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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

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Fire in New Zealand. Printing Establishment Badly Damaged. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 4

A fire this morning causea damage to the extent of £70[?]0 to Whitcombe and Tombs's printing establishment in Main-street, Wellington…

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That Fatal Fire Damp. the Prussian Colliery Disaster. [Reuter's Message.] Berlin

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 4

Them were 650 miners in the Lotheringen colliery at the time of the fire-damp explosion. It is known that 103 men were killed outright, and 20…

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Fire at South Broken Hill. Small Cottage Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 4

The mine whistles sounded an alarm of fire shortly before 9 o'clock on Saturday evening. The scene of the conflagration was in a four-roomed…

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Fire at South Broken Hill. House and Shop Burnt

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 8

A fire occurred to-day in Bonanza-street, South Broken Hill, in a fourroomed wood and iron house, with a shop attached. The premises were…

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Outbreak of Fire. Caused by Camp Explosion. Constantinople

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 4

The earthquake caused the explosion of a lamp at Chorlu, Turkey, and a serious fire resulted. Three hundred houses have already…

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Fire in Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 1

Sydney, Wednesday. A fire occurred at 1.30 this morning at Surry Hills in a five-storied building occupied by Anderson and Co., hat…

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Fire in Sydney. a Hat Factory Burned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

A fire broke out in Anderson and Co.'s hat factory last night. After two hours' hard battling the firemen succeeded in getting the flames under…

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Fire at Surry Hills. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 3

A big are occurred, last night, the building of Anderson Bros., perambulator manufactures, in Riley-street, Surry Hills, being completely gutted…

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The Painter's Union. Brought Into Court a Miss-fire Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 8

The dispute between the Trades Hall Association and the Painters and Decorator's Union was advanced another stage this morning at the…

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Pence on Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 4

The South Broken Hill Fire Brigade received a call to a fire on Saturday. The blaze was located in Rockwell-street, and was confined to a fence. The…

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Fire Brigade Social

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 5

About-70 people spent an enjoyable time at the [?]eneral Fire Station on Saturday evening when the monthly social was held. Instrumental items…

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Big Fire at Henty. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 4

Several business houses at Henty were burnt out yesterday. The damage amounted to about £11,000. There is no local fire brigade…

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Our Serial Story. the Three Car[?]ations. Chapter Xxiv.—fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 2

An hour earlier two other men had driven to Burdett-road. Mr. Davis had [?] his dinner whith r[?]lish, as a man will after a long day of…

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Fire Caused by the Sun

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 4

While the Licenses Reduction Board was sitting in the rooms of the Law Institute in Melbourne on Monday. Mr. Andrew's, one of the members of the…

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Coal Mine on Fire. Part of Great Wallsend in Flames. No Lives in Danger. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 3

An outbreak of fire occurred in portion of the Wallsend colliery, Newcastle, yesterday. All efforts to extinguish the fire failed. The affected portion…

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Fire at South Broken Hill. House and Contents Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 August 1912 · page 4

A fire occurred last night in a four roomed wood and iron, house at the corner of Rockwell and Wilson streets, South Broken Hill, owned and occupied…

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Burnt to Death. Old Lady Fires Her Bed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 4

Margaret Oates, widow, 77, who was suffering from bronchitis, set fire to her bed last night. She was fatally burned, and her son was seriously…

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Disastrous Fire. Hindmarsh Rope Works Burnt. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 4

The Adelaide rope works at Hindmarsh were practically gutted by fire early this morning. The value of the stock and machinery destroyed…

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Fire in a Cordial Factory

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 4

A fire broke out about 10.30 on Saturday evening in a cordial factory in Crystal-street, owned by Mr. C. Berkholz. The Central Fire Brigade…

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Broken Hill Fire Service. Calls for Eight Months

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1912 · page 4

It is worthy of note that only four false alarms have been recorded by the three fire stations connected with Broken Hill's fire service for the eight…

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