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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1917

326 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 17

Fire at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 2

At about 8.30 o'clock last night, the Central, South, and Railway Town fire brigades turned out to a fire in a [?] roomed wood and iron house, [?]uated…

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Big Grass Fire. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 4

A big grass fire occurred at Streaky Bay last Saturday, and burnt an area 12 miles long and 20 miles wide. Standing crops, stables, and other property…

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Bush Fire in Hay District Thousands of Acres of Country Swept. a Landowner Missing, Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 30 December 1917 · page 2

Possibly the biggest bush fire in the history of the Hay district, which has swept hundreds of thousands of acres of gress and timber country in the…

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Fires Oh Farm Lands. Aeson Alleged in VICTORIA

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 4

During the referendum campaign strong feeling was aroused between the rival parties in the Rushworth district, on the north-eastern line, and it is…

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An Adelaide Fire. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

A [?] occurred early on Sunday morning on the premises of Sharples Bros[?] printers and stationers, in [?]street. The damage is…

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Haystack Destroyed by Fire. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

A haystack, containing 400 tons of hay[?] belonging to Norman and Co., of Salisbury, was destroyed by fire on Saturday…

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Wallaroo Town Hall Fire. Evidence at the Inquest

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 4

Mr. James Malcolm (coroner) held an inquest on the Town Hall fire at the Courthouse, Wallaroo, on Thursday Dec. 27. Mounted-constable O'Connell…

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Broken Hill Fire Brigade. Some of Its History During Mr. Lamborne's Period of Service

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 4

Divisional Officer J. M. Lamborne, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, who has been in charge, of the Broken Hill Fire Brigade for many years, has…

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