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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 13 of 30

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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Fire at Uni

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At Sydney University this evening' the roof of the great hall was damaged by rire…

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—— Girls Poured Petrol on Kitchen Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

Two young girls set their parents' home at Millthorpe ablaze yesterday when they poured petrol in the kitchen stove,…

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Bushfires in Queensland

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Bushfires broke out again In Queensland tonight In the western part of the State, workers from the township of Claremont…

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Big Fire Out of Control Queensland Blaze

National Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday: In the bushfire belt around Claremont in Central Queensland the big bushfire is now hopelessly out of control, but…

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Disastrous City Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--People fled from their homes carrying furniture and personal belongings when fire broke out…

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Big Fires Raging in Queensland Huge Area Affected

National Advocate · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday: Huge bushfires are still burning in parts of Queensland. They are sweeping through the…

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Fires in Bathurst Area

National Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 2

Station Officer of the Bathurst Fire Brigade, J. Clemens, said yesterday that local firemen had attended only 41 fires up to date this year. This was…

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Lighted fire Guides Searchers To Lost Glen Davis Hikers

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

Weak from want of food and from exposure, two men who had been missing in the rough bush country north of Glen Davis since Sunday were found this morning by two searchers who set out…

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Forest Fires in U.s

National Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 3

NSW YORK, Wednesday: More than 500 forest fires, largely the result of lightning storms, are creating the most dangerous situation for years…

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Fire Station Building

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 20

Hope that a start would be made within a few weeks on the re-erection of a building in Dunedoo for use as a fire station, was expressed…

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3 Children Die in Fire Tragedy at Albert

National Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

PARKES, Wednesday: Three children aged five, four and three were burned to death last night when fire destroyed a hut on a sheep station…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

A chimney fire at a residence in Stewart Street at about 9.30 last night was promptly attended to by the Bathurst Fire Brigade. The blaze was…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

Bathurst firemen were called out last night to a chimney fire at 25[?] Howick Street, residence of Mr. and Mrs. McCullagh firemen had the…

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Queensland Fire Outbreak

National Advocate · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday. Big bushfires have broken out again in the Emerald district of Central Queensland. One blaze has already burnt out…

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Fire Damage At Hostel

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

Discovered by the night watchman early on Saturday morning a Are at the Littleton hostel caused…

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Jumped From Building to Escape Fire Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

A man was taken to hospital after jumping from the second floor of a building in Oxford-street, Taylor Square,…

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Blaze at North Coast Sawmill

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

CASINO, This Afternoon-- A fire this morning destroyed about $8,000 worth of machinery and property at the…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 2

Bathurst firemen were called out late yesterday afternoon to a chimney fire at a residence In Bentinck St Fortunately, the blaze was not serious…

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[?] by Saves Parents Woodstock Fire

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 5

A tiny baby saved its parents when their house caught fire at Woodstock last week. The house belonged to Mr. and…

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