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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fire on the Express. Truck Alight. Destruction of Property

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

The sudden stopping of the express train to Broken Hill during the small hours of this morning caused anxiety and some little excitement amongst the…

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Fire at Tamworth. Man Burnt About the Face. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 8

A fire broke out at the Thornsby timber works, Peel-street, Tamworth, on Thursday night, the damage being estimated at £1000…

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Weatherboard Cottage on Fire. Inmates Unable to Save Anything. Barely Escape with Their Lives. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

A weatherboard cottage at Epping, occupied by Mrs. Beveridge, caught fire early yesterday motning, and the inmates had barely time to escape with…

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Fires at Brussels. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 4

Further fires broke out to-day at the Brussels International Exhibition, but were extinguished. The fires give evidence of incendiarism…

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Fire Caused by Gas Discharge. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 4

The discharge of natural gas near Bergedorf, Germany, started a fire to-day, which is burning like an enormous torch…

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Fire at Tamworth. Man Burnt About the Face. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 8

A fire broke out at the Thornsby timber works, Peel-street, Tamworth, on Thursday night, the damage being estimated at £1000…

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Lunatic Asylum on Fire. Patients Released in Snowstorm. Patient Playing with Matches. the Cause of the Conflagration. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 4

The Manitoba Lunatic Asylum was destroyed by fire to-day, 600 patients being released in a snowstorm. Several are believed to be dead…

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Combination Railway Car. Destroyed by Fire. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 4

A new combination railway employees' car has been completely destroyed by fire 53 miles north or Hergott Springs…

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Fire at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 6

The Railway Town Fire Brigade received a call about 4 o'clock to-day to a fire in a two-roomed weatherboard house situated in Beryl-street, Railway…

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Welsh Colliery Troubles. Strikers Stone the Police. and Extinguish Boiler Fires. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 6

The miners on strike at the Clyda[?] Vale colliery (Wales) prevented the enginemen and stokers working to-day and stoned the police. The…

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A Fire at Sea

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 1

A wireless message was received to-day at San Diego (California) from the steamer Falcon, bound from San Francisco to Seattle, stating that it was on…

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Fire at White Cliffs. a Residence Completely Cutted. ["Truth's" Specinl Service.] White Cliffs, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 November 1910 · page 1

The residence of Danied Gilkes was completely gutted by fire this afternoon. The place, which was insured, contained some valuable furniture…

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Fire Brigade's Warm Reception

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

On Tuesday the Hobart Fire Brigade was called to attend a fire on the Glebe. On arrival the outbreak was found to have already been…

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Fire at White Cliffs. Four-roomed Dwelling Destroyed. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

A four-roomed dwelling at White Cliffs, owned and occupied by Mr. Daniel Gilks, was destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon…

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A Sydney Fire. Alarm Given by Automatic Sprinkler. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 5

Yesterday an alarm of fire was given by the automatic sprinkler at Parsons Brothers, Kent-street, Sydney. The brigade turned out and found…

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Elderly Man Shockingly Burnt. Found Roasting in the Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 5

A shocking burning accident occurred at Gordon, a suburb of Sydney, yesterday to an elderly man named James Pritchard…

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Big Fire in Adelaide. a Grenfell-street Block in Flames. an Impressive Scene. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 4

This morning the contsable on duty in Grenfell-street, Adelaide, noticed[?] flames issuing from the cast side of the block known as Gender's Buildings…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Adelaide Fire. Front Portion of Gender's Buildings. a Heap of Smouldering Debris. [?] DETAILS. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 1

B[?] walls and a heap of smouldering debris in the basement are all that is left of the front portion of Genders buildings in G[?]street, A[?]…

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New South Wales. Bush Fire Near Deniliquin. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 2

A bush fire near Deniliquin raged for six hours yesterday. Before it was checked it burnt an area of country four miles long by four to six miles…

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Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 2

The No. 2 (South) Fire Brigade was called at 8.30 last night to a fire which had broken out in a four-roomed woodand-iron cottage, situated at the corner…

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