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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 8 of 20

Fire Brigade Called Out In Heavy Rain

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

Orange fire brigade was called out in powering Rules yesterday morning when a fire started in the industry of Wolmori College Fireman were asked after the…

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Marine Fire Fighting

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: Two new Royal Air Force fire floats, representing latest developments in marine fire fighting. were recently demonstrated for the…

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Narromine Hotel Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 1

NARROMINE, Tuesday: Fire and flood struck Narromine simultaneously this morning. While residents in low-lying areas…

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Youngsters Believed Responsible For Fires At Two Local Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 1

Three apparently deliberate attempts to burn down pit top facilities at both the Lithgow Valley and Hermitage collieries were foiled during the holiday period, while police were called this morning to investigate reports that attempts…

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Arrests Follow Mine Fires Lithgow

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

Pit top fires at two Western collieries are being investigated by Lithgow police who have made some arrests…

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Council Is Still Dissatisfied Over Our Fire Protection

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

"If they would cut out the red tape and statistics and get down to real facts we might be able to get somewhere," declared Aid. J. Dudley at last night's City Council meeting when criticising the refusal of the Board of Fire…

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Russians Alleged Aerial Spying and Fire on U.s. Planes

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--An immediate enquiry into Soviet charges that an American military aircraft, allegedly a Superfortress, violated Russian territory on the Bal[?]ic on Easter Saturday and had fired on a flight of…

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Fire Brigade at Ca[?]las

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 9

Bush Fire [?] have now been [?] in almost every important portion of the Canobolas Shire President J. M. Caldwell…

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Russians Fire on Us, Naval Bomber Disobeyed Order To Land

Central Western Daily · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—A US Navy patrol bomber fired on and presumably shot down last Saturday over Latvia, is officially stated to have been unarmed…

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£85,000 Damage-- Fire At Commercial Centre Jeldi's Factory Total Wreck

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

Awakened by crackling flames and the continuous roar of exploding fibro sheets, hundreds of residents in! their night attire turned out early this morning to watch a Spectacular blaze which completely gutted the Jeldi…

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Island Oil Fire Deaths

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Wednesday.-- The death roll in the Pulau Samboe Island oil blaze rose to eight yesterday, when three snore Indonesians died…

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Lithgow Factory Gutted by Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—A spectacular fire, which lit up the whole of Lithgow and awakened hundreds of…

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Five Dead in Big Oil Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Tuesday (AAP- Reuter).— Casualties in the oil fire at Pulau Samboe Island, near Singapore, are now five dead, one…

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Five Dead in Oil Fire Malayan Disaster

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 4

SINGAPORE, Tuesday: Casualties in the oil fire at Pulau Samboe Island, near Singapore, are now five dead, one in hospital with serious…

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Big Fire at Lithgow Factory Premises Gutted

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW. Tuesday: A fire, causing damage estimated at thousands of pounds, destroyed the Jeldi Manufacturing Company's factory at Lithgow…

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Eight Die in Oil Blaze

National Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Wednesday: Death roll in the alau Samboe Island oil blaze rose to eight yesterday when three more Indonesians died from…

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Three More Deaths From Oil Blaze

Central Western Daily · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter).—Deathroll in the Pulan Samboe Island oil blasxe rose to eight yesterday…

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Inquiry Into Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 4

LITHGOW, Wednesday: A Die in the premises occupied by Jeldi Ltd., is being investigated by CIB arson squad, who ispected the ruins of the…

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Fanatics Fire Village Nudists Activities

National Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 2

NELHON (British Columbia), Friday: A report reaching here late yesterday said that the village of Krestown, populated by the fanatical…

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Serious Blaze Averted

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

Sparks from a drill being used in repair work ignited escaping gas on the top of one of Council's gas holders shortly before three o'clock this…

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