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

Fires & bushfires, 1954

322 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 17

Chimney Fire S

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 1

Orange Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire at 80 Edward Street yesterday The fire occurred…

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Sawmill Fire at Orange

National Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 2

ORANGE, Wednesday: A spokesman for a sawmill company, at Orange today praised the work of firemen and civilians who helped to save…

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Step Forward For Littleton's Fire Station

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 6

No action could be taken by the City Council to build a fire station at Littleton until it had received a certificate of title…

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NEARLY £4000 Damage When Fire Guts Part of Sawmill New Australian burned

Central Western Daily · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

Orange police yesterday estimated that 3,700 worth of slacked timber we destroyed in a fire which gutted a big action of Wangarrie Sawmill late on Tuesday night…

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Lighting of Open Fires Statement by Mr. Kelly Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 4

The method for prohibiting the lightings of fires in the open Air which will be followed, should the need arise during the coining…

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Two Blackberry Busk Fires

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 4

Firemen fought two large fires which broke out in blackberry bushes at both the eastern and western ends of…

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Earlier Threat From Bushfires

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Bush fires were threatening N.S.W. earlier than usual this year, the secretary of the State…

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Latest Local News Early Bush Fires

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 4

Bush fires have started early, and fighters had a strenuous time in various parts of the State over the…

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Bush Fire Danger Period

National Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

The bush fire danger period in the Bathurst area operates from October 1 to March 31, 1955. In a letter to last night's meeting of Bathurst…

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Brewery Fire Could Have Been Serious

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 4

Damage estimated at £300 was caused by a fire which threatened installations at Terry's Brewery early this morning; Members of the brigade were called when a…

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Fire at Lithgow Brewery

National Advocate · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

LITHGOW. Thurs.—Volunteer firemen, and men and women in night attire, early this morning fought a fire, which threatened…

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Letters to the Editor Fire-Fighting Units

Central Western Daily · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 10

Sir,—It is pleasing to read in the columns of yesterday’s Central Western Daily the gracious…

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Yesterday's Fires

National Advocate · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade attended two fires yesterday. The first occurred at about 12.45 p.m. when grass in St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Boys Queried on Church Fire

National Advocate · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 2

BERRY, Sunday: Two boys aged six and seven years, have been ques- tioned by police following the destruction yesterday of a church by…

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Two Grass Fires in Same Spot

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

Orange Fine Brigade answered two calls yesterday to grass fires, which broke out in exactly, the…

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Fire at Kelso Timber Mill

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

A fire, which broke out in a large head of timber at O'Leary's mill in Hereford St. Kelso, yesterday afternoon, caused a good deal of…

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Bushfire danger

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 11

People in the Orange district should start becoming conscious of the bushfire, risk, Canobolas…

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Steamer Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 1

THE HAGUE, Tuesday.— Fire which raged aboard the 3,099-ton Norwegian steamer Folga after she…

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Radio Recorder for Fire Bridge

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.—Shefield the brigade in Yorkshire is to have the most modern type of radio equipment in the world…

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Mine Causes Fire on Ship

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 7

THE HAGUE, Tuesday: Fire which raged aboard the 3.099 tons Norwegian steamer Folga after she struck a mine in the North Sea yesterday…

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