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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1931

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Man on Marriage Eve Loses Belongings in Fire Boarding-house Destroyed Parilla (S.A.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 3

The third fire within three months last night destroyed the boarding-house owned by Mr. A. Day and rented by Mr. J. Martin at Lameroo…

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A Sydney Fire Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1931 · page 1

Inquiries by the police after a fire which broke out in a provision shop at Darlinghurst early this morning led to the arrest of a man. Later a…

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A Sydney Fire Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1931 · page 8

Inquiries by the police after a fire which broke out in a provision shop at Darlinghurst early this morning led to the arrest of a man. Later a…

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Fire at Timber Yards Damage About £23,000 Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1931 · page 6

Many.millions of feet of timber were dostrojcd by a disastrous fire which almost completely demolished the timber yards of Rosonfold and Co. at Now…

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Two Houses Destroyed by Fire on Saturday Also Their Contents

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 3

The brigada answered a call at 7.55 I.m. on Saturday to a four-roomed wood and iron dwelling owned and occupied by Mr. Reginald P. Barnsley,541…

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Fire at Temora Block Op Buildings Totally Destroyed 20 Boardehs at Hotel Escape in Night Attire Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 1

A disastions fire occurred at Temora early this morning when 12 promises were destroyed, namely the Royal Exchange Hotel, Woorad Bros., mercers;…

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Bush Fires S.A. Government Forest Menaced by the Flames Other Properties Damaged Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 3

Firefighters from Kuitpo Forest, Meadows, Prospect Hill, Nangkita, Mount Compass, Willunga, and Bull's Creek have been fighting desperately…

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Bush Fires in S.A. (Continued from Page 3.) Danger Is Mitigated by Light Rain To-day Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

Light showers to-day mitigated the danger of a further outbreak of bush fire in the Kuitpo forest district. Hundreds of beaters maintained their…

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Fires Checked About 6 P.M. Fighters Called Out Again Late Last Night Heavy Damage Done Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 3

The fires left behind the charred remains of a sawmill and contents worth approximately £15,000, the homes of nine of the employees of the mill,…

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Motorist Fires Shot in a Melbourne Street Family's Narrow Escape Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

A shot was fired from a shotgun by the driver of a motor car last night, narrowly missing a woman and two children in Guild-street, Yarraville…

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Fires in the Adelaide Hills

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 6

MRS. C. DENNIS SURVEYS THE WRECKAGE OF HER HOME.—All that she and her family owned at Kuitpo was swept away, in a few, moments. Mrs. Dennis is Pointing out the charred remains. REDUCED TO A MASS OF TWISTED IRON by the ravages of the fire. Some of the ruined mac hlnery at the mill of South…

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Fire in Chapple-street Building and Content's Destroyed on

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 2

One of the largest fires in Broken Hill for some time occurred on Saturday night about 8.21 o'clock at a residence occupied by Mr. and Mrs…

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Fire on N.Z. Express Much Mail Destroyed Auckland (N.Z.), March 2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

A large quantity of mail was destroyed when a fire broke out on an express train between Wellington and Auckland last night. Several mail…

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Fire in Sydney Damage by Water and Flames Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 1

A fire broke out early this morning in a four-storied building at the corner of Druitt and Sussex streets, Sydney. The fire brigades were quickly on the…

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Tenant of House Arrested Following on a Fire Ararat

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 2

Fire partially destroyed a sixroomed weatherboard house off Banfield-street last night. The house was the property of Mr. J. A. Emery, of…

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Fire in a Theatre 14 Chorus Girls Dead Mexico City, March 3

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 2

Fourteen Mexican chorus girls were burnt to death in a fire which broke out at the end of their performance at the historic Teatro Principal, which…

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Fire in Melbourne It Confectionhiy Works Portion Destroyed Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 1

Portion of the large confectionery works of MacRobertson's at Fitrroy waa destroyed by fire lost night. The building in which the fire occurred…

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House of Leon Trotsky Destroyed by Fire Historical Library Gone Constantinople, March 1

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 4

The house occupied by M. Leon Trotsky, Russian exile, and his family at Prinkipo has been burned. M. Trotsky escaped unhurt, but his…

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Destruction by Fire of Newspaper Office Evidence at Inquiry Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 1

Evidence of suspicions circumstances was given at an inquiry into a fire which destroyed the "Argus" office at Goondiwindi on January 30. Edgar…

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New Zealand Earthquake Bricks Still Redhot a Month After Fire Wellington (N.Z.), March 3

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 1

Despite a month having elapsed since the fires which followed the earthquate at Napier, bricks which yesterday were removed from the ruins of the Masonic…

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