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

Fires & bushfires, 1951

590 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 30

Cease-fire Appeal

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday: United Nations Secretary (Trygve Lie) has again urged both sides in the Korean war to take any advantage to open talks…

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Waterfront Fire Kills Five

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 5

HAVANA (Cuba), Tuesday.— At least five men have been killed and 11 injured in a raging petrol fire that swept for a mile…

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Five Die in Petrol Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 4

HAVANA. (Cuba), Tuesday: At least five men have been killed and 11 Injured in a raging petrol fire that swept for a mile alone the waterfront…

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Family's Lucky Escape in Katoomba Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

KATOOMBA, This Afternoon.--A man, his wife and their baby escaped down a blazing stairway after being trapped by fire in their bedroom at Katoomba early to-day…

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Trygve Lie Urges Open Talk on Korean Cease Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—United Nations Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, has again urged both sides in the Korean war to take any advantage to open talks on a cease-fire in Korea…

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Ex-woodstock Man Under Fire Orange R.S.L. Seeks An Investigation

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

A Woodstock man who is now a building contractor at Orange, Mr. Bill Dresser, has been under fire from the Orange Sub-Branch…

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Family Escape From Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

KATOOMBA. Wednesday: Trapped in a flaming bedroom by a fierce fire, a man, his wife and baby daughter escaped down a blazing staircase to…

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Third Fire In 12 Months

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--A fire broke out in the premises of Donson Products Pty. Ltd., Marrickville, this…

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£20,000 Damage in Foundry Fire Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

Firemen fought for more than two hours early today to control a Maze in a Marrickville foundry which caused damage estimated at £20,000…

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McKELL Under Fire Jubilee Defence Talks

National Advocate · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Sunday: Influential Hindustan Times, in an editorial yesterday, expressed surprise that the Australian Governor General (Mr…

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Fire to Maintain Neutral Policy

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

DUBLIN, Tuesday. Prime Minister [?]n de Valera said today that there will no chance of Fire joining the Atlantic Pact while Ireland…

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Firebug Used Kerosene To Start Blaze In Factory, Detectives Say

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

A fire at the Moonrise Bedding factory in Forest Road late on Monday night was deliberately caused by Kerosene being poured over the office floor and ignited, detectives said yesterday…

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New Moves in Cease Fire Proposal Chinese Red Leader Wants "Peaceful Settlement" London

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 2

It is reliably reported that UNO Secretary, General Trygve Lie has decided to cut short his holiday in Norway and will leave by air for New York today. Reuter says Lie will make a stop in London for a…

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Cease Fire New York

National Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 7

[?], Persian President of the United Nations General Assembly, has not yet succeeded in making an appointment with Russia's…

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Malik Still “Indisposed” Delegates Suggest Cease Fire by Field Commanders

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday—Nasroliah Enteaam, the Persian president of (the United Nations General Assembly, has not yet succeeded ii making an appointment Russia's Jacob Malik to discuss the Soviet…

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Youth, 17, set fire to factory office; sent to reformatory

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 1

A 17-year-old Orange youth had admitted ransacking an office on Monday night and then pouring kerosene on the floor and setting fire to it a detective said in the Childrens’ Court yesterday…

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Moscow Talks on Cease Fire Proposal Battlefield Commanders Urged to Negotiate Washington

National Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 2

Russia is reported to have told the United States that moves towards a truce in Korea should take the form of military negotiations between the North Koreans and United Nations' fields commanders…

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Atom Explosion Photographed a Crimson Fire Box

National Advocate · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sunday: A colored photograph of an atomic explosion has just been released by the Atomic Energy Commission…

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Early Decision Likely on Cease Fire Proposal

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--American Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Allied Supreme Commander, General Ridgway, exchanged messages yesterday on the Communist proposal for Korean…

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Cease Fire Prospects Ridgway Opposed Reds Suggest Conference July 10. TOKIO

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 2

IT is expected that the United Nations Commander (General Ridgway) will request that ceasefire talks in Korea be held…

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