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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

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Motor Car on Fire. Causes Horses to Take 'Fright. Woman Killed Man and Woman Injured

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 1

A motor-car belonging to Messrs. Malone Brothers, took fire on the Tarago road, near Braidwood (New South Wales) on Monday, and had to…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

This morning at 9.15 o'clock the central fire brigade was called through the Zinc Corporation fire alarm. The brigade turned out, but the call was…

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Fire in a School. Fifty Children Perish. (Renter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

At Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 50 children were burned to death yesterday by a fire in a school. Only 12 of the bodies have as yet been…

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Fire in a School. Twenty Children Perish. One Child Causes a Panic. (Renter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 4

At Peabody, Massachussets, U.S.A., a fire broke out in St. John's parochial school through a boiler-room accident a few minutes after the school had…

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Fire Calls

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 3

During October the Fire Brigade attended one outbreak of fire, and responded to two false alarms. For the ten months of the year just ended the…

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The Attack on Nish. Forts Under Fire. Berlin

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 2

An unofficial despatch from Sofia states that the exterior forts around Nish, the Servian capital, are under the fire of the Bulgarian artillery…

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"Hallowe'en Fires." Address By[?]rev. R. G. M'carron

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 1

The services at St. Andrew's Church on Sunday last were of a special character. In the evening the subject discussed by the Rev…

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An Adelaide Fire. Brickworks Destroyed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 4

Early this morning, the Silicate Brick Company's works near the Outer Harbor were destroyed by fire, the damage done being estimated at £6000…

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Fire on a Sugar Ship. Suspected Incendiarism. New York

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 2

A fire has been discovered among the cargo of the British steamer Enterpe. The captain says he believes the fire to be the work of an incendiary. It…

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Greeks Fire on French Troops. a German Report. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 2

A Berlin wireless message states that a section of the Greek[?] army, while excited, fired on French troopis retreating into Greek territory before the…

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Bush Fires on the Norths Coast. Experiences of Settlers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 8

From Port Macquarie (says the Sydney correspondent of the "Register") comes the news that the whole of the north coastal country is shrouded in…

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Three Fire Calls. Two Houses Burnt Out

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 November 1915 · page 1

On Saturday night, at 8.45 o'clock, the Central Fire Brigade received a call through the A circuit, No. 4 alarm, to a fire, which was found to be in a…

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A Tent on Fire. Child and Rescuers Badly Burnt. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Sunday 7 November 1915 · page 1

George Cole, aged 18 months, was left in a tent at the rear of his parents' residence. North Melbourne, yesterday, when by some means the canvas caught…

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Fatal Fire. Charred Body Found in Melbourne House. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 2

After firemen had partially extinguished a fire at 300 Coventry-street, South Melbourne, at about 11 p.m. on Saturday they discovered the…

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Cork Factory Burnt Out. Melboarne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

The Tactory of Vogt Bros., Proprietary Limited, cork manufacturers, South "Melbourne, was burnt out yesterday…

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The Rochambeau. Bunker Fires Extinguished. New York

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

The captain of the French steamer Rochambeau, which was reported yesterday to have her coal bunkers on fire has sent a wireless message…

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Japanese Runs Amok. Shoots Three Men. Sets Fire to Station Buildings. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

A telegram received yesterday states that a Japanese employed as cook on Murramunda station, beyond Marble Bar, ran amok and fired shots at and…

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Steamer Outrages. a Liner on Fire. the Outbreak on a Sugar Ship. New York

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 1

The French line steamer Rochambeaux is returning to port with her after coal bunkers alight. The vessel is returning to Halifax. Although…

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Sydney Suburban Fire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 3

A fire broke out yesterday in the grocery section of the premises of Messrs. Hodgson, Limited, general storekeepers, Lackey-street, Summer…

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The Ancona Tragedy. Submarine Fires on Rescue Boats. Killing Women and Children. Milan

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 4

Eye-witnesses of the Ancona disaster state that the enemy submarine fired on the rescue boats killing women and children…

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