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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Perished In Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

Sydney— Police believe that an elderly woman burned to death whon fire destroyed her…

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Perished In Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

Sydney— Police believe that an elderly woman burned to death when fire destroyed her…

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Injured in Fire Escape

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney—-A man was taken to hospital after jumping from a second floor building in Oxford…

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Police Arrest Man After Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney. — Police arrested a man early today and charged him with setting fire to a house in Sutherland in which a young couple were sleeping…

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Saved From Hotel Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—A woman was rescued from a upstairs window when a fire broke out at Royal Standard Hotel, Chippendale, early today…

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Copra on Fire Aboard Liner

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney, August 28.—Fireman battled for five hours today to control a cargo of blazing copra aboard the £1,000,000 liner Bulolo in Walsh Bay…

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Ship Fire Will Hinder N.g. Trade

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—Trade with New Guinea and the Northern Islands will be disorganised because of fire damage to…

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Oil Tank Blaze

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

London, September 6.— Sixteen large oil tanks. were destroyed by fire at Avenmouth today. Two…

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False Fire Alarm

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 5

The Central Fire Brigade yesterday answered a false alarm to the earner of Chloride and Morgan Streets at 12.22 p.m…

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Station Kiosk Destroyed By Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 6

A small wooden kiosk on the platform of the Sulphide Street Railway Station was completely destroyed by fire yesterday…

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Kiosk Fire At Railway Station

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 8

A wooden paper stand kiosk on the Sulphide Street Railway Station was gutted by fire about 4.45 p.m…

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Kurses Escape As Fire Burks Room

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 1

Adelaide — Fire in the laundry of a private hospital at Norwood this morning destroyed the week's wash and the possessions of the staff…

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Fire Guts Nurses Quarters

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 3

Adelaide, September 10.—A fire which gutted the nurses quarters at a large private hospital at Norwood early this morning gave…

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Plane Fires at Town

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 3

Long Beach (California), September 11. — An Air Force fighter plane accidentally strafed a suburb…

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Sergeant Newell Warns Of Grave Fire Danger In District Appeal To Campers To Be Careful With Fires

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 1

Organiser of the western district fire fighters, Sergeant J. Newell, last night issued a gaming of the grave fire danger in the western district and emphasised the need for the greatest care in the coming…

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Survived Third Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 5

Mildura. — Valuable rolls of newsprint survived their third fire when the storeroom of Mildura's daily…

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Utility Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 September 1951 · page 1

Minor damage was caused to a utility which caught fire in Blende Street, late yesterday…

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Utility Catches Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 15 September 1951 · page 4

Very little damage resulted from a small petrol fire in a utility in Blende Street yesterday. The Central Fire Brigade was called at…

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Rubbish Fires

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 12

The Central Fire Brigade attended two fires over the week end. About 6 o'clock last night…

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Small Fire in Thomas Street

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 3

Shortly after 6 o'clock lost night the Central Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a small rubbish fire in Thomas Street…

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