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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Fire in Bagot-street

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

At 2.15 o'clock to-day the [?]tral Fire Brigade turned out to a fire at 109 Bagot-street, North Broken Hill The fire was confined to some [?]mboo…

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Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

During the month of December the Fire Brigade was called to three fires and four false alarms, compared with seven fires and two false alarms for…

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Fire in Lane-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 4

Children playing with matches was stated to be the cause of a fire in a four-roomed wood and iron house situated at 397 Lane-street this afternoon…

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Man Seriously Burnt Dashing Through a Fire Lithgow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

John Mathews (19), a painter, who was trapped by a fire inside a large beer cylinder at the Zig-Zag brewery at Lithgow, made a dash through the…

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Grandstand on Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

There was a hurried rush for the steps leading to safety at the Melbourne Cricket Ground shortly before the Test match began on Saturday…

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Fire in Adelaide Good Save by Firemen Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Owing to an explosion in the gas producer plant of the Adelaide joinery works in Grote-street at about 7 o'clock this morning a fire broke out…

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Fire on Steamer Damage to Cotton Cargo Estimated at £180,000 (Reuter's Message.) London, January 2

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

The Manchester and Salford fire brigades, assisted by a fireboat, battled for hours with an outbreak aboard the Egyptian cotton-laden steamer…

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Precautions at South Against Fire and Gas Hoses in the Open Cut

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 1

A workman engaged on the South mine stated to-day that the managemest had placed two lines of hose down the open cut between the South…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 5

At about 11.20 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade turned out to a false alarm received from the fire alarm situated at the corner of…

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Fire Destroys Garage Seven Buses Consumed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

A motor 'bus burst into flames at King's Cross Motor Omnibus[?] Company's garage at Paddington shortly before one o'clock on Sunday…

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Fire in Adelaide Three Shops Destroyed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

Three small shops, occupied by J. A. Oliver, mattress maker; H. C. Fraser, coach painter; and E. C. Burns and Co., shop fitters, situated in…

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New South Wales Fire at Store House Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

A fire broke out on Saturday after-noon in a wooden warehouse at New-castle used by Nicholson and Co. as a storehouse for pianos. The brigade was…

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Fire at Flour Mills. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

The City Flour Mills at Mi[?] End owned by William Charlick Limited. were on fire early this morning. The buildings and machinery were…

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Fire in Tokio Hospital All the Patients Saved. (Reuter's Message.) Tokio, January 13

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Regarding an outbreak of fire reported from St. Luke's international hospital there are at present no details. The fire destroyed practically…

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Rubbish Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

At 1.30 o'clock to-day the South Fire Brigade turned out to a rubbish fire at premises occupied by Mr. J. J. Clarke in Piper-street off…

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Rubbish Fire at the South

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 8

At 1.30 p.m. yesterday the South-Fire Brigade turned out to a rubbish fire at premises occupied by Mr. J. J. Clarke in Piper-street, off Rockwell:…

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Fire at Motor Works Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

A passerby noticing a reflection from Richards' motor building saw in the rear of the ground floor where rebuilding operations are in progress a…

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Coroner Holds an Inquiry Into Fire at Balmain Man Stands Trial for Arson Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

The City Coroner, yesterday inquired into the cause of a fire at Harris Hunter's shop in Balmain early on the morning of January 5…

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Fire Can't Destroy Writing

Western Grazier · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

Even the careful criminal, who destroys, as he thinks, all traces at evidence against him by burning documents that prove his guilt, is not…

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Man Fires a Revolver Through Bedroom Window Argument with Occupant an Arrest Made

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 10

A mild sensation was caused at a house in Bromide-street last night whan a man, after failing to force his way into the budding, discharged a…

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