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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

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Extensive Fire at Parkes. Four Shops and a Bank Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 1

A destructive fire br[?]ke out early to-day at Nable and Co.'s tailoring shop in Clarinda-street, Parkes, the flames spreading rapidly to the…

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Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 3

THE meeting of the Fire Brigade Board which lapsed on Tuesday evening owing [?]o the want of a quorum was held yesteiday evening. A proposal by…

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Fire on a Train. Three Trucks of Wool Consumed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 3

As the mail train from Cobar to Nyngan, which included, three trucks of wool, was four miles from Nyngan, the guard observed that the trucks…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m Late Cable News. Big Fire in London. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 4

A large fire has occurred in the Old Bailey quarter of the city, by which a number of warehouses were burned, including one floor of the well-known…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Late Cable News. Big Fire in London. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 1

A large fire has occurred in the Old Bailey quarter of the city, by which a number of warehouses were burned, including one floor of the well-known…

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The Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 November 1893 · page 3

DURING the resent visit of the Mayor and Alderman Holdsworth to Sydney a request was made to the Government for the extension of the Fire Brigade…

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Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 November 1893 · page 2

AN ordinary meeting of the Fire Brigade Board waa held last night. In the absence of the Mayor, Mr. G. W. Fordham was voted to the chair. A…

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Fire in Wolfram-street. a Boarding-house Destroyed. I

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 November 1893 · page 4

THE first of the usual series of summer fires broke out about. 5 o'clock this evening in a 10-roomed galvanised iron house at the corner of Wolfram…

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The Wolfram-street Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 3

THE two buildings which were destroyed by fire last night at the corner of Wolfram and Chloride streets were insured with the Royal…

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The Wolfram-street Fire. Its Origin Determined

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 4

SENIOR-CONSTABLE SMITH, who instituted inquiries into the origin of the fire which occurred yesterday evening at the corner of Wolfram and Chloride…

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Fire in Wolfram-street. a Boarding-house Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 1

THE first of the usual series of summer fires broke out about 5 o'clock this evening in a 10-roomed galvanised iron house at the corner of Wolfram[?]…

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Fire Insurance. a Broken Hill Appeal Case[?] [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 4

The Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Darley) gave the decision of the Supreme Court to-day in the appeal case of Ab[?] v. the Lion Fire Insurance…

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The Wolfram-street Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNETT, Coroner, has decided to hold an inquest on Tuesday next, at 3 p.m., into the origin of the fire which occurred on Thursday…

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The Wolfram-street Fire. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 November 1893 · page 4

Air inquest into the fire by which a boarding-house at the corner of Wolfram and Chloride streets was destroyed on the afternoon of the 23rd…

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The Wolfram-street Fire. The Inquest

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 1

As inquest into the fire by which a boarding-house at the corner of Wolfram and Chloride streets was destroyed on the afternoon of the 23rd…

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Won by Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 December 1893 · page 4

TUSCOLOLO'S western windows reflected back the aurora as the sun went down over the Wisconsin prairies through a bank of illuminated mist one…

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Bush Fires. Destruction Wrought in the Riverina. Narrow Escape from Death. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 3

The great heat of the last few days has, as usual, been accompanied by bush fires in various parts of the colony, especially in the Riverina…

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Destructive Fire at Antwerp. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 2

The Hanseatic grain warehouse at Antwerp, the chief port of Belgium, has been totally destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £240,000…

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Bush Fires. Destruction Wrought in the Riverina. Narrow Escape from Death. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 1

The great heat of the last few days has, as usual, been accompanied by bush fires in various parts of the colony, especially in the Riverina…

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Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

A FIRE occurred at a late hour yesterday afternoon in a nine-roomed wood and iron dwelling at the corner of South and Piper streets, South Town,…

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