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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1894

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3rd EDITION. Miner Office, 7 p.m. Big Fire at Tamworth. The Brigade Helpless. £30,000 Damage Done. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1894 · page 4

A telegram from Tamworth reports that an extensive fire occurred at the establishment of Messrs. Cohen and Levy, merchants, early to-day…

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Big Fire at Tamworth. The Brigade Helpless. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 1

A telegram from Tamworth reports that an extensive fire occurred at the establishment of Messrs. Cohen and Levy, merchants, early to-day…

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Big Fire at Brooklym. The Tabernacle Again Destroyed. The Regent Hotel Burned. One Million Dollars' Damage Done. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 2

A New York message reports that a large and destructive fire occurred a[?] the suburb of Brooklyn on Sunday morning, completely destroying the…

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A Mine on Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 2

A despatch from New York reports that the Great Aurora mine, Michigan, is on fire. At the time the fire broke out many miners were below and were…

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The Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 4

A STONEY message to the MINER yesterday stated that Mr. John Sully bad been appointed Government representative on the Fire Brigade…

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Big Fire in Boston. Houses Covering 12 Acres Burned. Five Hundred Families Homeless. [By Telegraph.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 2

A New York message reports that an extensive and destructive conflagration has occurred in Boston, Massachusetts…

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The Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 1

A SYDNEY message to the MINER yesterday stated that Mr. John Sully had been appointed Government representative on the Fire Brigade…

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The World's Disasters. Fire, Flood, and Earthquake. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

Later messages from New York report that it has been ascertained that 19 persons received serious injuries during the big fire in Boston…

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Big Fire at Gisborne. Over £3000 Damage Done. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 2

A large and destructive fire has occurred at Gisborne, by which a number of business premises in the main street, including the Bank of…

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AMUSEMENTS. Fire Brigade Concert

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 May 1894 · page 2

IN the Town Hall last night the talented Warsaw family tendered a concert to the Fire Brigade. There was a very good attendance. The…

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The Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1894 · page 4

THE new Fire Brigade Board has not got into working order yet. Though Mr. L.F. G. Oswald was nominated as the representative of the insurance…

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The Fire Brigades

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 4

MATTERS in connection with the local fire brigades are still on a very unsatisfactory footing. The new board is unable to act in a formal manner,…

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The Fire Brigades

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 1

MATTERS in connection with the local fire brigades are still on a very unpatisfactory footing. The new board is unable to act in a formal manner,…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Fire Mile Bicycling Championship. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 2

The five-mile bicycling championship of the colony was competed for at Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, and resulted:—Megson, 1; Lewis, 2;…

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Big Fire in Finsbury. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 2

An extensive fire occurred last night in the suburb of Finsbury. The fire originated in the centre of a block of warehouses, which were soon gutted,…

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Hotel Fires. a Girl Burned to Death. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1894 · page 2

The Royal Hotel at Hamilton has been destroyed by fire. The inmates had a narrow escape, but all were eventually rescued except a servant…

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Fire at the North

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1894 · page 4

A FIRE occurred last night at about 11.15 o'clock at the Sportsman's Hotel, North Broken Hill. No alarm was given; and the brigade consequently did not turn…

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Eggs and False Fire Alarms

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1894 · page 2

The open-air meetings held on Saturday night and last night to further the interests of the Labor candidates were to some extent disturbed by outside…

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Fire at the North

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 1

A FIRE occurred hat night at about 11.15 o'clock at the Sportsman's Hotel, North Broken Hill. No alarm was given; and the brigade consequently did not turn…

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The Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 2

AN informal meeting of the Fire Brigade Board (consisting of the Mayor and Messrs. J. Sully and L. F. G. Oswald) was held at the Town Hall…

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