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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1894

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Fire in Cobalt-street. Four Houses Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1894 · page 2

A FIRE broke out at about 10.15 o'clock last night in a house in Cobalt-street, off Sulphide-street, almost opposite the Wesleyan Church; and…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Another Fire at Wilcannia. "Grazier" Office Partly Burned. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1894 · page 4

A fire broke out in the Western Grazier office late on Saturday night. It was extinguished shortly after being discovered, but not before doing…

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The Fire Brigade. Public Meeting. The Disbandment Approved

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held last night at the Town Hall "to receive the report from the Fire Brigage Board respecting the disbandment of the…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Another Fire at Wilcannia. "Grazier" Office Partly Burned. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 1

A fire broke out in the Western Grazier office late on Saturday night. It was extinguished shortly after being discovered, but not before doing…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. the "Western Grazier" Fire. An Open Verdict. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 4

At the inquest held to day before Mr. Charles Robertson, P.M., on the fire which decurred at the Western Grazier office on the night of the 29th ultimo, the…

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The Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 2

MR. J. M. STEPHENS wired to the MINER from Adelaide last evening:— "I have interviewed insurance companies re Fire Brigade. Result…

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The "Western Grazier" Fire. An Open Verdict. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia. Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 1

At the inquest held to day before Mr. Charles Robertston, P.M, on the fire which occurred at the Western Grazier office on the night of the 29th ultimo, the…

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The Fire Brigade. Discussion in the Council

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 3

AT the meeting of the municipal council last night a Mayor's minute waa read, submitting for consideration resolutions passed at a public meeting…

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The Fire Brigade. he Action of the Insurance Companies. An Amicable Settlement

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 4

The Fire Brigade Board—consisting of the Mayor (Alderman M'Maton), and Messrs. J. Sully and L. F. G. Oswald—assembled at the Town Hall…

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The Fire Brigade. The Action of the Insurance Companies. An Amicable Settlement

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 October 1894 · page 1

The Fire Brigade Board—consisting of the Mayor (Alderman M'Mahon) and Messrs. J. Sully and L. F. G. Oswald—assembled at the Town Hall…

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The Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

THE Fire Brigade Board will probably meet this afternoon to make final arrangements for the resuscitation of the brigade. During the visit of Mr…

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Fire at Sea. a Ship With Immigrant Girls. Burning for Five Days. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 3

The authorities in this colony recently made arrangements for the dispatch from England of a number of young women as assisted [?]…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office[?] 6.30 p.m." Latest Cable News. Fatal Fire at St. Petersburg. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 October 1894 · page 4

The St. Petersburg Yacht Club's premises have been burned down. An Englishman, who was sleeping on the premises, was burned alive…

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The Fire Brigade Board. Insurance Subscriptions

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 3

As the result of the agitation in connection with the Fire Brigade, Mr. Cuthbert Allison, the secretary of the board, yesterday received from Mr. J…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Latest Cable News. Fatal Fire at St. Petersburg

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday Evening. The St. Petersburg Yacht Club's premises have been burned down. An Englishman, who was sleeping on the…

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The Fire Brigade Board. Adelaide Officers' Resolutions

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 3

THE secretary of the Fire Brigade Board (Mr. Cuthbert Allison) this morning received a letter from Mr. Arthur Bristowe, the secretary of the…

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The Fire Brigade. Reconstruction Decided on

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 October 1894 · page 2

A LENGTHY and important meeting of the Fire Brigade Board (Messrs. P. M'Mahon, Sully, and Oswald) was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon…

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The Big Fire in Minnesota and Michigan

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 October 1894 · page 3

THE Victoria Colonist, in a telegram from Chicago, dated 4th September, gives the following details of the great fire that recently devastated whole…

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State Fire Insurance

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 October 1894 · page 3

THE Austrian Government is contemplating certain drastic reforms in fire insurance (a London correspondent reports). A commission, consisting of…

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Fire in a Produce Store

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 2

A FIRE broke out in Cohoun and Co.'s store in Chapple-street at 6 o'clock this morning. The brigade—eight men under Superintendent Hansen—…

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