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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Young Couple Murdered Bodies Found In Burnt Out Home

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 3

Lismore, July 17.—The newly married couple whose charred bodies were found in the burnt ruins of their home near Casino…

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Man Dragged From Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

Sydney. — A man was dragged unconscious from a blazing Moore Parke residential this morning after…

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P. O. Store Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 3

Sydney.—Trenty P.M.G. vehiclcs and thousands of pounds worth of equipment were destroyed by a fire which gutted the P.M.G. workshop at Lidcombe last, night…

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Chimney Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 3

The Central Fire Brigade answered a call to 116 Thomas Street, where a chimney was, afire, at 8.57 last…

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Chimney Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 4

The Central Fire Brigade received a call about nine o'clock on Wednesday night from a house at 116 Thomas St. The house, owned by Mr. Richard…

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£10,000 Fire in Factory

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

Sydney.—A fire caused £10,000 worth of damage at the Tempe Flock and Wadding Company's factory last…

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Sparks Fire Bus; Passengers Jump

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Sydney.—Passengers escaped through an emergency door when a bus caught fire at Windsor. The fire destroyed the bus…

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Schoolboys Help Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon the Central Fire Brigade was called to the Proprietary Dam, off Bagot Street,…

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Fire in Proprietary Dam

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

Dry shrubs on the bed of the Proprietary Dam caught slight yesterday afternoon. The blaze was discovered by schoolboy footballers, one of whom rang…

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Rail Station Fire Damage

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

Melbourne.—A spectacular fire badly damaged the roof of Flinders Street Railway Station late last night…

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Fire Threat To Coal Stack Miners Executive Urges Public Inquiry

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 July 1951 · page 1

Sydney, July 27.—A public inquiry into the firing of a 90,000 tons stack of coal at Ravensworth between Singleton and…

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Youth Started Fatal Blaze

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 7

New York, July 29.— San Francisco police said yesterday that a 17-years-old high school pupil, Kenneth…

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Big Blaze in Sydney

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney, August 1.—A fire caused more than £250,000 damage to a large electrical heavy equipment factory at Alexandria tonight. The…

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Shed Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 3

At 12.3 a.m. today the Central Fire Brigade was called to 539 Chettle Street, where a shed at the rear of the…

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Shed Fire Extinguished

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 3

Only slight damage was caused when a shed at 529 Chettle Street, near the Junction Hotel, caught fire at about midnight on Thursday. The Central…

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Fire Caused by Backfire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 7

Brisbane.— A backfire from a truck caused a grass fire which burnt out 15,000 acres of grassland…

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Fire C Aused by Backfire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 1

Brisbane.— A backfire from a truck caused a grass fire which burnt out 15,000 acres of grassland…

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Chimney Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 8

The Central Fire Brigade was called at" 5.3 o'clock last night to 120 Argent Street, where a chimney was on fire…

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Early Fire Call

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 6

Central Fire Station received a call in the early hours of yesterday morning to a house in Argent Street where a chimney had caught fire…

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False Fire Alarm Call

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 3

The Central Fire Brigade yesterday answered a malicious false alarm to the corner of Blende and Silver Streets at about 2.55 p.m…

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