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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 21 of 29

Crimn[?] Fire

National Advocate · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to a ch mney fire at 228 Lambert St. early yesterday morning. SSO. Clemens and eleven men attended the…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 2

Bathurst [?] was called [?] chimney the at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. [?] SSO Commons and 11 men attended…

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Kandos Bushfire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 11

Mr. Cooke, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Justice, that Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., has…

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Fire Control

Central Western Daily · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 11

The Forestry Department will use aircraft and mobile radio station to facilitate bushfire control…

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Early Morning Fire Alarm

National Advocate · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

At 4 o'clock this morning, Bathurst Fire Brigade turned out in response to a call from a residence in lower Rankin Street. Investigation revealed…

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Shire President Elected As Fire Brigades Group Captain

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

A conference of Bushfire Brigades at Cumnock on Monday elected as Group Captain of the Shire, the…

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Bushfire Menace

National Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The acute bushfire danger expected in NSW during the coming summer, was emphasised by Government and local authorities…

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Another Petrol Fire Threat on Sydney Harbor

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--For the second time In five days the port of Sydney [?]day was menaced by petrol…

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General News Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire at £29 George Street yesterday morning. SSO Clemens and 10 men attended and extinguished the…

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Tragedy in Migrant Camp Hospital Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, This Afternoon.--Five young migrant children and possibly nine were burned to death in a fire which swept through the hospital of Somers migrant camp, 40 miles from…

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5 Children Die in Fire Migrant Camp Tragedy

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Five sick children were burned to death in a migrant camp hospital at Somers early today…

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Plans to Combat Bushfires

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Lessons learned by Forestry authorities in NSW while fighting the disastrous bushfires last summer have become the basis for…

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Fire Control

Central Western Daily · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 9

The Forestry Department will use aircraft and mobile radio stations to facilitate bushfire control…

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Railways Promise Fire Brigades Full Co-operation Fire Brigade Conference at Cumnock

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 7

Many bushfires started last summer by railway locomotives could be attributed to the use of coal in which there were large quantities of dirt, a representative of the…

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No Fire Breaks Because of Early Prohibition by Chief Secretary

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 6

The Chief Secretary's Department will be asked not to prohibit the lighting of fires in the open until a date…

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Volunteer Fire Fighters Risked Lives at Harvey Range Fire Molong, Cumnock Would Have Been Threatened Had Wind Changed, Say Speakers at Brigades Conference

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 6

A change of wind during the fire in the Harvey Ranges last year could have been disastrous and an area from the ranges to Orange—some 50 miles—could have been…

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Galvanised Iron Available for Bushfire, Flood Sufferers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 7

The supply of galvanised, iron has improved to such an extent that all suffers in floods or bushfires could…

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Fire Hazard On State Reserves

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 4

The State forest reserve at Hampton was a "tinder box" endangering the whole of the district, and the Forestry authorities, who had taken many thousands of pounds from the area, should be…

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"Bush Fire Day" at Parkes

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 2

"Bush Fire Day", (26th September), the Friday [?] Local Government Week [?] Parkes, will be given over…

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Race Track Fire Disaster

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 4

BELMONT, New York, Tuesday: Death toll in Sunday's night's fire that destroyed a racing barn at the Belmont Park race track rose…

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