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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

337 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 17

Colliery Fire Subsiding

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — The fires at the Hill End colliery appear to be subsiding. The smoke and flflflames have died down to almost…

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Colliery Fire Subsiding

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — The fires at the Hill End colliery appear to be subsiding. The smoke and flflflames have died down to almost…

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Bush Fire at Gisborne (V.) Careless Motorists Blamed MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

A serious bush fire broke out at Gisborne yesterday. The flames were attacked by more than 500 men. Eight square miles of grass and…

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Fire In Thomas-lane

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 2

At 5.57 o'clock yesterday evening tlie Central Fire Brigade received a call through the fire alarm box at the corner of Bromide and Thomas…

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Fire Destroys Chaff Mill At Temora

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

TEMORA, Monday.—Hundreds of residents clad in pyjamas watched firemen fighting a spectacular fire which broke out early this morning…

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Fire On Station

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

MOLONG, Tuesday.—A big shed containing a garage, a workshop, shearing plant, farm machinery, and four motor cars was destroyed by fire…

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Sydney City Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fire broke out late last night on the second floor of a building in Pitt-street, city, occupied by Lewis and Hartley,…

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Queensland Collieries On Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Two serious fires broke out in coal mines at Ipswich yesterday. Dense clouds of smoke poured from the ground, and…

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Boiling Water and Fumes Many Firemen Affected Sydney Blaze Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

Seven firemen were affected by smoke and a number were scalded by boiling water in a fire which severely damaged premises…

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False Alarms Of Fire Cause Concern

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 2

At 10 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade received another false alarm, the call on this occasion being received through the fire alarm box…

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Cause of Bush Fires " Many Starled By Accidents" MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 1

Sir James Barrett told members of the Victorian branch of the Australian Forest League that many disastrous bush fires were started by…

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Victorian Country Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A block of three wooden shops in the business centre of Manangatang was destroyed by fire. The blaze started in a…

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Cause of Bush Fires Graziers Blamed By Sir J. Barrett MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

In an address given by Sir James Bar[?]ett at 312 Flinders-street last night, arranged by the Australian Forest League, the view was…

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Cause of Bush Fires Graziers Blamed By Sir J. Barrett MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 1

In an address given by Sir James Bariett at 312 Flinders-street last night, arranged by the Australian Forest League, the view was…

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Driver Of Fire Engine Drunk

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Penrith Police Court Francis Frizelle was fined £7, with costs—in default, 15 days' imprisonment for driving a fire…

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A Cinema Fire. Gundalajar (Makloo)

Western Grazier · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 2

Everyone were killed and 77 injured in a mofinn [?] fire of Abulaluico, Twenty were [?] to death in the sismpodo for the doors while 30 were…

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Bushfire Losses

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Heavy losses have been incurred by a number of farmers through bushfires which have been raging in the upper Murray…

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Fire At Police Station

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A fire destrayed a portion of the Clermont Police Station on Saturday night Exhibits which were to have been…

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The Barrier Miner Tuesday, March 21, 1933 Graziers And Bushfires

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 2

One of the most dreaded visitations of the dweller in timbered country is the bushfire which sweeps down upon him, and which in a short time…

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Island Burnt Out High Flames Seen From Coast BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

An investigation of strange lights that were-noticed on Prudhoe Island, in the Northumberland group, last night and this morning, showed that…

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