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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

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New Books "Iron In The Fire" (Edgar Morrow)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 November 1934 · page 12

The public appetite for War books would appear to have been pretty well satiated in recent years: but it is still possible to tickle the jaded palate with…

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Fire in St. Mary's Cathedral

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — During the solemn portion of High Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral a fire broke out in the roof beneath the belfry but hardly…

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Fire Destroys Five Shops at Boggabri

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 November 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A disastrous fire at Boggabri this morning gutted five shops in the principal street. The alarm was given shortly after…

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Motor Car Damaged by Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 7

The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 10.25 a.m. yesterday to a car which had caught on fire opposite 200 Argent-street. The fire was…

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London Fire Frauds Allegations Of Bribery (Special to "The Miner."

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 1

LONDON, December 3.—When the trial was resumed of Frederick Rickard on charges of having unlawfully, conspired with Leopold…

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Serious Fire at First National Studios (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 6

LOS ANGELES, December 5.—A five last night swept 40 acres of Warner Bros. First National Studio at Burbank. Shops and outdoor sets…

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Reichstag Fire Confession; "All Lies," Says Goering

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 December 1934 · page 13

BERLIN, December 6.—The secretary to the Premier of Prussia (General Goering) describes as "all lies" the confession of Karl Ernst, the…

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Reichstag Fire Confession; "All Lies," Says Goering

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 December 1934 · page 1

BERLIN, December 6.—The secretary to the Premier of Prussia (General Goering) describes as "all [?]es" the confession of Karl Ernst, the…

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House Damaged by Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 December 1934 · page 1

Children playing with matches were responsible for a fire which broke out in a bedroom of a house at South Broken Hill this morning…

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Duke Accepts Fire Board's Apology

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1934 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday—The Duke of Gloucester, in reply to the apology form the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Board in relation to the cigarette…

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New Material for Fire Brigades Club

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1934 · page 5

The arrival yesterday of a donation of equipment and material from the Fire Brigades Recreation Club in Sydney should do much to improve…

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Coroner's Comment on Early Morning Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1934 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An open finding was recorded at the inquiry into the cause of a fire which destroyed a house belonging to Mrs. Mary…

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Fire Damage at Post Office Postmistress For Trial NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 4

The Newcastle District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) found that a fire which damaged papers and other property at the Catherine Hill Bay Post…

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Heroism of Bell Boy Big Loss Of Life In Hotel Fire New York, December 11

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 8

Forty, perhaps 60 people, including eight members of the State Legislature, lost their lives early to-day in a fire which swept the Kern Hotel…

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Hotel Fire in U.s A.

Western Grazier · Saturday 15 December 1934 · page 2

Fourteen are known to be deed as a result of a tire which destroyed the [?] hundred roomed Commercial Hotel at [?] U.S.A., early on Tuesday…

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Fire in Sports Store Much Equipment Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 December 1934 · page 1

Tennis rackets and equipment, golf sticks and golf balls, cricket bats and balls, and various other sporting equipment, were destroyed…

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Fire Damage Claim Appeal By Farmer Dismissed SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 5

A case of great importance to farmers and graziers in respect of fire damage was decided in the High Court to-day, when the appeal was…

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Heavy Storm in Sydney Fire Balls Cause Damage SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 6

During a heavy thunderstorm Which passed over the metropolitan area this morning a fire ball crashed into a tree at Elizabeth, Bay, and…

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"Heather Set on Fire"

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 December 1934 · page 2

LONDON, December 21.—In a leading article headed "Misguided Solomons" the "News-Chronicle" says: "The Australian High Court has set…

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Fire Damages House

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1934 · page 6

Fat boiling over on a gas stove and igniting the hessian walls of the kitchen was given as the reason for a fire in a house in Thomas-street…

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