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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Bush Fires £84,000 for Relief Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

About £84,000 has been contributed to the various funds opened in Melbourne for the relief of distress caused by the bush firen which swept the…

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Bush Fires All Persons Accounted for Many Children Homeless Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 8

All persons who have been reported as missing in consequence of the bush fires are now accounted for. It is estimated that 83 children are…

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Former Fires Recalled

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 8

Of the hundreds of bush fires that have previously occurred in Victoria only two have been sufficiently disastrous to compare with the present (says…

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Rubbish Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

At 8.14 o'clock last night the Fire Brigade received a call through the telephone exchange. A motor and three men turned out and it was…

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Rubbish Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

At 8.14 o'clock [?]ast night the Fire Brigade received a call through the telephone exchange. A motor and three men turned out and it was…

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Fire in Cobalt-street

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

Shortly after noon to-day the Fire Brigade was called through the telephone exchange to a fire in Cobaltstreet. The fire was found to be in…

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Fire in Co[?]alt-street

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

Shortly after noon to-day the Fire Brigade was called through the telephone exchange to a fire in Cobaltstreet. The fire was found to be in…

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Telegrams Appling Cash Fire Many Lives Lost in Victoria Great Desperation of Properly

Western Grazier · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

Extensive bach fires convince to rage in Batch. Australia T[?] discharge has already been dose and case placed the pressed by the…

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Bush Fires Danger Still Reported From Several Centres Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 1

Most of the Gippsland fires are dying out, but there are s[?] some blazes which may prove serious. The fires at East Warburton are…

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Bush Fires (Continued from Page 1.) Reports Made Saturday From [?]Rian Areas

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 4

The following reports were made on saturday from the [?] areas (says the Melbourne [?]:— Healesville District: Passing to…

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Fires in Cooma District Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 1

Bush fires are rnging in the Cooma district close to the Murray River…

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Fire at De Bavay's

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 3

At about 12.3 o'clock the Centrul Fire Brigade received a call through the telephone exchange to a fire at the Amalgamated Zinc De Bavay's assay…

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Fire at a Factory Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 1

A fire occurred at Moran and Cato's at Fitzroy on Saturday night, and the tea packing department was destroyed. A sensation was caused in the Solway…

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Six Miles Through Fire to Get Baby's Clothes

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 1

"Whilst the bush fires at Powelltown were at their height on Sunday a child was born (says a Melbourne message in the "Advertiser"). There was no…

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Bush Fires Fires Still Racing in Wagga District Wagga

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 1

Mr. J. S. Parry, district forester, who returned to Wagga alter visiting the scene of the disastrous fires says that it appears practically certain that…

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Fire at Timber Yard

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 3

In an area which has been described as "one of the tinder boxes of the city," a serious fire broke out on Friday night (says a Hobart message in…

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Bush Fires Plans for Rebuilding Homes of Settlers Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 1

A sub-committee of the victorian Cabinet is designing a scheme for the rehabilitation of the sufferers in the disastrous bush fires. About 550…

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Fire Damages Bridge Arson Is Suspected Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 1

A fire, which it is believed was deliberately lighted, destroyed some paling fencing and other parts of the wooden super structure of the…

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Fined for Lighting a Fire Near a State Forest Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 1

A man at Corryong was fined £20 for having lighted a fire within 100 yards of a State forest…

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Bush Fires More Serious Outbreaks Reported in Victoria Some Towns Menaced Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 1

Another fire is reported to be raging at Glenlyon, and sweeping southward towards a small settlement named Little Hampton, which is in…

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