Mine Thrown Idle By Surface Blaze
Gas and smoke fumes, drawn into Ivanhoc Colliery by the air-intake system from a surface fire on Friday affected eight men working in a section and caused the mine to be idle today…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
574 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 29
Chimney Fire
Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire at the surgery of Dr. Busby on the corner of Keppel and Bentinck Streets early yesterday…
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A spectacular and disastrous fire occurred at the Dubbo Showground one night last week, when five…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A number of regional conference are being organised by the Bush Fine Committee and three will be held during. August and…
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A number of regional conferences are being organised by the Bush Fire Committee and these will be held during August and September. Locations tentatively chosen for these conferences are Narrabri,…
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DUBBO, Tuesday: The Chamber or Commerce was told last night that recent floods in the Macquarie River had created a fire hazard in sections…
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Bathurst fire brigade was called to a residence at 21 Moresby Way last night to extinguish a chimney fire…
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NEW YORK, Thrus.--Fires m the United States killed more than 11,000 persons in 1951…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday: A Brazilian passenger plane with 24 persons aboard, caught fire in the…
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Boree Shire Council on Monday agreed to supply at the earliest possible date, fire fighting equipment for…
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VANCOUVER. Friday: Great forest fires yesterday raced on across the foodlands of British Columbia leaving millions of dollars of havoc in their…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A Supremo Court writ has been issued against the NSW Railway; Commissioner claiming £75,000 damages on behalf of the…
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Members of New South Wales Fire Commissioners, including the president, will arrive in Lithgow tomorrow…
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Two experts from the Criminal Investigation Bureau's Arson Squad, Sydney, visited Lithgow this week to carry out further enquiries into a fire which destroyed Messrs. Wood and Wood's…
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An entirely new fire brigade with engine, permanent officer and volunteers would be established at Littleton to give Lithgow greater fire protection if the City Council would assist by erecting a fire station building to house the valuable equipment, the President of the Board of N.S.W. Fire…
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Bathurst Fire brigade attended a chimeny fire at the home of Dr. Steele in Howick Street yesterday afternoon. The outbreak was extinguished with…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Chief Secretary. Mr. Kelly, told the leader of the Country Party. Mr. Bruxner, in the Legislative Assembly today, that…
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Canobolas Shire council will not be responsible for the enforcement of fire prevention nor the supervision of fire lighting in the Orange district…
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A team of Mudgee riflemen visited Goolma on Sunday, and, although the weather was not really…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--A woman dragged an elderly widow from her burning bed at Annandale, a…
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