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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 7 of 17

Fire victims have too many clothes

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

Gifts of clothing from friends, including well-wishers whom they have never met, have more than replaced clothing lost by the McMillan family of Tynan Street, whose possessions…

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Eden’s Proposal to Hasten Cease Fire

Central Western Daily · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 3

GENEVA, Wednesday—British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in a fresh bid to hasten the Indo-China peace talk yesterday proposed that representatives of the two opposing high…

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Bush Fire Brigade

National Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 2

The Meadow Flat Bush Fife Brigade yesterday asked Turon Shire Council to register the brigade. It has also asked that council…

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Caravan on Fire

National Advocate · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

Slight damage was caused when a fire broke out in a caravan parked in front of the Show Ground at about 11 o'clock on Saturday night. S.O…

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Opposition Armies to Meet Cease-fire bid

Central Western Daily · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

GENEVA, Sunday. — Nine nations trying to end the Indo-China war yesterday summoned representatives of opposing armies to report to Geneva this week, to negotiate details of a…

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Civil Aviation Store Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Fire last night gutted parts of a civil aviation store at Camellia…

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Fire Hazards And Your Child

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 4

In a home where there are toddling children much thought must be given to the youngster's safety, particularly with…

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Quarter Million Pounds Damage in City Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. A fire which roared through a building in Oxford- street, City, today caused £250,000…

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Hopes for Cease-fire Eden's Advice

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returned to Geneva today to continue his efforts—with…

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Big City Fire Quarter Million Damage

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Fire caused £250,000 damage to premises of seven firms in Oxford St. and Wemyss Lane, early today…

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Additional Bushfire Assistance Sought

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 2

Delegates from the Ganbenang -Lowther Agricultural Bureau will press for the subsidisation of bush fire equipment at the State Congress of the movement to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College later…

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Railway Football Club Notes Judiciary Committee Under Fire

National Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

During our schooldays we were often regaled with stories of a mythical giant, the one-eyed Polyphemus, and how that…

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Dies in Fire Orange Woman's Fate

National Advocate · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Mrs. Anne Margaret Dickerson (48),' wife at Mr. Thomas Dickerson, of Orange, was found burnt to death…

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Three Minor Weekend Fires

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 2

Three fires of a minor nature in Lithgow during the weekend were caused by faulty flues or by chimneys…

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Fought, fire in pyjamas

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 1

An old-model touring car owned by Mrs. M. Shorten, of Sampson Street, was badly damaged by fire late on Monday night. Wearing his pyjamas. Mrs. Shorten’s son. Kevin…

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Fire in new destroyer

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — In Sydney this afternoon firemen, working in dense smoke, extinguished a…

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Railway to Pay Damages Bushfire Case

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Appeal by the Railway Commissioner against £45,000 bushfire damages, was dismissed by the Full…

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Fire Station for Oberon

National Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 6

OBERON, Wednesday: At to-day's meeting of Oberon Shire Council, the President Cr. R. Buckley, said he met…

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Second Fire at House This Year

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

For the second time in several months, a house occupied by Mr. William Reynolds, of 37…

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Woman Loses £400 in Tent Fire

National Advocate · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Campers at Palm Beach lost heavily in a fire which swept a tent encampment in Governor Philip Park. The fire destroyed…

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