Used 'Fire' P.[?]s ENGINE
When the late M.[?] J.B. Chifley was an engine-drive on the NSW Government Railways one of the men who used 'fire' in engine was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
322 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 17
Guides Hall Guttered Orange Blaze
ORANGE, Tues.—A girl guides, ball at Orange was destroyed by fire early this afternoon. Damage is estimated at more than £1,000…
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A fire yesterday gutted the Orange Girl Guides’ but in Kite Street. Known as the “Gunyah,” the well-equipped but and its contents were completely destroyed. Damage is estimated at about £1000…
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A minor fire which started in the wood room of the Small Arms Factory yesterday shortly before employees were…
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Orange police are continuing their inquiries into the fire which destroyed the…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Employees in a building in the heart of Sydney [?]ed down a back staircase or jumped through windows this afternoon when…
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NEW YORK, Monday (A. A. P.)—Seven employees were killed and 21 injured early yesterday by…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.--The bodies of six persons, including a family of five, were found yesterday in the fire-blackened…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: A total of £600 has aheady been raised in an appeal for assistance of three children who were left orphans when…
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LONDON, Tuesday. — New Zealand prima ballerina Rowena Jackson, will dance as Queen of Fire in…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Firemen wearing oxygen masks battled through blinding smoke and choking fumes today to…
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LONDON. Wednesday,— (AAP - Reuter).— Housewives at Malde[?] planning a public bonfire on…
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One of two front-end loading tractors, owned by the Railway Department and used to move coal to various chutes from the main coal bunker at the railway coal-stage, was severely damaged by fire last night…
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OBERON, Wednesday: All councilors were present at the March meeting of Oberon Shire Council. The president (Cr. Buckley) was in…
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CHEJU ISLAND (Korea), Monday.--A man is being held for possible arson charges following a fire which ravaged…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Sir Victor Wilson (76), and his daughter Miss Audrey Wilson, were rescued by firemen…
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Work of the Orange Volunteer Fire Brigade was warmly praised by the Mayor (Alderman E. W…
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Although grass in the Orange district is still fairly green after being without rain for over three weeks five danger is considered high in unimproved bush country, Forestry Officer, Mr…
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One hundred men fought a fire which broke out in heavily timbered country near Burraga for four days before it was brought…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Families fled from their, homes in St. John's street, Lewisham, early today when a fire in a…
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