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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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Disastrous Qsld. Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 7

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

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Car Bamaged in Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 7

The Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire in Cobalt Street at 1.39 p.m. today. A late model car was on fire…

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Car Bamaged in Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 1

The Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire in Cobalt Street at 1.39 p.m. today, A late model car was on fire…

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Chocolate Factory Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Sydney, March 7.—Fire practically b[?] out the factory of Eng[?]ts Chocolate Products in Le[?]gusville…

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Fire Damage at Home

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

South and Central Fire Brigades attended a fire in Carbon Street at 9.42 a.m. today. The bathroom and…

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Fire Call

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

The Central Fire Brigade yesterday morning received a call to 189 Carbon Street, occupied by Mrs. Mary Hall…

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Fierce Fire on Ship in Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney: Firemen from five brigades used oxygen equipment as they fought a fierce fire in the holds of the British freighter Orestes at Walsh Bay today…

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£7000 Lost in Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 3

Damage estimated at £7000 was caused when a fire completely destroyed about 60 bales of wool and…

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Eight Overcome In Ship Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 10

Sydney, March 11: Seven firemen and a ship's officer collapsed while fighting a fire yesterday in the hold of…

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Papers Hit at Singapore Fire Service

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 12

Sydney: Sydney newspapers suggest that fire services were slow in reaching the BOAC Constellation Belfast when it crashed at Singapore's Kalang Airfield on…

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Fire Call

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 7

The Central and South Fire Brigades answered a call at 3.55 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Railway…

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Fire in Shop

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 8

Damage estimated at £60 was caused by fire in a shop in Lane Street yesterday afternoon…

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Shop Damaged By Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 4

A tire that broke out under the floor boards of a small general store at [?] Lane Street yesterday severely…

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Suicide in Petrol Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 19

New York: Mrs. Marion Metz told Pittsburgh police that her husband came out of their kitchen in petrol…

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Stop Press Mystery Fires

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 12

Melbourne: Detectives are m vesligaling six mysterious [?] which occurred at the Saulouicr Hotel. Queen Street. Miss…

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Fire Calls

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 12

The Fire Brigade was called out twice over the weekend. The first call was at 1.25 p.m. on Sunday…

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Laundry Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 8

Central Fire Brigade received call at 1.39 p.m. Saturday to 130 Brazil Street where there was a fire in…

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Fire Damage to Utility

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 3

A resident of Chloride Street, who parked his motor utility in his yard early yesterday morning, later found…

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Fire Inspection

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 3

The regional inspector of fire brigades in Zone 6 in N.S.W. (Mr. H. Adams) left here for Wentworth yesterday. He Hill inspect the Wentworth station before returning…

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Bleating Lamb Gave Fire Alarm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 7

Melbourne: A bleating lamb gave the alarm when a £20,000 fire, broke out in Ester's service station, on the South Gippsland Highway, west of Koo-wee-rup…

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