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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

393 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 20

Station Blaze: Building Gutted on Kinchega

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

Damage estimated at over £2,000 was caused when portion of Kinchcga Station was gutted by fire in the early hours of…

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Disastrous Fire at Kinchega Station

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

Damage estimated at more than £2000 was caused yesterday when fire swept through shearers' quarters comprising a kitchen, dining-room, recreation hall,…

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Boy Blamed for Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 11

Melbourne: An eight-years-old boy who, police claim, "wanted to see the firecart come", is blamed for a fire…

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Garage Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 8

Damage estimated at hundreds of pounds was caused when a garage was destroyed by fire in williams Lane…

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Fire Destroys Garage

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 1

A fire yesterday afternoon severely damaged a garage, at 43 Williams Lane owned by Walter Donald Robertson…

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Fire Officer to Pay Visit Here

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 8

Inspector H. Adams, of the New South Wales Fire1 Brigades, will be here on August 19 on an inspection visit. He…

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Centrals Down Souths in Game That Lacked Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 5

In a game that lacked the expected fire Centrals scrambled home with a margin of five points in their match against Souths and jumped to the head of the League's…

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Pit Ponies Perish In Blaze

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 1

Lithgow, Aug. 12: At least twenty-one pit ponies trapped underground perished in a fire which…

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Garage Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 1

Mr. Walter Donald Robertson, of 43 Williams Lane, whose garage was destroyed by fire on Tuesday…

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Stop Press Fire Flares Up

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 16

Sydney: The fire at the Slate coal mine one of the biggest collieries on the western N.S.W. field, flared up again today, and early…

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Sabotage Talk on State Mine Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 2

Sydney—Sabotage has been suggested as tlte cause of a big undergrounds fire still raging in the State coalmine at Lithgow. Mr. Chalmers, M.L.A. for…

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Needless Fire Alarm

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 15 August 1953 · page 3

The Central Fire Brigade was called out to the Silverton Tramway Company at 10.27 a.m. yesterday when…

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Fire Call

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 11

The Central Fire Brigade was called to the Palace Hotel shortly after 10 o'clock last night. Firemen…

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Fire Saves Lost Men

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Pages torn from a prayer book kindled a fire for two lost skiers near Mount Kosciusko during a…

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Fire at [?]Ce Hotel

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 3

The Ce[?] Fire Brigade who called to the Palace [?] at [?] p.m. on Sunday night to extinguish a fire…

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400 Cattle Bie in Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 4

Brisbane: About 400 beef cattle are believed to have perished and 10,000 acres of grazing land burned out…

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Local Fire Matters

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 1

The Broken Hill Fire Brigade will be back to full strength with the arrival of two additional firemen…

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Fire Staffing Talk

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

Matters in connection with the staffing of the Central Fire Brigade were discussed yesterday when representatives of the Chamber of Commerce waited on the country inspector of fire brigades, Mr. H. Adams, and the district fire officer, Mr. V…

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Fire Officer on Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 2

A former local fire officer (Mr. H. Adams), is now in charge of thc district as country inspector…

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Fire Officer on Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1953 · page 2

A former local fire officer (Mr. H. Adams), is now in charge of the district as country inspector…

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