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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1917

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Creat Forest Fires. Lives Reported Lost. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 4

Telegrams from St. Paul (U.S.) state that great forest fires are raging in Northern Minnesota. Some settlements have been burned and lives reported…

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Fires in New Zealand. Government Wool Destroyed. A[?]nd

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1917 · page 2

Suspicion has been aroused by the occurrence of two fires which have destroyed £14,000 worth of Government wool…

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A German Attack. Broken Up by French Fire. (Reuter's Message.) Paris

Barrier Miner · Sunday 20 May 1917 · page 1

A French official communique issued this morning states:— "Last naght, after a violent bombardmint, the Germans attacked…

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The Wars. Operations on the Western Front. British and French Successes Reported. Naval Engagement Off Dunkirk. Greece Said to Be on Tbe Verge of Revolution. On the Western Front German Support Trench Taken. Artillery Fire on Infantry in the Open. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "Our operations between Bullecourt and Fontaine les Croisilles were…

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General Cable News. Big Fire in United States. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2

Several square miles of the residential sections of Atlanta have been burned. The loss is estimated at £4,000,000…

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Great Fire in Japan. Thousands of Buildings Destroyed. (Reuter's Message.) Tokio

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

All the public buildings and 3500 houses have been burned by a fire which broke out at Yonezawa, south of Tokio…

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Fires in Germany. and in Occupied Russian Territory. Incendiarism Suspected. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Sunday 27 May 1917 · page 1

Great fires continue in Germany. The latest includes the gutting of Moabit goods station (near Berlin), where tanks of petrol and stored…

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Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. Another Raid Over England. By Sixteen Aeroplanes. 250 Casualties. 50 Women and Children Killed. British Machines Fight Returning Germans. Several of the Enemy Destroyed. The Italian Advance. Over 10,000 Prisoners. Last Russian Stronghold Before Trieste. Now Being Assaulted. Russians No Longer Fraternising with Germans. United States Fighting Units in France. Great Fires Reported from Germany. Another Air Raid. Large Aeroplane Squadron. Over South-eastern England. 76 KILLED 174 Injured. Enemy Aeroplanes Shot Down. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Sunday 27 May 1917 · page 1

Official: "A large squadron of enemy aircraft, about 16 in number, attacked the south-east of England between 5.15 o'clock and 6.30 o'clock last night…

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Fire in Adelaide. Great Destruction Oe Property. Fireman and Three Constables Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 1

The premises of Messrs. Gambling and M'Donald, carriers, the stores occupied by Hooper's furnishing arcade, and Walter's' box factory, in…

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Fire in Beryl-street

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 5

Shorly after 9 o'clock this morning, the Central Pire Brigade received a call by telephone to attend an outbreak of fire which had occurred in a…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 7 p.m. the War. On the Western Front. German Methods. Prisoners Within the Fire Zone. British Foreign Office Action. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 4

The Press Bureau of the Foreign Office announces that arrangements have been concluded with the German Government for the withdrawal of all…

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Rising of Convicts. in Joliot Prison. Buildings Set on Fire. (Reuter's Message.) Chicago

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4

Eight hundred convicts in the great Joltot Penitentiary rioted and attacked the guards, demolishing the buildings. By noon five of the main buildings…

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Two Fire Calls. to South Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

The Fire Brigade was twice called out to outbreaks of fire at South Broken Hill last night. The first call was at 11.15 o'clock…

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Attacks Collapse Under French Fire. (Reuter's Message.) Paris

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 4

The latest French communique says:— "There was great activity last night along the whole front from the north…

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Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. The Messines Battle Continued. German Counter Attacks Repulsed. Successful Air Raids Elsewhere. German Account of the Operations. French Batteries Active. Major William Redmond Dies at Messines. Kaiser Under Bomb Fire. His Attendants Killed at Ghent. Italians Repulse Austrian Attacks. United States Expeditionary Force. Commander-in-Chief Welcomed by King George. Mr. A. J. Balfour Back in England. Turkish Plotters at Work in America. Exchange of British and Turkish Prisoners Unlikely The Russian Revolution. Mutiny Leaders Courtmartialled. improved Morale on the Roumanian Front. Austrian Peace Delegation Arrives in Petrograd. [?] the Western Front. Continuation of Messines Battle[?] British Enter Enemy Positions. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Sunday 10 June 1917 · page 1

[The cable messages in this issue headed "The Times' Message" are published in "The (London) Times" newspaper, and cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood that the opinions are not those of "The Times[?]" unless expressly stated to be so. The cables headed…

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The Battle of Messines. Preparations Begun a Year Ago. "Devastating and Impenetrable Fire Belts."

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 2

The following item of news is from a source other than "The Miner's" special service:— London, Saturday…

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Chaff Mill Destroyed by Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4

Our Adelaide correspondent wires that William Rix's chaff mill at Port Adelaide was destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is estimated to…

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Forest Fires in Germany. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 6

Fire has destroyed miles of forests near Erassel. This makes the 20th forest fire in Germany during the past half-year…

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Ship on Fire. Vessel Abandoned, But Crew Safe. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 2

The Navy Office has announced that the steamer Waitotora, of the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, caught fire at sea and was abandoned. The…

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Fire at Exchange Buildings. Two Businesses Affected

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

Shortly before 8 o'clock last night, a fire broke out in the Exchange Buildings, Argent-street, in the upstairs room occupied by Messrs. Macrow and…

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