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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 5 of 17

Fire Victim's Condition Improves

National Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

YEOVAL, Thursday: A message from Yeoval this afternoon says that there is improvement in the condition of Arthur Agnew, 30, of…

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Fire in Rubbish

National Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2

Bathurst Fire Brigade was called to attend a fire which broke out in a pile of rubbish at the rear of Dr. Duffy's premises in William Street…

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Yeoval Man's Death Queensland Fire Victim

National Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

A Yeoval man who was critically injured in an explosion which de[?]oyed the Commercial Hotel at Cunnamulla (Qld). on…

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Blackheath Guest House Blaze

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 2

Crowds of people in all styles of night attire watched firemen fight a huge blaze which destroyed the new portion of…

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Commission Witness's Car on Fire Underworld Feud?

National Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Detectives believe the firing last night of a car owned by the wife of a Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission witness may be…

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Motor Cycle on Fire

National Advocate · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

Slight damage was caused to a motor cycle which caught fire in William Street near the Town Hall, about 11.45 yesterday morning. The…

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Flat Damaged by Fire

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

Wall cupboards and sections of the ceiling and roof of a flat at 29 Anson Street, were burnt when a…

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London Hotel Blaze

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: Rail and road traffic had to be diverted in the heart of London today, when a fire broke out in the Grosvenor Hotel, above…

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Fire Quickly Extinguished

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

No damage was caused when spot in the lounge room chimney at the residence of Mr. Robert Hall, of 24…

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More control is sought over local fire bans

Central Western Daily · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 11

References to the need for amendment of the Bushfires Act of 1949 to give municipal and shire councils more say in the imposition or lifting of bushfire danger periods were made yesterday at a meeting of representatives of bushfire brigades in Canobolas Shire…

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Bushfire Equipment

National Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

An estimate of probable expenditure from the eastern and central divisions bushfire fighting fund is being prepared. A circular on the details was…

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Hospital Fire Inmates Rescued

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

HEALESVILLE, Monday: A woman of 90 was among six aged and helpless people who were carried to safety early today as a fire swept through a…

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World's Biggest Coal Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 2

The biggest coal fire in the world has, for the past 14 years, been burnig through an abandoned coal mine deep under…

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Five Children Die in Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Five children, members of one family, died yesterday when flames swept their…

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Five Die in Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Five children, members of one family, died yesterday which flames swept their Williamsport home…

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Miners Trapped in Fire Italian Disaster

National Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 5

ROME, Wednesday: Between 30 and 35 miners are missing after a fire damp explosion which killed at least 13 and injured 20 other in a…

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Children Carried From Fire Danger

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- A man last night carried two sleeping children to safety as flames from a blazing factory…

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Communists May Urge Indo-china Cease Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

GENEVA, Friday.--Communist delegates are almost certain to propose an immediate cease-fire in Indo-China when the Indo-China peace talks open in Geneva, thus leaving the political settlement until later. But Reuters' chief diplomatic…

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Factory Fire

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A fire caused several thousand pounds damage to a section of a Concord West…

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Cease Fire Move on Indo-china Expected at Peace Conference

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 1

GENEVA, Monday.--Western delegates in Geneva believe the Communist powers will propose an immediate Indo-China cease fire when the nine nation peace talks resume today, according to Reuters' diplomatic correspondent…

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