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

Fires & bushfires, 1952

574 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 29

Railway Department Came Under Fire at Monday Night's Mudgee Municipal Council Meeting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 19

The Railway Department was under criticism at Monday night's meeting of Mudgee Municipal Council. In reply to a request by…

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Homes Threatened by Factory Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Firemen early to-day broke into a house to warn a deaf and dumb couple of a fire…

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Grange Man On Fire Board

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 7

Mr. Hector Mackenzie of Orange was again elected represented for country municipalities and shires on the Board of Fire Commissioners when he de feated 13 other…

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Buildings Lost in Botany Blaze

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A three storey building and the house next door were destroyed by fire at Botany near : — [?]ney this afternoon…

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Fire Engines in Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Three firemen were killed and six others seriously injured in the collision of two fire engines…

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Glen Davis Fire Victims Deaths Accidental

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 3

An inquest into the deaths of two Glen Davis fire victims Norman Patterson and Charles Henry Wade, was held by the…

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Minor Fire At S.A.F.

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 3

Although a fire which broke out in an oil pot, in the Small Arms Factory last night was of un exceedingly minor-nature,…

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Woman on Arson Charge Guest House Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 1

ARMIDALE, Tuesday: Detectives arrested a woman in Armidale today and charged her with setting fire to the Mountain View Guest House in the…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 2

A chimney fire at 218 Keppel Street shortly before 7, o'clock last night was promptly attended by the Bathurst. Fire Brigade under the direction of…

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Outbreak of Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 17

A fiFe broke out in the kitchen of. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Holding's residence some few miles from…

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Disastrous Fire at Merriwa

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 14

The biggest town fire Merriwa has experienced for a long time occurred recently in the…

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Cracker Caused Fatal Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 11

An inquest into the deaths of two Glen Davis fire victims, Norman Patterson and Charles Henry…

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Lunch-time Fire Partly Destroys House; Contents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 16

A firs in Gulgong at lunch time last Thursday partly destroyed a house in Bayley Street…

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Bushfire Inquiry

Central Western Daily · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 6

Railwaymen are expected to be key witnesses at a ushfire inquiry to be held in Goulburn on Friday, June…

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Bushfire Brigades

Central Western Daily · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY. — The Government will be urged to establish an organisation similar to the wartime national…

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Ratepayers' Petition "Attempt to Blackmail Crs." Bushfire Organisation Saved More Than Total Rates Paid, Says Boree Shire President

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 3

Boree Shire ratepayers had been saved more through the bush fire fighting system organised by Council, than they would pay in total rates this year, Shire President, R…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire Wallangarra Blaze

National Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: At Wallangara this morning National Service Trainees from a camp nearby helped police fight a fire which destroyed the town's…

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Motor Cycle Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 16

A motor cycle, which was parked in front of the Commercial. Hotel in Mayne. Street last Sunday morning…

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In Hospital After Clothes Caught Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Lithgow ambulance rushed a Littleton woman to the hospital for treatment to burns…

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Seven Die in Fire Arson Alleged

National Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday: A fire brigade official alleges that an arsonist set fire to a four storey Brooklyn tenement yesterday and then stayed…

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