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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Big Bush Fire. Several Stations Burnt. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 2

A big bush fire is raging in the Darling country. It has burnt out soveral stations and has swept 200 miles of the Darling country towards…

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Ship on Fire. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 4

A wnrshin with a crow of 321 in hoard took fire off Algeciras, in s[?]ain. The crow were rescued with difficulty. The whole of the Noyes and the Blue…

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The Bush Fires, Mr. Authur Crossing's Opinion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 2

"It is the most serious grass fire that has occurred since Broken Hill started," said Mr. Arthur Crossing when interviewed by a " Miner"…

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Great Bush Fire. Several Stations Involved

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 1

Wires to hand tell of a monster bush fire which is raging 70 miles from Broken Hill. The fire is on the other side of the Darling, but, nevertheless, the…

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Ship on Fire. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 4

A warship with a crew of 321 in board took fire off Algeeiras, in snain. The crew were reseued with difficulty. The whole of the Noyes and the Blue…

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The Bush Fires. Still Racing. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

The bush fires continue to rage, and are causing much devastation. Messrs. Elder, Smith, and Co. last night received a wire from Mr. Ben…

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Fire at Katanning. Extensive Damago. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 December 1906 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurjod on Friday morning at Katanning. Eight shops owned hy Messrs. F. and C. Piesse were destroyed, the damage being…

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Bush Fire at Condobolin. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 2

The first bush fire of the season in the Condobolin district broke out yesterday on the Merriwee station, and 300 acres of grass were burnt. The…

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A Fatal Fire. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 2

A fire which occurred last night at Goyder caused the death of Mrs. George Peter, sen., and completely destroyed her residence…

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Monkey Causes a Fire. Tries to Trim a Lamp. And Then Acts as Fireman. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2

A fire occurred at The Grosvenor, a big metropolitan boarding-house,under extraordinary circumstances last night. "A monkey kept on the premises has…

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The Grass Fire. Still Burning

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 4

The grass fire which broke out in what is known as the 70-mile country, on the Darling, is still burning, according to latest accounts. A resident of…

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Serious Mush Fires. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 4

Serious bush fires have occurred eight males north of Kadina…

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Fire in Cobalt-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 2

A rush was made to Cobalt-street, near the Pig and Whistle Hotel, at about 9 o'clock last night, the attraction being a fairly large blaze, which…

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Fire in a University. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 2

A fire occurrod in the Faratermty, House of the University at Ithaca, U.S.A. last night. Twenty-seven students were asleep at the time, and four…

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Fire Alarms

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 2

The northern portion of the city had quite an attraction for the Fire Brigade yesterday. They were called to a fire in Argent-lane North at 1 o'clock…

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Rush to a Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 2

A strange sight was witnessed in the Central Park on Sunday evening when the fire broke out in Cobalt street. The band was playing a…

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Fire in a Chemist's Shop. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 4

A fire gutted the shop of Mr. Rasmussen, chemist, of Flinders-street, last night. The bottles exploded in all directions, and so much carbonic acid gas…

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Heat and Fires. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 4

Excessive heat has been experienced in various parts of the Western Division of the State. At Menindie yesterday the maximum shade registration…

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Girl's Awful Fate. Hair Catches Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 1

A girl, 14 years of age, the daughter of Mr. Ephraim Osborne, of Albury, yesterday met with an awful death. She had put kerosene on her hair to…

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A Dangerous Kanaka. Fires on a River Steamor. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 2

Yesterday a kanaka, who emerged from the scrub, fired three times on a steamer that was on the Tweed River. The funnel of the steamer was struck,…

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