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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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American Forest Fires. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

Two hundred women fought the flames for 24 hours, and succeeded in saving their homes at Elk city…

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The American Forest Fires. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 4

Heavy snow has fallen in [?]o, and has materially assisted in [?]enching the forest fires…

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Sensation at Newcastle. Fire on a Coal Ship. Two Explosions of Coal Gas. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 4

At Newcastle yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the bunkers of the steamer Indrani, which had just completed loading coal and cargo, and…

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Sensation at the Vatican. Ex-franciscan Friar Fires in the Air. to Attract Attention to Himself and His Case. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

At vespers last night a pani[?] was caused at the Basilica Vatican. An ex-Franciscan friar, one Beltramini, fired three shots in the air…

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Idaho Forest Fires. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 4

The rain is quenching the Idaho forest fires. Seventy-three forestry employees are reported dead or missing…

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Portuguese Hospital on Fire. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 4

A gas explosion yesterday caused a fire in a hospital at Henares (Portugal). The firemen rescued 90 panicstricken women and girls through the…

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Fire in Beryl-street North

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 September 1910 · page 5

A fire broke out about 1.30 yesterday morning in premises occupied by Mrs. L. Hawkes, at Beryl-street North. The Fire Brigade, under District Officer…

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Fellmongery Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 September 1910 · page 7

Gibbs and Co's, fellmongery, which was destroyed by fire at Footscray last night, was insured for £11,770…

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Big Fire at Temora. Eight Shops Destroyed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 September 1910 · page 5

A big fire occurred at Temora on Friday at midnight, eight shops being destroyed. The insurance amounts to over £3000…

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Fire at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 3

A fire broke out last night in a small six-roomed wood-and-iron house owned and occupied by Mrs. Catherine James, Beryl-street, Railway Town…

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Hospital on Fire. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 4

The hospital at Rock Bay (British Columbia) was burned to-day. The nurses carried out all the patients safely…

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Fire at Brussels Exhibition. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 2

A fire yesterday occurred in the Brussels International Exhibition, but it was quickly extinguished…

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Fire in Battleship's Bunkers. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 8

The bunkers of the American battleship Dakota caught fire to-day, whilst the vessel lay at anchor in Lower Chesapeake Bay (Virginia), and 75…

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Drapery Establishment on Fire. Girls Killed and Injured. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 4

A fire yesterday occurred at Wallace and Hughes's drapery establishment, Brixton-rond, London. Some of the girls jumped from the…

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A Destructive Fire. Three Hundred Houses Burnt. Four Thousand People Homeless. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 4

Three hundred house in Kavkas, a suburb of Zarizyn, Russia, were burnt yesterday. Four thousand people are homeless…

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Fire Brigade Social

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 3

The members of the Fire Brigade were entertained at a surprise social at the Fire Station last night, engineered by Miss Madge Pollock. The…

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Destroyed by Fire. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 4

An Alaskan cannery town named Kassan was destroyed by fire to-day…

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Fire in Wolfram-lake

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 4

The Fire Brigade received a call by telephone at 9.47 this morning, and turned out promptly. The scene of the fire was a five-roomed unoccupied…

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A New Zealand Fire. Bank Premises Destroyed. Auckland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 8

The promises of the Union Bank of Australia, Palmerston North (New Zealand), were destroyed by fire last night. The manager and his family had…

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Swept by Forest Fires. Vancouver, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 September 1910 · page 6

The area, swept by forest, fires in the States of Montana and Idaho (U.S.A.) totals 15,000 acres…

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