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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Fire at Korumburra. Extensive Damage Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Korumburra, the West Gippsland coal-mining centre, early yesterday morning. The fire, which started in Mrs. Tonkin's…

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Fire at Port Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 4

A clothier's shop occupied by Mr. F. M'Grnth, in St. Vincent-streot, Port Adelaide, was gutted by fire early this morning. The stock and fittings were…

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Fire on a Station. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 1

New has been received from Charlewille, Queensland, that through a droveris camp getting slight, the grass on the Coinda run was set on life…

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Steamer on Fire. Serious Damage. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 2

A fire broke out on board the steamer Whakatane while berthed at the Poplar Dock, London. The forehold of the vessel was seriously damaged before the…

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A Destructive Fire. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 2

A weatherboard structure, in Moneystreet, Perth, occupied by W. Deslandes, undertaker, was destroyed by fire last night. The hearses and…

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Municipal Fire Brigades. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

The Bathurst Borough Council objects strongly to the clauses of the Local Government Extension Bill dealing with the municipal retations with…

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Fire on a Steamer. Not Much Damage, Done. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

A fire, which, though not extensive was of a serious nature, broke out on board the Adelaide Steamship Company's new steamer Rupara on…

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The Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 3

At last night's meeting of the City Council the finance committee recommended that the sum of £160, progress payment, be passed to the Fire Brigade…

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Fire Brigades Bill. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

Several country municipal councils have agreed to support the movement to oppose the Fire Brigades Bill now before Parliament…

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Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] the Friscan Fires. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

The Superior (State) Court, sitting at San Francisco, has decided that even if there is evidence that the recent earthquake caused the fire by…

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Fire at a Wake

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 6

A remarkable incident occurred in a poor district of Sheffield (England) early in September at the house of Thomas Grogan, an Irish wheelwright. His…

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Houseboat on Fire. Exciting Scenes at Rescue of a Deaf Lady

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 3

The houseboat Sa[?]-Wen, moored within a short distance of Laleham Lock, England, was a few weeks, since completely burnt out, and Mrs. Manning,…

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New South Wales. a Colliery Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 October 1906 · page 2

Portion of the Heddon Greta colliery, which was scaled in February last owing to the fire in the workings, was. unsealed on Saturday…

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A Big Fire. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

The B[?]usch Company's petroleum works in Paris were destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at half a million sterling. Five hundred…

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A Ship on Fire. a Time of Peril. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 2

A fire occurred in the afterhold of the steamer Tarawera on Wednesday evening. The steamer was at the time bound from Gusborne to Auckland…

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Fire in Ch.apple-stieet

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 4

A fire occurred in a six-roomed weatherboard-and-iron house in Chap plo-street, few doors off Chloridestreet, at. about 11 o'clock last night…

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The Wellington Fire. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

The insurances on the fire which destroyed 13 buildings on the Lambton Quay amounts to £73,000. The total damage is estimated at £150,000. The…

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A Destructive Fire. a Shot Burned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 1

A. fire, the origin of which is unknown, occurred in a four-roomed wood-and-iron shop[?] Jones-street, West Broken Hill, at [?]…

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A Huge Fire. At Wellington. Damage Estimated at £150,000. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 1

The Auctioneering Company's mart at Lambton Quay, along with 13 other buildings, including the Bank of New South Wales, was destroyed by fire…

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Fires in Wellington. An Exciting Time. A Hospital in Peril. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

Another disastrous fire occurred in the city last night. Four houses in the main street, caught alight from a blazing washhouse which had taken…

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