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

Fires & bushfires, 1950

398 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 20

Fire in Storeroom

National Advocate · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a fire on Saturday night which had broken out in the store and boiler room at California…

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Roundabout Adelaide—city of Flue Fires

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 6

Adelaide is rapidly gammy the reputation as the city of flue fires. Only recently a near-disastrous fire broke Majestic Hotel. It started…

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Fire at Abattoirs Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

Twenty-seven brigades attended a fire this afternoon in the chilling rooms of the Continental Packing Co, at the State Abattoirs, Sydney…

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Old Lady Fell Into Fire

Central Western Daily · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 1

MILLTHORPE, Thursday.—Mr. Percy Kingham, one of Millthorpe’s leading farmers, is seriously ill at his home…

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Petrol Fire on Flood Waters

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 11

NEW YORK, Monday. —Five persons are dead and at least ten others missing after floods and fire devasred west Union…

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Fire Alarms in Rain; No Damage

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 2

Orange fire brigade answered two alarms yesterday, but neither of them proved serious and little…

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Blayney Fire Alarms

Central Western Daily · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 9

Blayney residents are asking for five fire alarms to be installed at various points in the town…

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80 Die in Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 3

DAMASCUS, Wednesday: Eighty people were killed and hundreds injured when a depot containing inflammable. and explosive materials…

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Fire in Country Press Rooms Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 3

There se[?] to the Country Press rooms in Barrack street, City early this morning. Police believe the thieves were…

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Main Street Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 3 July 1950 · page 4

Paint on the walls and ceiling was blistered and a window broken by heat and flames in the kitchen of Mr. Joe Marchesi's fruit and…

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Good Save in Bathurst Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 2

Bathurst firemen made a good save yesterday when clothing which had been placed in front of a fire, caught alight and also set alight to articles…

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Fire Brigade Activities

National Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1950 · page 2

During the past six months, Bathurst Fire Brigade attended 14 calls. In comparison with previous years this total is cosidered small. For the…

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Mill Premises Damaged By Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: This afternoon firemen from five brigades worked in pouring rain to put out a fierce fire, which gutted part of the Sydney…

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Reduced Fire Protection When Brigade Called To 'Wang— Butchery Business Destroyed

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 2

Firefighters stood helplessly by while fire completely gutted a butchery business and dry-cleaning depot in Main- street, Wallerawang, last night, because the township was entirely devoid of any form of firefighting equipment…

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Wallerawang Agitates For Fire Protection

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 4

Unless Wallerawang is provided with firefighting equipment now that the new township is growing, if even only with a few cottages at a time, residents will never feel safe while they have to rely on Lithgow, eight miles away, to. give them an almost…

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Fire Danger in Grazing Areas Queensland Fears

National Advocate · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday: In northern central and western Queensland the authorities are taking precautions to protect one third of Queensland's…

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Big Fire at Aldershot

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: The military show at the historic garrison, town of Aldershot, which the King and Queen were to have Inspected this week…

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Fire Brigades' Display Request to Bathurst Council

National Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 4

The resident country inspector of N.S.W. Fire Brigades, wrote to last night's meeting of Bathurst Council, stating that during his recent visit to…

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Extraordinary Lithgow Fire Manhole Alight in Rest Room Basement

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 4

Mystery surrounded a fire which broke out in the sewer manhole beneath the newly erected ladies' retiring rooms in Main- Street this…

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Complaint On Fire Plug Signs

Central Western Daily · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 11

Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. has complained to Orange City Council that in many cases fire hydrant…

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