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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

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Fire at Byron Bay Damage About £12,000 Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 2

A fire completely destroyed Gibson's general store at Byron Bay and partly destroyed Seros Brothers' refreshment room late last night. The…

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Fire Brigade Calls Two Fires Last Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 3

The Central Fire Brigade had two calls to fires in quick succession last night, but in both cases little damage was done. The first call was at 9.55…

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Fire at Rockhampton £7000 Damage Done Brirbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 June 1932 · page 2

Damage estimated at more than £7000 was caused by a fire in East-street, Rockhampton, when the jewellery establishment of Baxter Bros…

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Fire at Townsville Three Children Saved Rescuers Badly Burned Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 3

Heroically dashing into a burning building at the St. Agnes Louise Kindergarten School at Townsville early yesterday morning, Alfred Bird, a…

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Fire at Crystal Foundry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 2

The Central Fire Brigade turned out at 4.21 o'clock this morning to extinguish an outbreak of fire which had occurred at the Crystal Foundry in…

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Home Estr0yed by Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 2

A five roomed wood and iron house situated at 45 Wilson street, South Broken Hill, owned by Mr, John J. Ponnu, Patton strcct, and occupied by…

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Watchman Fires at Suspect Futile Police Search Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 1

'About midnight a watchman informed the police that he had seen a man leaving the premises of the New South Wales Wool and Felt…

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Fire in Woman's Bedroom Wardrobe and Contents Damaged

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 2

The.Central Fire Brigade received two calls last night, one being a false alarm and the other to an outbreak of fire which had occurred in a…

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Fireman Blamed for Explosion Inquest on Armidale Fireman Cause of Fire Unknown Armidale

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 8

A suggestion that a blow. from. a. fireman's 'hatchet may haye caused the explosion of 9OOO detonators at the tragic fire at Braund's store on, May…

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Fireman Blamed for Explosion Inquest on Armidale Firemen Cause of Fire Unknown Anmidale

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 1

A suggestion. that a' blow:, from ' a fireman's hatchet, may have. caused the explosion of 9000 detonators at the tragic fire at Braund's store on May…

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Fire in Bromide-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

A two-roomed wood and iron cotstage at 234 Bromide-street, together with ita contente, wus severely damaged by fire shortly after 10 o'clock…

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Warder Fires Shot at Prisoner Reprimanded for Acting Hastily Incident at Long Bay Gaol Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 1

It is reported that while a prisoner was exercising in the yard at Long Bay gaol waiting to be attended to by a barber he lighted a cigarette…

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Brisbane City Fire Damage About £3000 Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 1

Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the, studio of F.W. Thiel in Terrica House, Adelaide-street, city, at 6…

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Perishen in House Fire Mother and Children Victims Remains Among Debris Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 4

Mrs. Gladys Brownfield, wife of Irwin Brownfield,a dairyman of Heatherton, Victoria, together with her two children, Bruce and Patricia,…

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Fire Destroys Motor Car

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 3

A motor car owned by Mr. C. Nadiff, of 491 Argent-street, was destroyed by fire on the Wentworthroad about eight miles from Broken…

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Early Morning Fire in Cummins-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 1

The residence of Mr. William Arthur Douglas, at 468 Cummins-street, was together with contents destroyed by fire about 2.30 o'clock this morning…

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Woolshed Destroyed by Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Damage estimated at £3000 was done when a woolshed on E. J. Cory's property at Terry Hie Hie, in the Moree district,…

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Fire at Motor Garage Inquiry to be Held

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 8

Detective-Constable Sutherland has made a report to Mr. G. S. Goldie, coroner, concerning a fire which broke out at Davies Bros. Motors Ltd. on…

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Fire at Motor Garage Inquiry to be Held

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 1

Detective-Constable Sutherland has made a report to Mr. G. S. Goldie, coroner, concerning a fire which broke out at Davies Bros. Motors Ltd. on…

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Fire Destroys Cottage Occupants Awakened by Neighbor SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 6

A fire at Randwick destroyed a fiveroomed weatherboard cottage this morning. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Lepper, would have been…

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