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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Bushfires Raging

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1951 · page 1

Sydney. — A southerly wind is driving the bushfire in the Grose Valley towards Faulconbridge on the…

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10 Children Die in Fires

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 16

New York, December 12— Two mothers and seven children were burned to death last night when fire…

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Wires Cause Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 5

The Central Brigade received a call yesterday morning to a house at 644 Blende Street, where it was, found a small fire had started…

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Bushfires On Eyre Peninsula

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 1

Adelaide, December 12.—The most serious 'bushfire far many years today swept 100 square miles of country on Eyre Peninsula and…

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Stop Press Bush Fires

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 12

Sydney. — Fires flared up in, the Blue Mountains, near Springwood again today. Fifteen houses are menaced and the residents are…

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Bushfires

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 2

Although the disastrous bushfires in other parts of Australia do not affect [?] directly as they do the unfortunate victims, we are…

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Fire Threat to Hospital at Coraki

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 December 1951 · page 2

Sydney—A woman, still suffering from the effects of an anesthetic after a serious operation, was among 20 persons evacuated from the Coraki Hospital, on…

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Fire Threat to Hospital at Coraki

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 December 1951 · page 2

Sydney—A woman, still suffering from the effects of an anesthetic after a serious operation, was among 20 persons evacuated from the Coraki Hospital, on…

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College Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

C[?] December 16. — A sm[?] in a dining room a[?] College. Alexandria, was quelled before…

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Factory Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

Sydney. — Damage estimated at over £150.000 was caused by a fire, which swept through a factory…

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Fire on Station

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

A bush fire on Pine Valley station property near Morgan, South Australia, was reported to the Flying…

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Bush Fire In South Australia

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 3

A bush fire on Pine Valley Station near Morgan in South Australia was yesterday reported over the local Flying Doctor network…

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Chicago Fires Lar[?] 550 [?]

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 2

Chicago, December 17.—About [?] people [?] into the streets in sub[?] weather early yesterday [?] when [?] swept a…

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Japanese Fire Toll

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 4

Tokio (AAP-Reuter), December 17.—Nearly 3,500 persons were left homeless when a fire destroyed 800 homes and buildings…

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550 Flee From Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 3

I Chicago, December 17.— About 550 people fled into the streets, in sub-zero weather early in the morning…

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School Fire May Have Been Deliberate

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

Sydney, December 17.—Two hundred schoolchildren, who broke up last Thursday, cheered as they watched a fire…

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Home Destroyed By Fire While Family On Holiday In Adelaide

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

A house at 110 Thomas Street was completely burnt out yesterday when a fire started during the absence of the occupants. Mr. and…

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Factory Building Burnt Out £175,000 Damage In Sydney Blaze

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 3

Sydney, December 18.—Firemen for five hours yesterday morning taught a fire which burnt out a factory in…

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Grass Fire on Station

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 1

A grassfire which started on Pine Ridge Station, near Tibooburra yesterday afternoon, was burning on a…

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Huge Bushfire Flares Up In Springwood Area

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 1

Sydney, December 18—Hundreds of Firefighters tonight are battling a huge bushfire which flared up at…

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