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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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Boys Die in Case Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 6

Wellington: Three young boys died in a "packing case" fire they had started themselves next to the Tauranga…

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Fire Engines Burned Too!

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 11

Rangoon February 1.—At least 15 persons were killed and more than 8500 families lost their homes in a fire…

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Timber Fire at Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 11

Both the Central and South Fire Brigades attended a fire at Delprats Shaft yesterday at 3.30 p.m. The…

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Fire Engine 60 M.P.H.

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 1

Brisbane: The Warwick Fire Brigade yesterday made a 33-miles dash to fight a fire in a motor van loaded…

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Car Severely Fire-Damaged

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

Central Fire Brigade received a call to 742 Chapple Street at 10.59 o'clock last night to a car on fire…

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Child Saved from Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 4

Sydney: A Dutch migrant's wife saved her three-years-old child from their blazing home in Rawson…

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Thieves Start Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 6

Melbourne: Thieves set fire to an office strongroom in the basement of Yorkshire House, Queen Street, city,…

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Motor Cycle Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 6

The Central Pire Brigade extinguished a fire on a motorcycle in Lane Street at 11.20 last night. It was…

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Motor Cycle Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 1

The Central Fire Brigade extinguished a fire on a motorcycle in Lane Street at 11.20 last night. It was…

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Fire Unit in Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 1

A unit of the Central Fire Brigade and a motor utility, were involved in a collision at the intersection…

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Fire Unit in Collision

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 6

A unit of the Central Fire Brigade and a motor utility were involved in a collision at the intersection…

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Laundry Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 2
Also in Barrier Daily Truth

A laundry and an adjoining shed were severely damaged by fire yesterday morning…

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In Collision On Way to Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

The sector from the Central Fire Brigade was considerably damaged when involved in a collision with a…

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Plastic Works Fires

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 12

Sydney: Detectives are investigating fires which have damaged two factories belonging to Beetle-Ellioti…

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Roadway Fires

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

The South Fire Brigade attended two fires in quick succession in Patton Street last night…

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Fire Guts Theatre

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1

Brisbane: One of the city's oldest landmarks, the 40- years- old Cremorne Theatre, South Brisbane,…

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Fire Guts Mansion

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2

London, Monday: Fire gutted a sixteenth century 45-roomed mansion at Saffron Walden, Essex, early…

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Seven Killed in Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 11

New York, Sunday: Seven employees were killed and 21 were injured early today by a fire in the staff quarters…

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Disastrous Qsld. Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 1

Brisbane: More than 50,000 people last night saw a spectacular £150,000 fire destroy a four-storey city…

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