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

Fires & bushfires, 1953

435 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 22

Cudal, Eugowra Want Motorised Fire Fighting Units

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

The question of the allocation of motorised fire fighting units for Cudal and Eugowra would have…

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500 Acres of Grass Burned by Fire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

A fire which broke out on Amaroo Station on Wednesday, burned about 500 acres of grass but did not…

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Manildra House Fire

Central Western Daily · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 2

A young Manildra couple with three small children were rendered homeless…

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Fire in Workshop

National Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 2

A fire followed the explosion of a four gallon drum of kerosene in the workshop at R. Black und Co.'s plumbing business adjacent to the…

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Grass Fire

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

A grass fire in Carlingford Street at noon on Saturday was brought under control without loss of property. S.S.O. McClemens and 12 members of…

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Leaking Petrol Caused Fire

Central Western Daily · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 1

A sports tourer blazed for more than 10 minutes near Duntry-league gates on…

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Issuing of Permits for Lighting of Fires

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 5

The subject of bush fire permits was referred to by Mr. C. Gruber at Lyndhurst Shire Council meeting…

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Grass Fire

National Advocate · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

At about 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which broke out in grass and rubbish at the rear of…

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Shires Should Control Lighting of Fires in Open

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

"That the power to prohibit, allow and generally control the [?] or fires in the open be vested…

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Two Cars Saved From Fire

Central Western Daily · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

Two cars were saved from certain destruction when a grass fire at the back of the Presbyterian Manse at 2 p.m. on Saturday burnt up to a wooden garage. Before the brigade got…

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£50 Damage in Laundry Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

Between £40 and £50 worth of linen and clothing were destroyed in a fire which broke out in the laundry of a…

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£40,000 Fire Damage

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused this afternoon by a fire which broke out in a Hour mill…

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33 Die In Nursing Home Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

LARGO, FLORIDA. Monday.—A fire swept through a nursing home for the aged yesterday…

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33 Die in Fire Nursing Home Holocaust

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

LARGO, (Florida), Monday: A fire swept through a nursing home for the aged yesterday and burned to death 33 persons, most of them…

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Birds Fight Lachlan Bush Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

At a bush fire on the Lachlan a pair of wedgetailed engles joined in the fight, says The Bush Fire…

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Ship on Fire at Mort's Dock

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- City and near-city fire brigades rushed to a fire abroad the interstate freighter Ulooloo in…

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Birds Fight Bush Fire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

At a bush fire on the Lachlan a pair of wedge-tailed eagles joined in the fight. The fire tad caught a tall…

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Shire Fires Prohibited

Central Western Daily · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

“Lighting of fires in the Canobolas Shire is prohibited until April 30 unless a permit is…

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Generous Response to Appeal for Fire Victims

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 10

A benefit social and competition, conducted to aid Mr. and Mrs. H. Neville, victims of a fire, which…

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Hormone Sprays Would Reduce Fire Hazard on Railway Land Former President's Letter to Molong Fsa Meeting

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

Modern equipment and hormone sprays could carry out fire prevention measures on railway lines with less effort, less cost, and in much less time, former President of…

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