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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

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

Fire Damages House In Wyman Street

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 4

Severe damage was done to three of the four rooms of a wood and iron house at 153 Wy[?]nan Street by a fire which broke out shortly after 8 o'clock…

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Fire Severely Damages House People On Holidays

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 3

Lost night Just before 9 o'clock Central Fire Brigade received a call advising of a fire in a wood and iron house at 153 Wyman Street. Two brigades…

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Fire Brigade Calls

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 2

A small fire broke out in the Rosette Beauty Salon in Arerent St. about 1 p.m. on Saturday. The fire was caused in a caneite panel by…

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Fire Threatens Duke's Planes

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA.—When a fire broke out in a workshop at the GovernorGeneral's hangar at Canberra aerodrome, the Duke of Gloucester's Avro…

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Stop Press 12 Die in Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 8

TOKIO.—12 American officers and men died in a fire in a large twostorey building in a town on Shikoku Island, At least 22 others were sent…

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Fires Raging In Tasmania

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 1

Launeeson, December 27.—Forestry officers and hundreds of volunteers are [?]ghting the worst hush fires for years in [?]orterastern Tasmania where three big…

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Rubbish Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 1

At 7.29 on Wednesday night the Fire Brigades responded to a call from Wills Cane, Railway Town, where a fire had broken out in a quantity of rubbish at…

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False Alarm of Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 2

The Central Fire Brigade received a call through the automatic fire alarm to the P.A.T. store in Argent Street at 10.57 a.m. today. This…

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Fire At Ivanhoe

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 3

Damage estimated at over £200 was caused by a fire which occurred at Ivanhoe last night. Local police have been advised that…

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Fighting Red Keeps Home Fires Burning In France

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 8

LONDON, December 28.—How Spanish Republican General Ruiz became chairman of a company of Communist troops, which supplied firewood to the shivering inhabitants of Toulouse is told by the Paris correspondent of "The…

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Fire at Council Rubbish Dump

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 8

Central Fire Brigade received a call to the Rakow Street dump at 1.55 o'clock this afternoon. Volunteer firemen under…

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Colliery Fire Causes £10.0O0 Damage

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE.—A fire followed by. three huge explosions caused damage estimated at £10,000 at the pit top of the Waratah colliery, near…

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Great Fires Melbourne's, Cool Stores Blaze in 1937

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 4

On the morning of January 18, 1937. Melbourne awoke to a typical unpleasant summer's day. A hot north wind was blowing strongly and the temperature…

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27 Deaths In Connecticut Fires

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 1

Bridgeport, Connecticut, December 30.—Four boys and a girl were burnt to death in a cottage yesterday. Fire officials report the reception of a telephone alarm…

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Fire Brigade Calls

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 2

The Central Fire Brigade was called to the Rekow Street rubbish dump on Saturday afternoon, volunteer firemen responding in charge of Sub-Station officer Adams…

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Fire At Ivanhoe Store

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 2

At 10 p.m. on Friday night a fire broke out in portion of the pre[?] occupied by Crisn and Halley Pty. Ltd., general storekeepers, in Columbus Street, Ivanhoe…

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Disastrous Fire at Coal Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Damage estimated at between £8000 and £10,000 was caused when a fire broke out in buildings at the Waratah coal mine, near…

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