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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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Clash With Fire Engine; Man Fined

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 2

A motorist who failed to give way to a fire engine while it was on its way to a fire in Lane Street on February 12 was fined £1, with 15/- cost, and ordered to pay £17/16/…

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Clash With Fire Engine; Man Fined

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 2

A motorist who failed to give way to a fire engine while it was on its way to a fire in Lane Street on February 12 was fined £1, with 15/- cost, and ordered to pay £17/16/…

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Collision With Fire Engine Cost £18/16/-

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 3

Brian S. Tweedie, of 166 Morgan Lane, was fined £1 by Mr. A. O. Chick, SM,…

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Motor Car Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

Central firemen extinguished a motor car fire in Argent Street at 4.15 yesterday afternoon. It was…

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Fire Destroys Vic Warehouse; £150,000 Blaze

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 3

Melbourne: A spectacular blaze early today gutted the century-old Doyle's city warehouse store and caused damage estimated at £150,000…

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Gallant Bid To Save Woman In Blaze

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 5

Sydney, July 20: An elderly spinster was dragged from the blazing bedroom of her home in Sutherland last…

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Fire Damages Kitchen

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 7

The Fire Brigade was called to 7[?] Morgan St. yesterday to extinguish a fire in the kitchen of a house…

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Fire Damage to Kitchen

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 5

When a bottle of kerosene ignited and dropped from her hand yesterday afternoon Mfs. Hope Moe, of 78…

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Indo-china Cease Fire Plan Hanoi Must Be Evacuated; Reds Get Rich Lands

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 1

GENEVA, TUESDAY: EAST AND WEST TONIGHT AGREED ON A CEASE-FIRE TO END THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR IN INDO CHINA. Thus peace was assured in Indo-China tonight, the…

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30,000 Lose Homes in Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 1

Hong Kong, Friday: It was officially estimated to day that 30,000 people were rendered homeless in a…

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Shed Destroyed By Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 7

A garage and toolshed at the rear of 515 Williams St. was destroyed by fire this morning…

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Fire in Car

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 1

A car fire occurred at the front of the Ozone Theatre, in Beryl Street at 8.04 last night…

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Chimney Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

Central Fire Brigade was called out on Saturday afternoon to a chimney fire at the Ozone Fish Cafe in Argent…

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Cafe Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 8

No damage was caused When a fire broke out in the chimney near an oil vat at the Ozone fish, cafe, Argent…

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Sth. Koreans Fire Shots at Truce Team

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 10

London. August 4.—South Koseans have fired shots and thrown bombs at members of the Neutral Nations…

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Veldt Fires in Natal

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 4

Durban, Thurs: Veldt fires fanned by gales, have done hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage in…

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Spectacular Fire In Melbourne

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

Melbourne, August 5.—The printing of Melbourne's new telephone directory will be delayed by a fire which…

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All Aboard Escape Fire On Plane

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 5

New York, August 5.—Police reported that the crew and 29 passengers escaped when a…

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4 Racehorses Perish in Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 11

Brisbane: A fire, which raged through one of Queensland's biggest racing stables, at Hendra, near Eagle Farm racecourse, early today, incinerated four horses and…

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Fire-Maddened Horses Gallop Through Town

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

Brisbane, August 11: A mob of 12 maddened horses plunged from burning stables and galloped through…

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