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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Fire in Argent-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 October 1902 · page 2

AN outbreak of fire occurred in H. Pi[?]z's furniture shop, Argent-street, at 12.30 on Sunday morning. A passer-by observed the fire burning…

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BLOCK 12 FIRE. Production Resumed

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 October 1902 · page 2

THE extraordinary precautionary measures taken to confine the gases to the affected area of Block 12 have been completely successful, and the…

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Great Fire in Amoy. Spreads to the Foreign Quarter. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2

A cablegram from the East states that a great fire is raging in Amoy, an important seaport between Canton and Shanghai. The fire…

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Fire in Rundle-street. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

There was much excitement in a busy parf of Rundle-street last night when an alarm of fire was raised and flames leaped out of the…

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The Corrimal Colliery Another Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 2

Another fire has occurred in the Corrimal colliery, in the Illawarra district. Gangs of men a[?] employed endeavoring to reach the…

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The Block 12 Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 October 1902 · page 2

INQUIRIES made this morning at the Proprietary mine show that the recent outbreak, of fire in Block 12 has been successfully combated, and…

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The Fire in Corrimal Colliery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 2

The fire ia the Corrimal colliery has not yet been extinguished. The portion of the mine in which the trouble started has been reached,…

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Big Fire in Sydney. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 1

The Deering Harvester Company's four-storeyed warehouse in the city, fully stocked with agricultural machinery, was totally destroyed by…

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Fires

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

THE brigade was called out about 8 20 laat night to a fire on the outskirts of Railway Town. The blaze, which proved very difficult to locate, was in…

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Fire Alarms

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 November 1902 · page 2

ABOUT halfpast 9 last night a fire broke ont in an unoccupied fourroomed wood-and-iron house at the corner of Iodide-street and…

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A Fire at Quorn. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 4

Early this morning a fire destroyed the ironmongery shop of R. Thomp son, at Quorn. The cause of the outbreak i[?] unknown. A quantity of…

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2nd EDITION [?] OFFICE, 3 P.M. Big Fire at the Cape. 30 Buildings Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 November 1902 · page 4

Thirty buildings in the centre of the city of East London, in Cape Colony, South Africa, were burned yesterday during a hurricane…

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Fire in Crystal-lake

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 November 1902 · page 4

A FIRE broke out about noon among some packing cases at the rear of W. Hepburn's and Tom Reid's old pre[?]ce in Crystal-lane. The services of…

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A Mill on Fire. Eight Operatives Killed. Many Others Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 November 1902 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred in a mill at Stockport, in Cheshire. Eight of the mill employees lost their lives and many others of the…

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Chatean Destroyed by Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 2

The Chateau de Raudan, in France, belonging to the Duke of Orleans, one of the claimants to the French throne, has been destroyed…

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Fire on Billygoat Hill. a Man Severely Burnt

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 2

AN outbreak of fire occurred about half-past 9 last night in, a tworoomed wood-and-iron house on the south side of Billygoat Hill. A…

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Chateau Destroyed by Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

The fire at the Chateau de Raudan, the castle of the Duke of Orleans, was caused by a chimney becoming alight. One wing of the building…

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A Tent on Fire. Three Children Fatally Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 1

A frightful burning fatality is reported from Gilgandra. Two women, three children, and two men were wleeping in a tent, the…

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A Mysterious Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 2

ABOUT half-part ll last night a fire broke ont in a four-roomed woodand-iron house situated on the Junction lease. When the brigade…

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Nature's Revolt. [Reuter's Messages.] "Balls of Fire." LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 2

Sir Norman Lookyer, F R S., director of the Solar Physics Observatory at South Kensington, and author of many astronomical works,…

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