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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 19 of 20

Fire at Rail Barracks

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 December 1953 · page 6

The kitchen in the N.S.W. Railway employees' barracks in Crystal Street was severely damaged by fire…

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Fire Damage to Shed

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 December 1953 · page 1

A large wood and iron shed, the property of Neild and Hyde, wood merchants, in Crystal Street. was…

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Wood Yard Blaze

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2

A fire at field and Hyde, wood merchants, at the corner of Oxide and Crystal Streets, at 5 a.m…

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Laundry Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 15

Slight damage was caused in a laundry fire at a house occupied by Joseph Drust, of Chapple Street, late…

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Snobbery in Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 7

Vancouver, Wednesday: Firemen put out a blaze in H.M.C.S. Ontario at the Esquimatt base, but only…

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5 Die in Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 1

Baltimore, Wednesday: A mother and her four young children died today in a fire apparently caused when the…

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Racehorse Dies in Fire"

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 15

Sydney: A racehorse which won at Newcastle last Saturday was burnt to death and four stables were gutted…

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No Bushfire Risk In This District

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 December 1953 · page 3

The District Forestry Officer, Mr. H. Dring, said yesterday there was no risk of bush fires in the…

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Bush Fire Menace

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Burning on a 10-mile front in the Blue Mountains early today a bush fire raged uncontrolled through heavily wooded gullies…

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Fire Call

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 12

The Central and South. Brigades at ended a fire at the rear of a bulk store at the corner of Beryl and…

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£10,000 Fire on Station

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

Brisbane: A fire which swept through a block of new buildings on the huge Noondoo Station yesterday,…

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Two Burned to Death Four Fires in Sydney Cause £72,000 Damage

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

Sydney, December 13. Police are investigating four fires, including two in which two men were burnt to death in Sydney…

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Grass Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

The prompt arrival of the Central Brigade to a fire near the Globe Timber Mills early this morning probably…

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Fire Destroys Shed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 12

A wood and [?] shed on the Consolidated lease near the Flying Doctor Base Wilcannia Road, was…

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Saddles Burnt in Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 8

A quantity of harness and several sodd[?] were bu[?] when fire destroyed on [?] shed on the Con[?]se near the Flying Doctor Bose, Wilconnio Road, on…

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Surprise for Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 5

Melbourne: Les Marden (32) put out a fire which threatened to spread through the Block Arcade Building,…

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Families Flee in Night From Grass Fire Burning Off Gets Out Of Control

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 1

Melbourne, December 16.—Women and children rushed from their homes in Lovely Banks housing settlement, four miles from Geelong, when a grass fire swept…

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£5000Pacldodk Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 12

Adelaide: Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which burned 665 acres on the property of…

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Fire Threat to Yetman

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 1

Sydney: The worst bushfire in local memory today threatens the tiny north border town of Yetman…

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Hotel collapse in fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 3

New York, Sunday: A three-storey hotel in Chicago collapsed after a fire and killed five firemen and a…

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