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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

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The Cultowa Fire

Western Grazier · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Saturday, before Messrs Oisson and Enery, Js.P., Stanley Bryant was charged with arson in connection with the…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 2

At 1,45 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade received a false call through the fire alarm at the corner of Lane and M'Callach streets…

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Fire Brigade Board

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

Officials of the New South Wales Fire Brigade Board will arrive here on Suuday on official business. The per sound' of the purtyis not known but…

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Missing Child Over 600 Searchers. Residents Called Together by Ringing of Fire Bell Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

More than 600 men, women and children joined in as volunteers when the search was resumed to-day for Betty Cout (3), the daughter of a…

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Fire Brigade Officials Visit of Inspection

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 3

Inspector B. L. Barber, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, who arrived yesterday, in the course of conversation this morning said that the visiting…

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Fire Brigade Calls Rubbish and False Alarm

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 3

The Central Fire Brigade had two calle during the week end. At 11 o'clock on Saturday night a call was received through the fire alarm box…

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Fire Officials Leave

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

Mr. If. A. Webb (secretary)' and Mr. A..Stark (chief clerk), of the Fire Brigades Board, accompanied by Messrs, N. Lucas (principal mechanic), and B…

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French Liner on Fire Passengers Abandon Ship Other Vessels to Rescue Aden, May 16

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

The Georges Phillipar (21,000 tons), the Messageries Maritime's liner, launched in 1930, bound for Marseilles from China, is on fire live miles from…

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Religious Riots in Bombay 50 KILLED; 580 Injured Police Fire on Rioters (Special to "The Miner") Bombay, May 16

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

Fifty people have been killed and 580 injured, many seriously, in the renewed rioting between Hindus and Moslems which has continued since Saturday. It…

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Playing with Fire Child Badly Burned Temora

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 4

Terrible burns were suffered by Mary Pike (3) when her clothing caught alight while playing with fire in a paddock on her father's…

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Armidale Fireman Killed Captain and Another Injured Fire Causes Detonators to Explode Armidale

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 1

Braund and Company's store caught fire this morning, a terrible explosion in the stock of detonators killing a fireman and injuring two other persons,…

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Fire on French Liner 225 People Missing Some Were Burnt Alive (Special to "The Miner.") Aden, May 17

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 1

Two hundred and twenty-five of the passengers and crew of the French liner Georges Philippar died either in flames or in shark infested waters. It had…

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Villages Set on Fire People Burnt Alive Admissions at Geneva by Liberian Delegates (Special to "The Miner") Geneva, May 18

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

Men women and children were burnt alive when 44 villages were set on fire by Government forces in Liberin the negro republic on the west coast of…

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Armidale Fire Second Fireman Dies Armidale

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 4

The police are continuing their inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the tragic fire at the premises of Brand and Co. yesterday…

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Fire at Woollen Mill Damage About £25,000 Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 1

Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £25,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a store house at the Queensland Woollen Company's…

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French Liner on Fire

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 3

The French luxury liner Georges Philliper 16,990 tons caught fire two days out from Colombo and was destroyed…

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Greta Colliery Fire Apparently EXTINGlSHED West Maitland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 1

The underground fire at the Greincolliery has apparently been oxtinguished. Work ceased to-day all cavitics having been filled…

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Loss of French Steamer Searching Inquiry Demanded Mysterious Fires (Special to "The Miner.") London, May 22

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 1

Publio opinion throughout france is greatly perturbed by the Georges Philllpar tragedy and there is an insistant demand for a most searching…

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Fire Set to House Death Sentence Passed Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 3

Herbert Claude Deane (20), was convicted in the Criminal Court yesterday of having set fire to a dwelling house, William James Hatfield and others…

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Fire at Cunnamulla Several Buildings Destroyed Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 3

A disastrous fire which occurred at Cunnamulla resulted in the destruction of Tattersalls Hotel and a number of shops. The shire hall and the…

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