Fell on Fire Woman Dies
WOLLONGONG, Sunday: A woman who was badly burned when she fell Into an open campfire at Bowral on January 17, died in Bulli Hospital…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
590 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 30
Bushfires in Queensland Vast Areas Razed
SYDNEY, Sunday: About 40 big bushfires are burning tonight over an area of 15,000 square miles in southwestern Queensland. Fires…
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Bushfires in the Burraga and adjacent districts prevented delegates from that region attending Friday night's meeting of the Australian…
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A grass and rubbish fire at the rear of Gaffney's premises in Howick St., at 1.35 yesterday afternoon was promptly attended by the Bathurst…
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Bushfires continued raging today in south west Queensland where more than 30 separate fires have been reported. More than 3 million acres…
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LANSING (Michi.), Monday: Nineteen-year-old Richard Shay confessed to setting a fire which caused four million dollars (£1,785,714 Aust.),…
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The action of the Railway Department in burning off along the railway line during the heat of the day in the present danger period of bush fires was severely criticised at the monthly meeting of the…
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Approximately 5 acres of grass on a vacant lot between Howick and Russell Streets, near the District Hospital caught fire at 9 o'clock last…
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Wilson's Promontory lighthouse was able to keep going tonight although a bush fire today destroyed several buildings around it…
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WELLINGTON, Tuesday: Fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harden and their 10 children at Apsley, near Wellington, last night…
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Lightning is believed to have started a fire at Merridong Station on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Destroys Car Serious Blaze Prevented Fire Brigade's Smart Work
With its horn blaring noisily, and glazing furiously from bonnet to petrol tank, a 1940 Hudson sedan car confronted members of…
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Officers of the Railways Departments were investigating complaints that burning-off by fettlers along railway lines was…
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A grass fire which broke out at the lower end of Charlotte Street at 5.40 yesterday afternoon, was promptly attended to by the Bathurst Fire…
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At Gunnadah Court three men were fined for lighting fires without permission. Evidence was given that one of the…
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For three men have been fighting a bushfire in a big sheep growing district in Central Western Queensland…
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A bush fire started in scrub country at Neilrex last week, caused by lightning. The Merry-goen bush fire brigade, under…
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A fire threatened to destroy the Sydney Dry Cleaners premises in Summer Street and adjacent building in the early hours of yesterday morning. Orange Fire Brigade stopped…
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NYNGAN Thursday: A bushfire which broke out at Muriel Tank between Nyngan and Cobar this afternoon was reported to be burning first…
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HERMIDALE, Friday: Yesterday's fire in the Hermidale district was brought under control last night. The blaze b[?]rnt out an area 14 miles by…
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