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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

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A Small Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Tho South Brigade was called Hil morning Tho (lie was in tho kitchen of a houso in Ilobbnrd-itroel occupied hy IWrs. J. Flowers. The blaze wus extinguished hy a…

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A Destructive Fire. [By Telegraph] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Yesterday evening a fire' occurred in a. shop occupied by Miss ' A. S. Newman at Parkside. The pressure of water available was…

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A Big Fire. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

One of Sir T. J. Lipton's big stores has been destroyed by fire. The damage is put down at £30,000…

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Telegraphic News Heat a d Fires in Victoria. Sydney

Western Grazier · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

There is fearful heat in Victoria, and devastation and ruin in reported everywhere, and enormous damage has been done. Fifty miles of…

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The Bush Fires

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 2

At a meeting of the City Council last night a circular letter was read from the hon secretaries of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund, soliciting subscriptions…

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A Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 1

An outbreak of fire somewhat mysteriously occurred this morning in a two-roomed woodand-lron dwelling situated on the Junction North lease. There was nobody about the…

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A Perth Fire. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 2

An inquiry was concluded yesterday afternoon into tile 'fire which occurred in the shop of Maurice Bloom, Murray-street,…

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A 'Sensational Fire. Narrow Esoapa of Woman and Child [By TELEGRAPH.] [?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 4

A hessian camp on the Monte Cristo lease Kalgoorlie, was yesterday destroyed by [?] Mrs. Rogers, wife of John Rogers, and her daughter, 2 years of age, who were In the…

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Letter-writting Under Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 7

The following sketch by Captain Britholsky a Russian officer is one of the few glimpses into the individual realities of war which have been written timing the…

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Causing Bush Fires. Offenders Fined. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 1

Two swagmen were to day fined £10 each, or a fortnight in gaol, for lighting fires nt Kyneton. A boy, 13 years of ago, was fined a similar amount for lighting a fire which…

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A New Zealand Fire. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 1

The Kauri Timber Company buildings and mills have been dostroyod by fire…

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Russian Revolution the St. Petersburg Rising. Few Particulars Allowed Through. Further Fighting on Monday. Shops and Stores Pillaged. Business at a Standstill Government Departments Mostly Closed. the Fire at Sebastopol Started by Russian Sailors. Soldiers Refused to Fire on Rioters. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

The Russian censorship is very strict, and prevents the transmission of much of the news concerning the rising in St…

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Bush Fire Relief. Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

The Government has sent £1615 to the local bush fire relief committee, and the sum will be deducted from the £5000 granted by the Government to…

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Bisastrous Fire. Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

A disastrous fire has occurred at Wellington, N.Z. The Direct Import Company's store and an adjoining draper's shop were destroyed. The…

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Fire in Th0mas-street

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The Fire Bridade rocoivod a call at about half-past 8 o'clock last night to a firo in' Tho[?]-street North. On arrival it wan found that a four-roomod house, owned and…

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A New Zealand Fire. Damage, £160,000., [Br Teleghaph.] Wellington Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 1

The Direct Importing Company's promises at Wellington, one of the largest businees places in the oity, were destroyed by fire this morning. The damago is estimated…

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Burglars Fire a House. a Remarkable Outrage. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

A remarkable outrage has been reported to the police. The residence of Mr. Pegla at Mayneside, near Winto, was…

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A Bloemfontein Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

Three large military stores in Bloemfontein, in Orangie RiVer Colony, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at…

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Unreported Fires

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

It is not at all a desirable thing to have to call the Fire Brigade to one's house, and no doubt the endeavor of every householder and businessman is to postpone indefinitely…

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The Bush Fire Sufferers. Methods'of Relief. [By T[?]] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

At a meeting of the Bush Fires Fond Committee held last night it was reported that the total fosses that had been, sustained…

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