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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

219 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 11

Tresspassers on Big Mine "Fire Fighting" Cut Short

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 2

A demonstration of "fire fighting in which Jioses owned hy the Proprietary mine were brought into use was cut short yesterday when Mr. A…

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Police Fire on Indian Tribes; 4 Killed (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 8

LONDON, April 30.—The Delhi correspondent of "The Times" says that thousands of Indian tribesman attacked officials and police who were…

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Great Fire Caused by Bubble

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 3

A bubble is believed to have been the cause of an all-night five at the Agwl Petroleum Works, near Southampton, following the explosion of…

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Great Fire Caused by Bubble

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 3

A bubble is believed to have been the cause of an all-night fire at the Agwi Petroleum Works, near Southampton, following the explosion of…

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Rubbish Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 2

The Central Fire Brigade received a call at 7.12 o'clock this morning to a rubbish fire on a vacant allotment in Thomas-street, off Chloride-street. The…

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Man Fires on Police Rifles, Guns and Revolvers KATOOMBA

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 4

A party of police were fired on about three miles from Blackheath late on Sunday night and later, after a struggle, a man was arrested and…

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Fire Destroys Voting Material

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday—A fire broke out in the Braidwood Courthouse last night and a room containing ballot boxes to be used to-day was…

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Plane Destroyed by Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday—A Hawk Moth plant, one of the fattest machines in Australia, has been destroyed by fire at Archerfield…

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Fire Destroys Voting Material

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A fire broke out in the Braidwood Courthouse last night and a room containing ballot boxes,to be used to-day was…

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Fire Destroys Shop; Youth Rescued

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—When a fire broke out in a grocers shop at Parramatta early this morning the promptness, of fire brigades prevented a…

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Dog Warns Family, But Perishes in Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Jamel Bourke, a war pensioner, of Cottingwood, was awakened by the barking and scratching of hie dog and found…

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Freezing a Fire Out

Western Grazier · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 4

A new fire [?] out [?]ames by [?] them. A steel cylinder [?] with liquid carbon [?] under a pressure of…

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Fire Engine Overturns; Driver Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Racing to a fire at Cronulla this afternoon, a fire engine overturned on the rough road, pinning the driver, Fireman Snell, to…

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Fire Destroys 8 BUILDINGS Complete Loss To Owners SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred in the main business portion of Tullamore, a small western township between Hogan Gate and Tottenham, early…

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Police Fire on Striking Natives Capetown, May 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 1

Natives in the copper belt struck work at the week end owing to the basis of taxation having been altered from district domicile to district…

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Cats, Kept in Bedroom, Have Fires and Roast Chicken Daughter of English Peer Fined

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 7

A story ot a peer's daughter keeping En the bedrooms and living rooms of lier house 4[?] dogs: [?] meakers:…

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Fire Dangers Increase Fire Commissioner Gives Reasons MUDGEE

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 1

"People think that because of fire cscapes, emergency exits, and other safety contrivances that are used fire danger is not so great," declared the…

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Motor Lorry Damaged by Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 3

A 30-cwt. motor lorry loaded with wood caught fire near Water Bag Station[?]on Monday, but the owner and friends extinguished the flames…

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Fire Officer Neville Transferred

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 6

District Fire Officer J. Neville, who has been in charge of the local fire brigade for two and a half years, has received notice of his transfer…

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Under Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 3

Anyone who extols the merits ot a pine log fire to the Federal memher for Darling (Mr. J. J. clark) is likely to meet with a very cool…

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