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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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False Fire Alarms Warning

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 2

District Fire Officer R, Smith informed a "Miner" reporter to-day that he intended to take drastic action agaios[?] persons found interfering with…

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Port Adelaide Fire Floue Mill Damaged Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 1

A fire occurred at the Adelaide Milling Company's milly Port Adelaide, on Monday afternoon. The portion affect-0 ed was the top floor of the stone…

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The Headford Ambush Rebels' Terrific Fire. From Top of Cutting ("The Times" Message.) London, March 22

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

The London "Times" Dublin correspondent telegraphs that an ambush occurred near Headford Junction. A train, containing an officer and 29 men…

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Latest News Issue the Riverton Railway Shooting Held Platform for Hour Heroism of Mr. Brookfield He Drew the Madman's Fire While Others Rushed Him Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

The Russian, Kooruman Tomayoff, who ran amok at the Riverton railway station this morning, attracted little notice until the shooting began. He…

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Death of Mr. Brookfield Details of the Shooting Scene Described Mr. Brookfield Draws Fire Falls Wounded on Platform "I'm Done, I'm Done"

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 1

A telegram from "The Miner's" Adelaide correspondent, published in yesterday's last edition, stated that Mr. P. S. Brookfield, M.L.A. for Sturt,…

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Fire at Beach Resort Woman Leaps From Window Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 4

Three weatherboard cottages and a two-storey house in Bona Vista Avenue, Maroubra, near Sydney, were destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Temperance Movement Riots Are Reported From India Police Fire on Assailants (Reuter's Measage.) Delhi, March 28

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 4

There has been a recurrence of the disturbances at Nagpur in connection with the socalled temperance movement. The liquor shops were raided on the…

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The Smelters Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 4

Fortunately or unfortunately, says a writer in the Financial News (London), in February last, the market for Barrier shares has become so dull and…

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Communists Attack Belgians Troops Fire in Return. (Reuter's Message.) London, April 3

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 1

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports that'fighting has occurred in the occupied portion of Rhineland between the communists, who seized four…

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15,000 People Homeless Great Fire at Manila (Reuter's Message.) Washington, April 2

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 1

Official reports from Manila state that a great fire which raged there on Friday rendered homeless 15,000 in the native quarter of the San Lazaro…

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Fire at Railway Town Re-built House Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 1

Shortly before 11 o'clock last night a house situated in Gaffney-street, off Nicholls-street, Railway Town was destroyed by fire, the combined efforts…

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Rebels Fire on Military While Searching Huntsmen Destruction & INTIMIDATION (United Service Message.) London, April 5

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 1

A military party had held up and was searching members of the West Waterford Sunt, near Kinsalebeg, when a band of rebels suddenly…

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Outbreaks of Lawlessness Strikers Fight Police Fires in the Pits (United Service Message.) London, April 6

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 1

The coalfields situation is going from bad to worse. The policy of "stop the pumps, damn the consequences," has spread to the Derbyshire and…

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Fire on a Steamer Has to Return to Port

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

An outbreak of fire on board the Tahiti occurred in No. 1 hold (says a Wellington message in the "Journal")…

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Railway Town Fire Coroner Holds Inquiry No Evidence to Show How Fire Originated

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., this afternoon conducted an inquiry into the cause of a fire which on April 5 destroyed a, house, the…

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"Fire the Fire[?]ranus" a Heart-to-heart Talk

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 3

From what I can gather the recent Albert Hall meeting was mainly given over to advocating the most outrageous doctrine of violence against the…

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Fire in Melbourne Big Building Badly Damaged Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

One of the largest and most destructire city fires of recent years broke out last night in a five-storeyed brick structure Known as Nunan's Building,…

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Fire in Sydney Pitt-st. Building Damaged Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 2

A fire burnt out the top floors of Stanley Building, 332 to 336 Pitt-street, late last night, and severely damaged the remaining four floors. The fire…

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Nunan's Buildings Fire Film Manager Arrested Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 4

Morton Parker Pimental (30), film manager, was arrested this afternoon by Detectives Britt and O'Keefe, and charged with having, on April 13,…

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Nunan Buildings Fire Court Remands Pimental Pending Inquest on Death Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 April 1921 · page 1

Morton Parker Pimental appeared before the Melbourne Police Court yesterday charged with maliciously setting fire to Nunan's Buildings on…

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