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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1905

157 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 8

Fire in Wolfram-street

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 2

A fire broke out last night shortly before 7 o'clock, at a four-roomed house occupied and owned by Mr, Fred. Inman in Wolfram-street. The structure was…

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Accident a ta Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 4

The accident which happened to an old lady named Mrs. Kennedy on Thursday night, while she was watching a fire in Wolfram-street, was…

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A Small Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 1

What might have been a fire of serions consequences occurred this after-noon at T. R. Smith's woodyard, in Blende-street. A spark from the…

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Brisbane Fatal Fire. The Inquest. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 2

The inquest on the fire at a Brisbane hotel, in which four persons lost their lives, was resumed yesterday. The evidence was to the…

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Fire in a Colliery. Followed by an Explosion.. Five Men Killed. Nine Others injured. A Director, Managers, and Deputies Victims. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1905 · page 2

An explosion occurred, in-the Stanford-Merthyr colliety, in the Hunter River district, early yesterday morning…

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The Colliery Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 2

The manager of the East Greta colliery has offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who…

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Big Fire in Argent-street. Willyama Hotel Demolished. Cause Unknown

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 2

Just before midnight last night the city was illuminated by a contiagration of larger dimensions than any since the old York Hotel, at the rear of the…

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The Willyama Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

The coroner (Mr. T. Hall J.P.) had arranged for an inquest to be held at the Courthouse at 4 o'clook to-day into the circumstances of the fire which…

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The Colliery Fire. a Man Arrested. [By Telegraph.] Sudney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 4

The rumors and sensational [?] ments circulated since Sunday concerning the fire in the Stanford Merthyr colliery have culminated in the…

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The Willyama Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

It is the intention of Messrs. Harvey Bros., of Adelaide, the proprietors of the Willyama Hotel, which was burned td the ground on Wednesday evening,…

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The Colliery Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

The man Liback, arrested for sctting fire to the Stanford Merthyr Colliery, was before the police court yesterday, and was remanded…

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The Colliery Fire. a Man Arrested. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 8

The rumors and sensational statements circulated since sunday concorning the fire in the Stanford Merthyr colliery have culminated in the…

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A Small Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 November 1905 · page 2

A small fire broke out early yesterany morning in a four-roomed Wood-and. iron house in Crystnl-stteot North, owned and occupied by a Mrs. Buvlar…

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Bush Fires. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 2

Bush fires are spreading in the Grafton; Lismore, Dungog, Gunnedah, and Richmond districts. The residence of J. H…

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The Colliery Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 2

At the inquest yesterday on the body of Jones, one of the victims of the fire and explosion at the Stanford Merthyr colliery, the…

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The Colliery Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 4

The scalings of the Stanford Murthyr colliery will be allowed to remain for three months before they are disturbed…

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FIRE At Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 November 1905 · page 1

The Fire Brignde this afternoon received a call to Morgan-street, Railway Town, near the Zinc Works, the scene of the fire being a 5-roomed…

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Fires

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 2

The Fire Brigade has been kept busy of late, quite a number of minor conflagrations having occured. Yesterday morning the…

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Fatal Fire at Glasgow

Western Grazier · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 3

London, Nov. 19.—A model lodging house at Glasgow was destroyed by fire and 30 of the inmates suffocated and inmate in[?]ted…

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Fighting a Bushfire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 2

John Hannon, driver of the mail coach between Milton and Bate-man's Bay, reported on arriving at his destination on Saturday that…

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