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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 9 of 11

Packing Cases on Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 6

Packing canes and hessian were damaged by fire at the rear of the Royal Buildings, Argent-strcet, at 4.48 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The…

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Hospital Fire Inquiry " Misadventure " Says Coroner SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 6

At the inquest into e fire at the Hornsby Hospital William Edward Campbell (56), mechanical and electrical engineer at the hospital, said…

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Fire Brigade Contests South Team For Katoomba Public Help Needed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 1

The Board of Fire Commissioners is anxious that the South volunteer firemen should be represented in the fire brigade demonstration to be held…

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Fire Brigade Contests South Team For Katoomba Public Help Needed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 7

The Board of Fire Commissioners is anxious that the South volunteer firemen should be represented in the fire brigade demonstration to be held…

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1500 People Attracted To Fire In Lane-street

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 1

Watched by a crowd estimated at 1500, one of the most spectacular fires seen in Broken Hill for some time destroyed a large unoccupied…

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Fire in Bedroom

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 2

A fire in a bedroom at the home of Mr. Stephen Mahony, 167 Pellstreet, last night damaged window curtains and some wallpapers. The…

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Interrupted Meal Footballers See Hotel Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Five Richmond footballers who had just returned from training were about to begin their dinner at the Hotel…

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Soldier Opens Fire On Comrades

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 4

While 70 men of the Highland Light (Infantry were at rifle practice at Fort George (Eng.), one of them, when his turn came to go to the range, instead…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 1

At 6.C0 o'clock last night the Central and South Fire Brigades receivod a call to the new electric light works at Railway Town where flames were…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 7

At 6.50 o'clock last night the Central and South Fire Brigades received a call to the new electric light works at Railway Town where flames were…

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Fire at London Rail Station

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 4

LONDON, September ll.—Flames leapt 40ft. through the root of Euston Railway Station when a fire broke out in the parcels office. The roof…

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Fire Destorys Store

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday—Firemen did good work to save two properties at Ballarat on each side of M. Sandalls secondhand furniture store,…

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Fire Destorys Store

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday-Firemen did good work to Baye two properties at Ballarat on each side of M. Sandall's secondhand furniture store,…

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Useful After 40 YEARS Water Kept To Fight Fire MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 3

Awakened early by screams from his wife, Owen Clarke (76), of Carlton, found the sitting room at the rear of his grocer shop biasing fiercely…

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Industrial Conference Opens On New Agreement £750,000 Damage in Sydney Fire Goldsbrough Mort's Wool Store Burnt Wool. Worth £525,000 Goes Up in Smoke Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 1

Sydney's greatest and most ap[?] fire since 1918 broke dut in Goldsb rough, Mort and Co.s Dariing Harbor six-storey wool atout about 7.30 a.m. today, dotas damage estimated at £750,000…

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Big London Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 6

LONDON, September 25. A spectacular fire fortunately involving no loss, of life occurred this afternoon at the Colonial Wharf,…

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£750,000 Sydney Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 3

A scene at the wool stores at Goldebrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., on Wednesday, when damage estimated at £750,000 was caused by Sydney's worst fire for many years…

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£750,000 Sydney Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 1

A scene at the wool stores at Go Idsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. on Wednesday, when damage estima ted at £750,000 was caused by "Sydney's worst fire for many years…

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Sydney's Worst Fire For 14 Years

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 3

A WOOL STORE AT PYRMONT owned by Goldsbrough, Mort & Co, was completely destroyed last week by the largest and most spectacular fire in Sydney for 14 years. Damage officially estimated at £750,000 was caused before the blaze was brought under control by nearly 230 firemen. These picturegrams show (left) firemen working in all that remained of the interior, shortly after one of the walls collapsed…

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False Alarms of Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 October 1935 · page 2

Two false alarms of fire were answered last night, one by the Central and the other by the South Fire Brigade…

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