Fire Warning
In a letter to the Turon Shire Council yesterday the Bush Fire Committee advised that the Bush Fires Act had been amended in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
435 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 22
“Make Way For Fire Engines”
An appeal to citizens to clear the roads when a fire engine passes was made yesterday by the Chief of Orange Police Inspector L. J. Fordham…
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NEW YORK, Tues. -- United States and British destroyers defied Communist shore batteries yesterday in…
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The Postmaster General, Mr. Anthony, has given instructions that telephone exchanges in country districts, which normally, work restricted…
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At a meeting held on Monday night last in the Kandos C.W.A. room, the Kandoa Bush Fire Brigade was…
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Cr. C. E. G. Nott drew the attention of last meeting of Gulgong Shire Council to bush fires which had broken…
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Bathurst Fire Brigade attended fire in grass and blackberries at the corner of Howick and Havannah Street at 8.15 last night. The…
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The strongest possible condemnation of the blanket prohibition of fire lighting imposed “by…
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POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, Wednesday: A three years old boy died with his two year old brother yesterday, when he tried to save his dog from…
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All possible precautions to prevent bushfires, including regular checking of railway engines, placement of water…
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A grass fire at 45 Morrissett Street at 11.43 yesterday morning was promptly attended by the Bathurst Fire Brigade. SSO Clements and night…
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HOUSTON, Texas, Monday: Fire swept an old tenement house two doors from a fire station yesterday and killed five persons…
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An unexplicable fire completely demolished the home of Mrs. E. Stack at Rydal late on Thursday night. Earlier in the evening, Mrs. Stack had left the home to visit a neighbor. Chancing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bazookas to Quell Fire Gas Well Blaze
MORGAN CITY, Louis., Tuesday: Firefighters called for army bazookas yesterday to shoot off the valves of two gas wells that have burned for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Cemetery
An outbreak of fire in dry grass at the Bathurst Cemetery was promptly checked by the Bathurst Fire Brigade at 2-10 yesterday…
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LONDON, Tuesday: Firemen worked anxiously throughout last night and early this morning to prevent the fuel tanks in the Empress of Canada…
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DUBBO, Tuesday: A fire late this morning caused severe damage to new cold stores that were being constructed at the Dubbo butter factory…
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At an inquest at Wellington into the death of Mr Hector William Phillip Masling, the District…
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Goolma Bush Fire Brigade recently negotiated with Gulgong Shire Council for the purchase of a bush fire…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: More than £100,000 worth of damage was caused by a fire tonight in the Melbourne Aquarium…
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