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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

126 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 7

South Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 December 1892 · page 2

SOME weeks ago the nucleus of a fire brigade was formed at South Broken Hill, and, though the circumstances of the time have hardly been propitious,…

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Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 December 1892 · page 2

ON Saturday night a fire occurred at South Broken Hill, in premises situated at the corner of Wilson and South streets, and owned and occupied by…

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Fire in Pinnacles-road

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 December 1892 · page 4

SHORTLY before 4 o'clock this afternoon an alarm of fire was sounded. The manual was attacked to a cab, and a few members of the fire brigade proceeded to…

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Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 December 1892 · page 4

SHORTLY before 5 o'clock this evening a fire occurred in a lane off Argent street south, which resulted in the destruction of a two-roomed dwellinghouse, occupied…

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Big Fire in New York. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 December 1892 · page 2

A telegram from New York states that an extensive fire has occurred in a cotton and jute warehouse in the suburb of Brooklyn. The damage is…

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Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 December 1892 · page 2

A SMALL fire occurred on the afternoon of Christmas Day on the property owned and occupied by Mr. Clark, Wilson-street, South Town, by which a…

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The Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 2

PERMANENT Fireman Hansen, who has just returned from a trip to Norway and England, will resume duty on January 2, pending the decision of…

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