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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Fire Causes £40,000 DAMAGES 15 Premises Destroyed Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 2

Fifteen business places, including two hotels, and forming the whole of one side of the street in Chinchella, Queensland, were burnt down yesterday. The…

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Fire Causes 240,000 DAMACES 15 Premises Destroyed Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 1

Fifteen business places, including two hotels, and forming the whole of one side of the street in Chinchella, Queensland, were burnt down yesterday. The…

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Calais Dockyards Fire Firemen Gain Control (Reuters Message.) London, August 25

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 2

Reuter's Boulogne correspondent reports, concerning the great fire at the Calais dockyards, that the firemen now have it under control after a seven…

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Calais Dockyards Fire Firemen Gain Control (Reuter's Message.) London, August 25

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 1

Reuter's Boulogne correspondent reports concerning the great fire at the Calais dockyards, that the firemen now have it under control, after a seven…

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Fire in Calais Docksheds Causes Very Creat Damace Cause Is Unknown (Reuter's Message.) London, August 25

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 8

Reater's Calais correspondent reports that damage estimated at several million francs has already been done by a big fire which broke out in the…

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Collapse of Fire Brigade Ladder Progress of Injured Man Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 1

Fireman Leonard Chapple, who, as the result of a fall from a tower ladder While attending the fire at Adams Hotel Buildings, suffered concussion of…

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Ireland Anti-free Stats Prisoners Cause a Fire in Gaol Disciplinary Measures (Reuter's Message.) London, August 30

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 August 1922 · page 1

Following unsuccessful attempts by Anti-Free Staters to capture Mary boro prison, where 600 anti-Free Staters are interned, the prisoners set fire to their…

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Food Riots in Germany Police Fire on Crowd (Reuter's Message.) London, September 1

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that food riots broke out at Ehewrswalde last night. A crowd of 4000, many of whom were women,…

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Food Riots in Germant Police Fire on Crowd (Reuter's Message.) London, September 1

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin, correspondent reports that food riots broke out at Ehewrswalde last night. A crowd of 4000, many of whom were women,…

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Suspicious Fires & ROBBERIES Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 1

Suspicious fires and robberies were reported in Adelaide and suburbs on Friday and Saturday…

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Fire Brigade Employees Ask for a Conference Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 September 1922 · page 1

The secretary of the Fire Brigade Employees' Union, Mr. M'Namara, has asked the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners to agree to a…

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Fire in Sulphide-street

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1922 · page 4

At 4.20 this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade received a call to a fire that had occurred in the underground room of an unoccupied house situated…

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Sydney Fire Fatality Inquest Opened Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 1

An inquiry was opened by the City Coroner yesterday regarding the death of Fireman Brown at the Adams Cafe fire…

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Street Fire Alarms How to Operate Them

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 4

To operate street fire alarms open the door of the box, pull the lever down to "stop," and let go. Then await the arrival of the brigade. On…

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Boarding-house and Boatshed Are Destroyed by Fire a Loss of £10,000 Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 1

A boarding-house and Lyons's boatshed at The Spit, Middle Harbor, were destroyed by fire this morning. Forty out of 70 craft in the shed were…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 4

The Central Fire Brigade received a false call this afternoon through the fire alarm box situated at the corner of Iodide and Argent streets. The call…

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Sydney Fire Fatality Inquest Again Adjourned Ladder Not Properly Used Says Fire Brigade Officer Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 1

Further evidence was given in the Coroner's Court yesterday concerning the death of Fireman Brown at the Adam's Hotel fire…

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Great Fire at Smyrna (Reuter's Message.) London, September 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 1

A terrible fire is raging in Smyrna. She Armenian quarters have already been destroyed…

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The Fire at Smyrna Residents Panic-stricken Italy Sends Help (Reuter's Message.) London, September 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 4

Reuter's Rome correspondent reports:— "Messages from Smyrna state that a terrible fire has broken out and that…

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Bush Fires Started Blaze in Macquarie Country

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 2

There are many thousands of acres of western country still covered by high dry grass which has remained over from the dense, high pastures of last…

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