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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 17 of 29

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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Fire Insurance Losses Companies Hard Hit

National Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Tariff insurance companies lost nearly £2 million as a result of last summer's bushfires in Australia…

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Fire and Floods Delay Central West Express

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

Flames threatened to burn out the power van as the Central Western express streaked along the track from Bathurst to Lithgow yesterday, more than an hour late through the swirling…

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Brigade Called Out When Fire Starts on Train Engine

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

Molong Fire Brigade yas called out yesterday (Thursday) when a fire broke out on the engine of the Central…

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Fire on Train

National Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2

LITHGOW, Friday: The Central West Express train ran into a lot of trouble yesterday. Flames threatened to burn out the…

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Bushfires Conference

National Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Abercrombie Shire Council, it was decided to send a representative to the conference of Volunteer Bush Fire…

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Hotel Fire

National Advocate · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

Prompt action by members of Bathurst Fire Brigade in extinguishing a smouldering lounge chair at the Family Hotel at 12.30 yesterday morning,…

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Bushfires On Mountains And Floods In West

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Aft.--The levee around the small town of Darlington Point early toway was still holding back…

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Fire Danger

Central Western Daily · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 14

As the result or a motion at the annual conference of bushfire brigades in the Young district, the…

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No Danger From Bushfire on Mountains

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 5

The bushfire which started during a gale on King's Tableland, Wentworth Falls, on Tuesday night was dying down…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire at a residence at 74 Rocket St., shortly after 4.30 yesterday afternoon. S.S.O. Clemens and…

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Spectacular Brooklyn Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK,Tuesday.-- Forty firemen were injured and a watchman was missing and feared dead yesterday in…

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Air Force Personnel Learn Fire Fighting

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

Today eight Air Force personnel from the Marrangaroo Air Force camp began a course in fire-fighting. The course will extend for a period of eight to ten weeks and the men will be instructed by local fire…

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40 Firemen Injured in Big Blaze

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Forty firemen were injured and a watchman was missing and feared dead yesterday in one of the most spectacular fires alone…

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Forty Injured in Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday.— Forty firemen were injured and a watchman was missing and feared dead…

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Frosts Not Threat To Fire Service

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 4

A fire brigade officer said today there was little chance of a fire engine falling to start because of Intense cold…

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Big Fire in Ship

National Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An overseas freighter is on fire at her berth at Pyrmont, and may settle on the bottom…

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Fire in Dunedoo Hayshed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 18

On Tuesday of last week a fire broke out in Mr. W. Tranter's hayshed in Cobbora Street. Mr. Ern Milling,…

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Removal of Fire Hazards

National Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bushfire authorities today urged councils to, act at once in having all bushfire hazards removed from the vicinity of…

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Fire Brigade in Action

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 12

The local fire brigade was once again called to action on Tuesday morning, when a chimney at the local…

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