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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Fire at a Change Place. a Mailbag Burned. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 1

The mail groom, H. Green, at the Culparlo changing place, on the Broken Hill to White Cliffs road, after changing his horses, took charge of…

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The Milan Fire. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 4

The fire by which the Milan Exhibition and Palace of Are were partially destroyed has been traced by local anarchists…

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A Destructive Fire. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 2

A fire, which occurred yesterday afternoon, destroyed the flock mill of Messrs. Robinson and Marshall, of South Melbourne, in a few minutes…

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Fire at White Cliffs. Man Badly Burnt. Narrow Escape of Woman and Child. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 2

A four-roomed house near the Convent School, occupied by James Quinn and his wife and a child 2 years old, was totally destroyed by fire, at to…

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A Destructive Fire. £100,000 LOST. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 2

The Townshend-Hook Company's paper mills, seven cottages, and two barges, at Snodland, in Kent, have been destroyed by fire. The damage…

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American Earthquake. Centre of Disturbance in Chile. Considerable Damage Done. Many Lives Lost. Sensational Details. Valparaiso in Ruins. Many Hundreds of Deaths. Destructive Fire. the City in Panic the Experiences at Santiago. Many Lives Lost. Much Damage Done. a Hysterical Populace. Several Small Towns Destroyed. a Great Tidal Wave. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 2

Seismograph records at Washington, U.S.A., record slow earth tremors on Thursday evening, the most v[?]olent shocks occurring towards 8 o'clock, The…

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A Peculiar Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

It has been reported to the police that at shout 4 a.m. o'clock yesterday a two-roomed wood-and-iron house and contents, situated in Ryan-street,…

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State Fire Insurance. Ita Success in New Zealand. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

The annual report of the State Fire Insurance Office submitted after the first year's operations shows that the year's premiums amounted to…

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A Tragic Fire. Two Men Burnt to Death, Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 1

A fearful fatality occurred early this morning at Bangannie, a small mining settlement near to Geelong. Three miners were living in one house, which,…

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Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 September 1906 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Broken Hill Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall yesterday, when all the members of the hoard were present…

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London Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

The London County Council is gradually replacing the horse-drawn steam fire engines in the London fire brigade by new machines of the self-propelling…

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Destructive Fire. an Algerian Forest Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

A hundred thousand acres of beech and oak forest in the Collo district of Algeria have been burnt. The fire is attributed. to native incendiaries…

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Professor Milne. and Some Reflections on Earthquakes and Earthquake Fires

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 7

As was the case with San Francisco, the city of Valparaiso was destroved chiefly through tire—the child of the quake. The actual damage through…

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Fire Tragedy. Wife Saved by Being Thrown from a Window. Three Deaths

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 3

Three persons—a young woman, a girl, and a baby-lost their lives in a fire that broke out early on Saturday morning, July 28, in a rag and bone…

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Fire on a Barque. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 4

The damage done by the fire that broke out on board the barque Marlborough Hall, which is lying at Newcastle, and which was got under…

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Fire on a Barque. Still Smouldering. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 1

A fire broke out on boord the baraue Marlborough Hall, lying at Newcastle, this morning. After two hours' battling the fire was mastered. It is still,…

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Fire on a Barque. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

The damage done by the fire that broke out on board the barque Marlborough Hall, which is lying at Newcastle, and which was got under…

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A Disastrous Fire. Near Geelong. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

MR. Fred. Fairbairn's residence at Woolbrook estate, near Geelong, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is set down at no less a sum than…

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The Waimatis Fire. Injurious Sulphur Fumes. Wool Cargo Damaged. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

"The Times" states that the use of the sulphur apparatus to extinguish the fire on the Waimatis, a wool ship, bound from New Zealand to London;…

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Fire at North Melbourne Extensive Damage. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 2

A fire occurred at North Melbourne early this morning. Great damage was done to Norton's saddlery establishment, to Mrs. Bartram's…

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