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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

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General Cable News. Big Fire in Liverpool. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 2

A large fire has occurred in Liverpool, by which three cotton ware-houses were destroyed and 11,000 bales cotton consumed. Two firemen…

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South Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

THE annaal meeting of the above brigade was held at Burley's Alma Shades on Thursday, January 5. Lieutenant Jarman took the chair in…

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Broken Hill Fire Brigaee

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

THE annual meeting of members was held last night, in the old station. Captain Dewar occupied the chair; ther were present 13 other firemen and several…

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Big Fire in Boston. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 2

A wool store in Boston, U.S.A., has been burned down. It contained destroyed. The total damage is esti5,500,0001b. wool, which was totally…

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Terrible Fatal Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 2

A fire, involving immense loss of life and destruction to property, is reported from Osaka, U. S. A. The fire occurred in a spinning mill, where a…

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Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1893 · page 2

AT about 11.30 this morning a fire broke out in a two-roomed cottage in West Broken Hill, some distance beyond the Hospital, occupied by a miner…

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An Averted Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 2

SHORTLY before 12 o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire was sounded. It was found that an iron and canvas shanty at the rear of the…

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Defective Fire Plugs. The Pollution of the Water Supply. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

Five residents in the odorous locality of Little Bourke-street have sent in claims, amounting in all to £1600, to the Metropolitan Board of Works for…

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Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 2

SHORTLY before 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out at Duff-street, South Broken Hill, by which a two-roomed iron and stone dwelling, with its…

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Fire in Sulphide-street

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 4

THIS afternoon a two-roomed wood and and iron building in Su[?]pbide-street West, occupied by Mr W. J. Young, M. A, as an assay office, was destroyed by…

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The South Fire. The Alleged Suspicions Circumstances

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 3

CONSTABLE SHINER, of South Broken Hill, has been making investigations today into the alleged suspicions circumstances in connection with the fire which…

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Fire in Sulphide-street

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 4

THIS afternoon a two-roomed wood and and iron building in Su'phide-street West, occupied by Mr W. J. Young, M.A, as an assay office, was destroyed by…

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The South Fire. Arrest of John Boyle

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 2

THE further inquiries instituted by the police into the circumstances connected with the destruction by fire of the residence of a man named Quinlivan,…

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Fires

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 3

FIRES have been very frequent since the beginning of the year, 11 having been recorded up to the present. On Saturday night a two-roomed wood and…

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The Fire Brigade. Shortness of Funds

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1893 · page 4

As indicated in the first edition, the funds of the Fire Brigade are in a very low state; and at the very time when the season for fires has set in, no less than…

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The South Fire. Coroner's Inquest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT Barnett, acting-coroner, conducted an inquest in the Courthouse this afternoon upon the fire which occurred at South Broken Hill on…

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A Fatal Fire. Two Children Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 4

The residence of Mr. James Hawker, of Oxley, wes barned to the ground early to-day, and two little sons, aged respectively 3 and 5 years, were burned to…

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The South Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT Barnett, actingcoroner, conducted an inquest in the Courthouse this afternoon upon the fire which occurred at South Broken Hill on…

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The South Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

THE Coroner's jury last evening failed to agree as to the charge of arson against John Boyle in connection with the fire in Duff-street, South Broken…

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A Fatal Fire. Two Children Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 4

The residence of Mr. James Hawker, of Oxley, was barned to the ground early to day, and two little sons, aged respectively 3 and 5 years, were burned to…

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