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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

207 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 11

A Bank Stuck Up. Armed and Masked Man. Fires Two Shots. One Hits the Manager's Wife. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 2

The Oakleigh branch of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank was stuck up about 11 o'clock last night…

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Serious Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 4

Severe damage has been done by the bush fires near York. Hundreds of acres of wheat and grass have been destroyed, also hundreds of sheep. A farmer named Mackie…

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Serious Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 7

Severe damage has been done by the bush fires near York. Hundreds of acres of wheat and grass have been destroyed, also hundreds of sheep. A farmer named Mackie…

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A Fire in Adelaide. Damage, £2000. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 5

A fire occurred last night, just after 11 0'clock, in the city, on the premises of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, in the store…

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A Small Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 December 1904 · page 4

The Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon to premises at the rear of Pitt's fruit store, in Oxide-street. The cause…

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Big Fire at Nyngan. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 December 1904 · page 2

A fire at Nyngan yesterday destroyed a block of seven shops. Improve your Complexion.—Your complexion, as well as your temper, is rendered…

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A Terrible Fire. Father. Mother, and Three Children Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 December 1904 · page 1

A Madgee telegram states that at Merror early on Christmas. Day Henry Proctor, a miner, his wife, and their five children were asleep in a hut built of salpings, bark, and…

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Telegraphic News Heat and Bush Fires. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 2

Bush fires continue in many parts of the country, causing great loss to settlers. A sensational incident occurred in…

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