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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Fire at Pinnaroo. Over £2000 DAMAGE Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1930 · page 2

More than £2000 damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the flour mill of the South Australian 'Farmers' Union at Pinnaroo, near the Victorian…

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Child Fatally Burned Clothes Catch Fire Goulburn

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 3

Thelma Bills (3) was fatally burned when her clothes caught fire in the kitchen at her parents' home at Mary's Mount…

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Furniture Factory Fire Third in Three Months Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 4

For the third time in less than three months a fire broke ont in the furniture factory of Mrs. Katherine Zazol, of Elizabeth-street, Redfern, early…

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Child Burned to Death Clothes Caught Fire When Lifting a Kettle Launceston

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

Nora Haines (aged nine years), only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Haines, of St.Helens, was burned to death to-day…

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Man Puts Out Fire in Hotel Bedroom Finds Mother Dead on Floor Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 3

Bursting into a Burning bedroom at the Budgeree Hotel. Yarram, yesterday, Michael Scanlon extinguished the flames. He then found his mother…

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Constable Fires Shots at Suspects at Glebe One Man Arrested Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 4

Noticing two men behaving in a suspicious manner at Glebe late last night Constable Luxton approached them The men dashed off and…

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Fire at Bowraville Damage £12,000 Bowraville

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 2

Damage estimated at £12,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Tuck and Gillies's grocery, hardware, and general drapery store yesterday. The…

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Disappointed Burglars Premises Set on Fire Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 6

Burglars who broke into a combined grocery shop and residential in East Sydney last night, disappointed in their search for money,…

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Fire on Pilgrim Ship Heavy Death Roll (Special to "The Miner.") Paris, May 25

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 6

Between 100 and 200 pilgrims on the steamer Asia are believed to have been burned to death when the vessel caught alight in mid-ocean…

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Fire Follows Explosion Mt. Isa Cordial Factory Completely Destroyed Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

A terrific explosion at Biddle and Wilson's aerated water factory at Mount Isa yesterday morning was followed by the complete destruction of…

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Geelong Woollen Mills Badly Damaged by Fire a Department Destroyed Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2

Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the Returned Soldiers' Woollen Mills at Geelong last night. The whole of…

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Housebreakers Caught Police Fire Eight Shots Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

Four men were allegedly robbing a house in Kew last night when two constables, who had been hiding in a room on the premises surprised them. When…

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A Burning Hayrick Sets Fire to Village Incendiarist Charged (Special to "The Miner"). [?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 1

Charged with incendiarism, Ignatius Peile confessed to-day that he tried to frighten away his mother-in-law by setting fire to a hayrick at home. A…

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Fire in Adelaide Printing Works Damaged Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 1

Only one wall separated the audience last night at the wondergraph Theatre from a fire which almost completely destroyed the printing works of…

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Fire at Petersham Two Buildings Damaged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 1

Fanned by a gale, a fire at Parramatta-road. Petersham, early this morning spread with great rapidity. The building occupied by J. Watson,…

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Fire at Picture Theatre Some Damage Done Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 1

[?] fire broke out this morning in the Glebe picture theatre, Glebe_road. The dress circle was wrecked and the screen was burnt, and a "talkie" and…

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Russian Railway Tragedy Carriage Catches Fire 45 Dead and 20 INJURED Moscow, May 29

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 4

Details of a disaster which happened over six weeks ago have only now leaked out, owing to the arrest of the officials concerned. It appears that…

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Fire at a Garage Seven Cars Destroyed Orange

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 4

A fire destroyed Chambers' motor garage late last night and seven cars in the building were destroyed…

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Forest Fires in Canada Wall of Flame Sweeping Over Northern Ontario (Special to "The Miner.") Winnipeg, June 3

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 4

With a wall of flame sweeping over the forests of northern Ontario, women and children are being removed from many Tillages while the men stay to…

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Latest News Issue Unrest in India Fire at Delhi Bazaar Damage Over £100,000 (Special to "The Miner") Delhi, June 4

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 4

The famous Chandni Chowk bazaar at Delhi, which, houses most of the leading exchange banks and offices, was the scene of a most destructive fire…

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