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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

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A Fatal Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 8

A fire, attended with fatal results, ocourred last night in a small shop and dwelling ocupied by Charlie Ab Shaw, a storekeeper on the Boga and…

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Fire at North Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

A fire occurred in a storeroom at the rear of the premises of A. Fisher and Sons, plumbers, North Adelaide, last night. The flames spread to a shed…

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Fire Thwarts Burglars. Remarkable French Outrage

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

A burglury which was committed lately at the branch of the Credit Lyonnais, at Marseilles, was one of the most daring of recent years in France…

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Fire at Grocery Shop. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 2

A fire occurred at Cowell s grocery shop in the Cafe Anglais Buildings, William-street; on Saturday. The stock is insured for £300 and the…

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Fire at Annandale. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

A grocer's shop, with its contents, on the Parramatta-road, Annandale, occupied by A. Fenton, was severely damaged by fire yesterday. A…

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Fire at Colorado Mine. Twenty-three Men Perish. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

During a fire yesterday at the Gold King mine, Gladstone, colorado (U.S.A.), a number of men were in peril of their lives. Three were missing…

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Destructive Fire at Brewarrina. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 8

A destructive fire occurred at Br[?][?]arrina yesterday. Altogether five shops in the principal business street of the town were destroyed…

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West Australia. Setting His House on Fire. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 4

Charles Bradshaw pleaded guilty yesterday to wilfully setting fire to his house at North Dandalup, on May 2, and was liberated upon entering into…

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A North Coast Fire. a Township Menaced, Some Exciting Experiences

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 3

The most destructive fire in the history of the North Coast—except that at Murwillumbah in September last— broke out at Mullumbimby (as already…

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Church Roof on Fire London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 4

Incendiarios set fire to the roof of the Dominican Church of St, Paul's, Merlin. The priests learning of the outbreak closed the service, walked down…

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Hat Factory on Fire Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 4

Lewis and Loney's bat factory at Redfern was severely damaged by fire to-day…

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The Block 12 Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 8

Some further trouble has been given by the fire which is burning under ground in Block 12 of the Proprietary mine. It shows renewed activity in…

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A Destructive Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 8

A fire occurred last night in the storeroom at the hat factory of Lewis and Loney, at Redforn. The fire practically destroyed the building, which…

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Destructive Fire. Estimated Damage, £10,000

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

There was a destructive fire on Monday afternoon at Tingha, Ten Fong's arcade, including Messrs. Pepper and Outcher's tailoring establishment…

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Fire in West Broken Hill. a Four-Roomed House Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

A fire broke out shortly after 2 o'clock this morning in a four-roomed wood and stone house in Wyman-street, West Broken Hill. There was no water…

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The Fire Epidemic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

The coroner (Mr. T. Hall) has arranged to hold an inquest on Wednesday next into the circumstances surrounding the fire which recently…

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The Block 12 Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 8

In consequence of the increased activity of the Block 12 fire in the Proprietary mine, which is now burning up to the fringe of the north water…

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Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 5

Shearman's furniture, store, Hunterstreet, Newcastle, was destroyed by fire yesterday A number of other buildings had narrow escapes…

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The Cadet Encampment. Round the Camp Fire. a Merry Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 8

A large concourse of people visited the oadet encampment last night, and the lads who have been "weathering'it" under canvas for the last couple of…

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Chimney Fires

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 2

Two calls to attend chimney fires were received at the Fire Station on Saturday and Sunday nights. The first of these occurrences took place at 9.35…

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