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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 17 of 20

Bushfires in North

National Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE. Friday: Big bushfires are raging on Cape York Peninsula and the central west of Queensland and many thousands of acres of…

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Big Bushfires Burning in North Queensland

Central Western Daily · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.—Big bush fires are burning on Cape York Peninsula in far North Queensland and much feed is being…

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Need to Construct Fire Breaks Now (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 12

Sir,—This is a record year of flood and may be also a record of fire destruction. So do not start crying when your houses are on…

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Children Die in Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 3

GARRETT (Pennsylvania), Monday. — Six sleeping children died in a fire which swept through a wooden house in this…

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Fire at Newspaper Office

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

FORBES, Monday: Firemen today prevented an explosion and possibly a serious fire at the Advocate newspaper office…

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Bush Fire Brigade Officers Appointed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 2

Ilford: Captain, Mr. N. Weatherley; Deputy Captains, Messrs. A. Bartlett (Running Stream), and R. Harding (Sofala)…

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Under Fire Liquor Act

Central Western Daily · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The unendorsed Labor member for Sydney, Mr. J. G. Geraghty, today made an unsuccessful effort…

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Bush Fire Brigades

Central Western Daily · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 10

CUDAL— Boree Shire Council will carry out further their investigation in reply to a request from Ameren…

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Big Harbor Blaze Destroys Valuable Boats

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--A spectacular fire early this morning gutted the shipyard of B. J. Halfvorsen, at Berry's Bay, North…

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Cricket Ground Buildings Gutted Launceston Blaze

National Advocate · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

LAUNCESTON. Thursday: The main grandstands, dressing rooms and pavilion at the Launceston Cricket Ground were completely destroyed by…

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Another Sydney Blaze Woman Burned to Death

National Advocate · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Another fire fatality occurred in Sydney this morning, making a toll of 3 in the last 30 hours…

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City Basement Fire Tragedy

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Detectives an fire brigade officers are to-day continuing their investigation into the deaths of two men in…

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City Fire Inquiry Report to Coroner

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday Inquiries into the deaths on Saturday of two men in the basement of the Liverpool St. fire-gutted building were continued…

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Child Burnt in Hut Fire Near-Tragedy at Burraga

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2

A six-months-old boy, Ronald Archibald Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Pearce, of Burraga, was severely burned about the arms…

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Bushfire Hazard

National Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 2

The Bushfires Advisory Committee, Chief Secretary's Department, wrote to last night's meeting of Bathurst Council, drawing attention to the…

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Gamboola Bush Fire Brigade Re-formed

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 9

Gamboola Bush Fire Brigade was re-formed at a meeting in Molong Town Hall, recently, Amaroo Shire…

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Hotel Fire

National Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 2

The Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call at 11 o'clock lost night to extinguish a fire in the kitchen of the Knickerbocker Hotel. Fat had been…

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Bushfires Rage in S.A. Adelaide Swelters in Heatwave ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

Many towns in South Australia registered more than 100 degrees, as heavy dust storms moved over the land, and bushfires raged in the…

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Bush Fire Brigade Officers Elected

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

Council received reports annual meetings of the Garian and Gallymont Bush Fire gades at its November meeting…

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Trains Collide Fire Destroys Station

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday: A troop train and a goods train collided head on yesterday at Serevan (Georgia) Slightly injuring 26 persons…

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