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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Ship on Fire Crew and Passengers Leave (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, October 12

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 4

The steamer City of Honolulu, of 17,000 tons, and believed to be carrying 300 passengers, caught fire and had to be abandoned by the passengers…

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Ship on Fire Crew and Passengers Leave (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, October 12

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 8

The steamer City of Honolulu, of 17,000 tons, and believed to be carrying 300 passengers, caught fire and had to be abandoned by the passengers…

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Fire at Port Pirie Damage to Timber Stack

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 4

On Sunday night a fire started at the Harbors Board timber shed on the Baltic Wharf, and, owing to a combination of fortunate circumstances,…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 4

This afternoon the Central Fire Brigade responded to an alarm of fire given through the street alarm at the corner of Thomas and Jones streets…

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Fire in Mann-street

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 1

The Central Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon to premises situated at 59 Mann-street, off Bi[?]ndestreet, and owned and occupied by…

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Fire in Sydney 3-Storey Place Destroyed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 1

A three-storey brick building owned by Melvin, Son, and Ackers, Annandale, a Sydney suburb, was destroyed by fire last night…

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Fire in Bromide-street Man and Children Burnt. Residence Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 1

At 7.52 o'clock this morning a fourroomed wood, iron, and stone house situated at 120 Bromide-street and occupied by Mr. William Joseph Killeen…

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Fire in Thomas-street Unoccupied House Damaged

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 1

At 12.30 o'clock this afternoon the fire brigade received a call by telephone and street fire alarm to 21 Thomas-street, a four-roomed wood,…

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Fire in Thomas-street Unoccupied House Damaged

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 2

At 12.30 o'clock this afternoon the fire brigade received a call by telephone and street fire alarm to 21 Thomas-street, a four-roomed wood,…

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Great Fire at Caulfield £20,000 Damage Incendiarism Suspected Races Proceed As Usual Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 1

The members' stand, the official offices, the judge's box, the weighing room, the press room, and the telegraph office at the Caulfield racecourse…

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Great Fire at Caulfield £20,000 Damage Incendiarism Suspected Races Proceed As Usual Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 2

The members stand, the official offices, the judge's nox, the weigning room, the press room, and the telegraph onice at the Caulaeid racecourse…

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Week-end Fires Sunday Morning Blaze at the Globe Mills General Office Destroyed £1500 Damage

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1922 · page 1

At 9.20 o'clock yesterday morning a stranger, while passing the property of the Globe Proprietary Limited, timber and general merchants, blende-street,…

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Fire at Zeehan Racecourse Main Horse Boxes Destroyed Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 October 1922 · page 1

A fire, which is believed to have been due to an act of incendiarism, broke out at the Zeehan racecourse on Saturday. The main horse boxes enclosure…

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Police Reports on Fires Thomas-street Blaze Subject of an Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 October 1922 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Perry S.M. and City Coroner, has received reports from the police concerning the fire that destroyed the general office of the Globe…

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Fire at New York Fourteen Deaths

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1922 · page 1

A cable message from New York, dated October 22, states that a fire which broke out in a tenement is believed to have been started by a fire…

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The Thomas-street Fire Inquiry Opened Owner in the Witness Box

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1922 · page 1

Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., and City Coroner, this afternoon opened an inquiry at the Courthouse into the cause of the fire that on Saturday destroyed…

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The Thomas-street Fire (Continued from Page 1.) To-day's Inquiry the Coroner's Finding

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 October 1922 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M. and City Coroner, this afternoon continued the inquiry into the cause of the fire that on Saturday damaged an unoccupied…

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Fire Alarm at South Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 1

The indicator of the fire alarm service at the South mine dropped to-day at 12.12 o'clock and sounded an alarm of fire at the No. 2 shaft. All the motor…

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Fire at Caulfield Racecourse

Western Grazier · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 2

The members' stand, the official offices, the judges box, the weighing room, the pro[?] room, and the telegraph office at the Caulfield racecourse…

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Fire in Crystal-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1922 · page 2

At 8.30 o'clock on Sunday morning a man reported at the Central Fire Station that while he was passing an old house in Crystal-street he had…

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