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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

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The Sassafras Brewery Fire. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 April 1902 · page 2

The Sassafras Ale Factory fire was the subject of an inquest on Saturday afternoon. An open verdict was returned…

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The Chapple-lane Fires. Mrs. Simpson Before the Court. Accused Discharged

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 1

ANNIE ALICE SIMPSON was charged this afternoon in the Circuit Court with malicio[?]sly setting fire to a building in Chapple-street, the…

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From Prosperity to Poverty. a Sad Result of a Bush Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 3

PERHAPS the saddest circumstance resulting from a bush fire is one which occurred in Winnipeg, Canada, in June last year. Benjamin Spencer ploughed…

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Fires. SYDNEY

Western Grazier · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 3

A big fire occurred at Pyrmont on Saturday afternoon, night buildings being partly destroyed, including two timber yards. The damage is…

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The Chapple-lane Fires. The Adjourned Inquest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 4

The adjourned inquest into the Chapple-lane fires was resumed at the Courthouse to-day before the coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.)…

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The Chapple-lane Fires. The Adjourned Inquest

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 1

The adjourned inquest into the Chapple-lane fires was resumed at the Courthouse to-day before the coroner (Mr. T. Hall, J.P.)…

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The Chapple-lane Fires. Conclusion of the Inquest. Mrs. Simpson Committed for Trial

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

THE inquest on the recent fires on Mrs. Smith's block in Chapple-lane was concluded last evening after the MINER went to press. The jury returned a…

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Outbreak of Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 2

A FIRE broke out at about 8 30 on Saturday night in a bedroom of a house at Williams-street owned and occupied by Mrs. Beaumont. No…

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Fire in Crystal-street

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 1

AN outbreak of fire occurred this afternoon in a bedroom at Mrs. Triplett's boarding-house, Crystal-street. The room was a detached one,…

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The City of Pittsburg Fire. Seventy-five Fatalities. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

Later cubles slate that the fire on the steamer. City of Pittsburg, in Illinois, U. S. A, caused 75 deaths…

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The London Fire: Damage, £2,000,000. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 4

The damage by the fire in the Barbican, in London, this morning is estimated at £2,000,000…

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Great Fire in London. Several Warehouses Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

A great fire occurred in London, in the commercial quarter of the city, this morning. The blaze recalled memories of the…

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Great Fire at Inverell Man and Wife Burnt to Death. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

A great fire occurred at Inverell this morning. It broke out in Alderman Wilson's house and spread with alarming rapidity. Within two hours…

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The City of Pittsburg Fire. Seventy-five Fatalities. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 4

Later cables state that the fire on the steamer City of Pittsburg, in Illinois, U. S. A., caused 75 deaths…

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The Inverell Fire. Damage, £30,000. Many Families Destitute. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

Many private families and business people at Inverell have been rendered destitute by yesterday morning's fire. In all, 19 buildings…

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Great Fire at Inverell. Many Shops Destroyed. Two People Burnt to Death. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 1

A terrible fire occurred at Inverell, the centre of an important agricultural and mining district in the north, last night…

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The Big London Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1902 · page 2

Fifty firms are sufferers by the fire which occurred in the Barbican, in London, yesterday morning…

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The London Fire: Damage, £2,000,000. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1902 · page 4

The damage by the fire in the Barbican, in London, this morning is estimated at £2,000,000…

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Great Fire in London. London, April 23

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

A great fire has occurred in London Three big warehouses in the Australian Avenue, Barbican-street, were destroyed, Thirty-nine engines and…

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Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday night, about a quarter to 12, a fire broke out in a three-roomed unoccupied house in Argent-street North. When the brigade arrived…

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