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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
590 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 30
A grass fire, at Amaroo, on Saturday afternoon, which fire brigades and helpers fought for two hours, before it was brought under control, burned to within 20 yards of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PEAK HILL, Friday: A survey of fire damage to the wheat stored behind Peak Hill railway station yesterday revealed that at least 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CHICAGO, Sunday.—A fourth fireman died yesterday from injuries suffered in the warehouse fire and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A snake incident with an unusual sequel--a man in hospital with two broken ribs--occurred in Lithgow over the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK; Monday: Communist China's initiation inaction to the new United Notions' plan for a Korean settlement has encouraged' Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The NSW Board of Fire Commissioners has acknowledged the Orange City Council’s nomination of Mr. H. K. W. Mackenzio…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Detectives are investigating a mystery fire which broke out in the offices of the Government-owned Newcom colliery, Wallerawang, early today, and destroyed certain records…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, This Afternoon. -- Bushfires are raging over thousands of square miles, causing damage to property and stock in the south-west…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire grass which broke out in a vacant lot in Rankin Street between Rocket and Lambert Streets at 1.10 p.m. yesterday, was promptly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LITHGOW, Wednesday: Detectives from the Arson Squad, and Sydney CIB arrived at Lithgow this afternoon to investigate a mysterious fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, This Aft.--Floods and bushfires are sweeping a great area of Queensland. At Charleville, in the southwest,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Communist China has rejected the United Nations' proposal for a cease fire in Korea. Earlier, the South Korean Assembly had also decided to oppose any such move…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Wednesday: Queensland is passing through one of its Strangest periods of erratic weather, with record floods in one part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Det.-Sergt. Doyle, of the C.I.B. Arson Squad, and Det. W. J. Heron, of Lithgow, to-day continued their investigations into several fires which were deliberately started in the offices of Newcom Colliery, Wallerawang, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Thursday.--Communist China has rejected the United Nations proposals for a cease-fire in Korea and a counter proposal by its Foreign Minister, Chou En Lai, offering a seven-nation conference in China to discuss Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About the biggest sufferer from the recent bush fires in these parts was Mr. John Lyster, of Cargo Road. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early tonight police at Charleville, in Central South Queensland, reported that bushfires were raging over a 50 mile front after clearing 300,000 square…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Friday: The big bushfires in the Adelaide hills to-day cost the live of three civilian policemen who went from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The railway authorities were a law unto themselves, and were without any sense of responsibility, declared Cr. W. E. Morley at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →ORANGE, Sunday. A bushfire which broke out on the Dalton Estate on the Ophir Road, about three miles from Orange yesterday afternoon…
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