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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
435 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 22
An explosion and fire at Orange City Council’s gasworks in Peisley Street yesterday severely injured two employees, gutted the engine-room and greatly reduced the city’s gas supply for five hours. Keith Hines, 47, All aby Road (foreman) and Herbert Nixon, 27, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire in a window sash at the Hotel Canobolas caused a commotion yesterday. The Fire [?] was celled at 11 a.m. and when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathurst Fire Brigade was yesterday called to a grass fire in Daley Street S.S.O. Clemens and seven men attended the blaze and confined it to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very serious view of softie fire hydrants in Gulgong streets being covered with bitumen is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SEOUL, Sunday Fire swept. through a section of the South Korean parliament house in Seoul this morning as full scale armistice talks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the last meeting of the Meadow Flat Bushfire Brigade, several important decisions were made and it is hoped they will assist in building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Three firemen were slightly injured during a blaze which destroyed a large timber yard at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Sunday: The First Naval Member (Vice Admiral Sir John Collins) and his wife were burned this, morning when trying to put out a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orange Boys Scouts’ Association is seeking permission from Orange Coronation Celebrations Committee to light a huge bonfire at the top of Mount Canobolas on the night of the Queen’s Coronation, June 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The recent fire at Orange gasworks had delayed by a fortnight the high pressure main project, the City Council’s gas engineer-manger, Mr. W. W. Willott, said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vandals interfered with the fire call box at the corner of Durham and George Streets between Friday night, and Saturday morning. The receiver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAGGA, This Afternoon.--It was revealed today that the Railways Commissioner (Mr. R. Winsor) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A request for a refund of an amount of £273/0/8. being over expenditure from the fund for bush fire fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SYDNEY, Wednesday: A mother and son were burnt to death in a cottage at Rosemont, near Goulburn last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hearing of the first of 404 writs against the Railways Commissioner, as a sequel to last year's bushfires, began before Mr. Justice Herron in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Canobolas Trust had not been asked by the Boy Scouts for permission to light a bonfire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CAIRO, Friday.—Tension mounted in the canal zone today when Egyptians opened fire on a British water filtration plant at Kafr Abdou, near Suez…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orange Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a motor truck at Mr. H. Barrett’s premises In Spring Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY. Sunday: A fire which gutted a large two storey combination boat shed and furniture factory a Balmain today caused a more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE. Friday: Twenty-three cars and three tractors were destroyed in a £100,000 fire at Swan Hill early this morning…
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