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

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Fire Destroys Haystack N

National Advocate · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

A haystack, valued at £200, and owned by Mr. Norman Holmes, of Bathurst was destroyed by fire at the weekend at the owner's property,…

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Car Destroyed Bt Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Two people had a lucky escape from injury yesterday when the car in which they were travelling caught fire on the Perthville Road, near the Lagoon…

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Farewell To Fire Officer

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Members and friends of the Lithgow Fire Brigade gathered at the fire station last night to farewell Station Officer W…

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Seven Dead In Flat Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Monday.— At least seven persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a block of flats here…

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Student Confesses for Fire

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday. — Police allege that Kenneth Skinner 17 year old High School student has confessed to…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

No damage was caused by a chimney fire at the, residence of Mr. A. J. Bond, 182 George Street, yesterday. In response to a call received at the…

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Landmark Damaged by Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Monday: While 400 sightseers crowded through the Scots poet Robble Burns' cottage in Ayrshire, Scotland, yesterday, a 15-years-old…

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Fire Danger from Railway Activities

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 3

DUBBO, Tuesday: Graziers in the Dubbo district want the Railway Department to take greater precautions against bushfires…

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£250,000 Fire Damage City Factory Blaze

National Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Fire caused more than £250,000 damage to a large electrical heavy equipment factory at Alexandria tonight…

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Fire in Truck

National Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 2

A fire which broke out in the seating of a 5-ton truck parked in Kendall Avenue at 4.40 yesterday afternoon was promptly attended to by…

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Cease Fire Talks Near Breakdown

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Friday.--Reports from Communist sources continue to stress wide differences between the rival cease fire terms in Korea on the question of fixing a demilitarised zone…

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Fire Destroys Building at Oberon

National Advocate · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

OBERON, Thursday: Fire practically destroyed a single room building in Dart St., about 8 a.m. yesterday…

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Fire Could Have Been Serious

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 3

A fire in a residence in Bell's road, Oakey Park, during the weekend could have caused serious damage to adjoining…

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"Cease Fire" Talks Appear to Be Failing

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuters).--A Chinese Communist Press despatch from Kaesong to-day claimed that the proposed American demarcation line in Korea "runs deep into our…

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Gales In South -- Bush Fires In North

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Huge bushfires on the North Coast and gales and blizzards in southern areas of the State caused widespread damage last night. Many towns, particularly those along the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers, are threatened with further flooding from melting snows…

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Queensland Fires

National Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: Barracks and accommodation for French workmen on the Queensland housing scheme on the outskirts of Brisbane were…

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Youth’s Letter to Police Told of Setting Fire to Library

Central Western Daily · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 1

A 17-y ear-old youth had written a letter to Orange police-signed “Your Firebug”—in which he admitted burning down the Rural School library and…

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Cease - Fire Proposals Communist Sincerity Doubted

National Advocate · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 2

TOKIO, Sunday: The Korean cease-fire talks today lasted and 10 minutes After the adjournment a communist messenger took a…

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Fire Danger Eases Queensland Grasslands Destroyed

National Advocate · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Much of the bushfire danger in Queensland has passed with the dropping of the high westerly winds which have been…

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Fire-eating Politician Atom Bomb Demand

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Monday: Representative Mendel Rivers (democrat, South Carolina) announced yesterday he was preparing a message to…

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