced from three to one [?] relieving officer and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires in U.S.A. and Canada New York
Disastrous forest fires are reported from America and Canada. Conflagrations which destroyed…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—A fire completely destroyed a giant cooling tower at the Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spark Probably Caused Fire Fire Chief's Severe Criticism on Lack of Water
Sparks from a welding plant on top of the cooling tower at the Power House are believed to have caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tower Destroyed by Fire £30,000 Damage at Lithgow
LITHGOW, Tuesday: A fire completely destroyed a giant cooling tower at Lithgow power station this afternoon. Damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow's Most Disastrous Fire -- £30,000 Cooling Tower Destroyed
Sabotage was not suspected, police said to-day, during their investigations into the disastrous fire which completely destroyed a new cooling tower at Lithgow Power…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable's Bravery In Tragic Glasgow Blaze LONDON
At least 13 persons-- all girls are dead and 24 people, including two, firemen, injured as a result of a disastrous fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lihgow Fire Inquiry
LITHGOW, Wednesday: Railway authorities at Lithgow today held a private inquiry into the fire yesterday which destroyed the new £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Water To Fight Fire
LITHGOW, Wednesday. — If a fire broke out at the Lithgow power station the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Will Not May Line Electrification
An assurance that the fire which destroyed a £30,000 cooling tower at the Power Station, on Tuesday, would not delay the western rail electrification plans, has been given the Acting Minister for Transport by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirteen Girls Killed in Glasgow Fire LONDON
Thirteen Glasgow girl workers were burned to death when a fashion store in the city went up in flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →13 Girls Dead in Disastrous Fire
LONDON, Thursday.—At least 13 persons— all girls—are dead and 24 people including two firemen injured as a result of a disastrous fire which yesterday turned a fashion store in Glasgow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →13 Girls Die in Fire Glasgow Tragedy
LONDON, Thursday: Thirteen girls died in the Glasgow millinery shop fire yesterday, police have announced. Twenty-four people, including two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Delay in Rail Scheme Lithgow Cooling Tower Fire
SYDNEY, Thursday: An assurance that the fire which destroyed a Cooling tower at Lithgow power station would not delay the western rail…
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