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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

526 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 27

The South Questions About Fire Asked Mr. Fairweather

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 2

Yesterday a reporter waited on Mr. A. Fairweather, the superintendent of the Soutn mine, and mentioned to hun that "The Miner" had been…

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Fires and Thefts. Police and Trackers Search for a Mysterious Man Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

Landholders around Woodhouselee and Kingsdale, between Goulburn and Crookwell, have been terrorised during the past week by the operations of a…

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Central Mine Fire. Reference at Meeting By THE [?] of Kintore

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 2

At the 27th annual meeting of the Suipnide Corporation [?] held in London the [?] of [?] the [?]man, in concluding his remarks on the…

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Fires and Thefts. (Continued from Page 3.) Resident Is Wounded While Mustering Sheep Another Fire Reported Goulburn

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

Last night a man named Smith, the husband or the postmistress at Woodhouslee, was mustering sheep when he was shot in the back of the head and…

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Fires and Thefts. Police Search Continues for Mysterious Stranger Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 3

The Goulburn armed stranger, for whom the police are hunting In connection with several fires and thefts, has not been located. It is now said that…

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W.A. Minister for Works Suffers Loss by Fire Perth, Thursdsy

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

As a result of a fire which raged in the Brunswick district for three or four days the farm of Mr. W. J. George, Minister for Works, and his…

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Fires and Thefts. Police Continue Search for Mysterious' Stranger Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 1

Another fire was reported from Kingsdale last night in a haystack in an isolated cultivation paddock a short distance from where Mr. Smith,…

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Fire on Moldavia. Coroner Finds Outbreak Unintentionally Caused Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. Craig, the police magistrate at Fremantle, delivered his reserved judgment to-day, following on the inquiry into the fire on the steamer Moldavia…

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Central Mine Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1

Mr. J Hebbard, Broken Hill manager of the Sulphide Corporation, stated today tyat he had nothing fresh to report in connection with the…

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Fire in Blende-street

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1

At o'clock last night the fire brigade received a call through the telephone exchange to677 Blende-afreet. On arrival it wos found that a four-roomed…

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Fire in Blende-street

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 2

At 7.55 o'clock last night the fire brigade received a call through the telephone exchange to 677 Blende-street. On arrival it was found that a four-roomed…

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Fire on Moldavia. Coroner Finds Outbreak Unintentionally Caused Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 8

Mr. Craig, the police magistrate at Fremantle, delivered his reserved judgment to-day, following on the inquiry into.the fire on the steamer Moldavia…

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Burglars Fire Building When Mission Failed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

Burglars having failed to hack open a safe at a factory of Hallstrom Limited at Pyrmont on Sunday morning deliberately set the place afire…

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Fire at Lismore Hotel Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

A fire yesterday morning destroyed the Commercial Hotel at Lismore. The outbreak was discovered at 4 o'clock. The flames then had possession of the…

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Central Mine Fire. Two Inspections Are Made of Underground Workings

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

It is reported that a few days ago an inspection was.made of the underground workings at the Central mine and that another inspection was made…

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The Iodide-street Fire. Outbreak Was Accidental Is Finding of Coroner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

In the Coroner's Court this afternoon Mr.G. A. Stevenson, d-puty city coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire…

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Fire on a Verandah

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon the Fire Brigade received a call through the alarm at the corner of Zehina and Chapple streets to 250 Lane-lane, where a fire…

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Fire Destroys Factory Hobart

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 1

A fire destroyed Stansall's furniture factory and contents at Glenorchy on Saturday. The damage is estimated at £1000. Incendiarism is suspected…

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Fire on Moldavia. Lumpers' Union Protests Against Court Fending Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 4

ThE verdict of the Court of Marine inquiry last week in connection with the fire which resulted in £80,000 worth of damage to the steamer…

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Fire at Furniture Factory Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 1

A fire early this morning destroyed the two top floors of a three-stoned factory occupied by Wycombes, furnisheri and upholsterers, of Surry Hifls…

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