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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Man Severely Burned in Fire at Dubbo

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 3

DUBBO, Monday.—During a fire [?]hich destroyed a weatherboard cottage and its contents, Jack Wallace (35), railway linesman, was burnt…

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Fire Destroys Chemical Works

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a fire broke out in the chemical works of the Ago Supply Company Limited at Alexandria the manager (Mr. William…

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Cessnock Fire Maliciously Caused, Says Coroner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — An inquest concerning the death of John Carr and the cause of the fire which destroyed Baker's furniture emporium, was…

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Car Wrecks Alarm Fire Brigade Turns Out

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—While a car crashed through a garden fence, narrowly misstate n woman who was picking flowers for her father's grave,…

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Police Inquire Into Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 1

Police inquiries were made to-day into the circumstances of a fire which broke out in the shop and dwelling of Lohood Boulus, fruiterer, of…

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Inquiry Into Fire Date Not Yet Fixed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 7

No date has yet been fixed for the inquiry into the fire which damaged a shop and dwelling owned by Mr. Lohood Boulus, 2 Gossun-street, on…

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Inquiry Into Fire Date Not Yet Fixed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 1

No date has yet been fixed for the inquiry into the fire which damaged a shop and dwelling owned by Mr. Lohood Boulus, 2 Gossan-street, on…

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Fire Causes Slight Damage to Shop

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 4

Slight damage was caused by a fire which broke on in the stationer's shop of Mr, Henry Michael Mullins in Argent street shortly before 7 p.m…

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Gossan Street Fire Police Collecting Evidence

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 4

Detective-Sergeant Duckworth is still collecting evidence to place before the Coroner (Mr. R. Donaldson S.M.) when he holds an inquiry…

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Ships Coal on Fire Carrying Wheat To Europe Little Damage Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 3

With 500 tons ot coal smouldering in No. 3 bunker amidships, the Swedish steamer Unden reached Albany, from Wallaroo, on the run to…

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Clothes on Fire Man Saved From Tunnel MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 3

With his clothes on fire Thomas Lett, aged 35, married, of Caulfield, lay in a narrow cable tunnel at an electric sub-station in Brunswick until…

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Clothes on Fire Man Saved From Tunnel MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 3

With his clothes on fire Thomas Lett, aged 35, married, of Caulfield, lay in a narrow cable tunnel at an electric sub-station in Brunswick until…

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Campers Lose Property in Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. — Frederick Henry Vernon and his wife had an exciting experience yesterday when their tent caught fire at West…

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Inquiry Into Fire in Gossan-street Shop Fire Officer Found Kerosene Saturated Articles

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire at No. 2 Gossan-street on April 4 was held in the Coroner's Court by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M. and Coroner, this morning. Mr. M. Austen Brown appeared to…

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Gossan-st. Fire Storekeeper's Evidence

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 6

The Inquiry Into the circumstances surrounding the fire at No. 2 Gossanstreet on Anril 4 was continued in the Coroner's Court, before Mr. R…

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Gossan-street Fire Coroner Hears New Evidence

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 2

The Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire at No. 2 Gossanstreet was continued in the Coroner's Court before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M.,…

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Maliciously Caused Fire Inquiry Finding Owner Sent for Trial

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

Finding that Lohood Boulus, on April 4, maliciously set fire[?]to premises situated at No. 2 G[?]san-street, the coroner (Mr.R…

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Fire Holds Up Railway 100 Firemen Hurt Fighting Blaze New York, April 23

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 4

One hundred firemen and several hundred passengers on the underground railway were overcome by acrid smoke from a fire in a…

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Grass Fire Threatens Queensland Town

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A grass fire at Greenmount, on the Darling Downs, spread with such rapidity that portion of the township for a…

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Fire at Tennis Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 1

A quantity of bitumen which was being prepared this morning for top dressing a tennis court at the home of Mr. Colley, Picton and Wilson,…

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