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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 9 of 22

Five Die in Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Five children, four of them brothers and sisters, were burned to death yesterday when they were trapped on the…

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Family Trapped in House Fire

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday —Five children, four of them brothers and sisters, were Maimed to death…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call at 10.5 last night to attend a chimney fire at the residence of Mr. Smith, 117 Seymour Street. SSO…

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Fire at Hotel

National Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called [?] fire in the bedroom of the G obe Hotel at 10.30 last night. The outbreak, which had occurred in bedding,…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 2

A chimney fire at Bishop's House, Keppel street, at 10.30 last night, was promptly extinguished by Bathurst Fire Brigade under the direction of…

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Chimney Fire

National Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Bridge was called to a chimney fire at 143 Brilliant St. early yesterday evening SSO Clemens and 11 men answered the call. The…

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Set on Fire House Owned by Vitnell

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A house owned by a former manager for Reginald Douglas Vitnell was set on fire last Sunday after petrol was poured on it,…

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Fire Disrupts Trunk Lines

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Fire party destroyed Glenfield railway station and burnt through telephone lines to…

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Korean Peace Gun Fire Interrupts Truce Parles

National Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 2

PANMUNJON, Thursday: Allied and Communist Staff Officers met at Panmunjon today to continue drafting the adminstrative details of a tru[?]e…

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Fire Destroys Car

National Advocate · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 2

A car, owned by Bathurst Pastures Protection Board employee, Thomas Walter Kirk, of Kelso, was completely destroyed by fire near Hampton at 8.30…

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Huge Toll in South American Dance Hall Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO, (Brazil), Monday.-- At least 63 persons were killed --most of them trampled to death or suffffocated --in a…

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63 Die in Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil),) Monday.—At least 63 persons were killed—most of them trampled to death or…

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Redfern Fire Families Homeless

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: At Redfern to-day, two families were left homeless when a fire swept through a pair of weatherboard cottages…

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63 KILLED Negro Dance Hall Fire

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Monday: At least 63 persons were killed—most of them trampled to death or suffocated—in a negro dance hall fire yesterday…

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Lunch-hour Blaze in City Store Staff Breaks In To Fight Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 1

A fire broke out in Leaheys Pty. Ltd.’s general store in Summer Street at mid-day yesterday and caused damage estimated at about…

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Orange Fire Employees Avert Serious Outbreak

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 4

ORANGE, Tuesday: Employees of a large department store in Summer Street, stoped what might have been a bad fire early this afternoon…

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Blaze in Lounge Room

Central Western Daily · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 1

Prompt action by Orange Fire Bridge yesterday saved a Summer Street home from being destroyed by fire Mrs A. Brokking and her…

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Reported Agreement on Cease Fire Line

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Reports spread today that a truce cease-fire line in Korea has been agreed upon and that interpreters are giving the armistice text a final going over before the actual…

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Fire in Roof

National Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

A fire which developed in a chimney of a home owned by Mr. Thomas Gibson, of 86 Brilliant Street, at noon yesterday, spread to the adjacent ridge…

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Fire in Roof

National Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

A fire which developed in a chimney of a home owned by Mr. Thomas Gibson, of 86 Brilliant Street, at noon yesterday spread to the…

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