Bushfire danger could become grave
The bushfire danger in Orange district could become grave has summer, Canobolas Shire Clerk, Mr. John Williams, said yesterday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
322 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 17
Country Cottage Totally Destroyed By Fire
A four room weatherboard cottage situated at Wattle Mount, near the Cullen Bullen road to Portland, was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours of yesterday…
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Coincidence saved what could have developed into a major fire outbreak in the grocery department of Bracey's Pty. Ltd. last night. The manager of the…
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Although it was in a position to go ahead with the Portland fire station building, it was too late now to…
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Orange is to have a new Fire Brigade station officer. Mr. J. T. Cavanagh, who has been the…
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The Bathurst fire brigade's monthly exercise took place last night at Fire Brigade's Headquarters in William Street. After an initial…
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Orange firemen early last night used knapsack pumps to put out a fire in dry grass around a rubbish…
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Ten, firemen, under SO. Clemens, yesterday morning extinguished a fire at a Keppel Street fish shop. The fire occured in the fish cooking…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon. The £2,500,000 Shell Oil Company depot at Clyde was threatened with destruction…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- A two-month-old baby was badly burned when her bedclothes caught fire when her…
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HONGKONG, Monday.— Four Chinese were believed killed early this morning when a sudden…
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The estimated expenditure of the Board for the forthcoming; year in respect of Blayney Fire District is…
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Bathurst Council's contribution to the maintenance of the Bathurst Fire Brigade dring 1954 is £403--one right of the total expenditure cost…
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Members of the Orange Fire Brigade yesterday afternoon used knapsack pumps to extinguish a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Thousands of horrified Christmas shoppers today watched as fire swept through the Variety Theatre in…
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Although there is no danger of bush [?] in the Canobolas Shire, all bushfire brigedon have been…
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At about 9.15 last night. Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to a fire at the rear of Robin's Shoe Factory in Bentinck Street The Pre. in a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The record rush of Christmas shoppers and motor traffic came to a standstill in the heart of the…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: The hard work ol nearly 100 New Australians went up in smoke today when fire destroyed a Catholic church in a…
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A new saloon car was destroyed and a utility truck was badly damaged in two seperate fires at Bourke late on Tuesday night. Firemen…
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