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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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Five Die in Hotel Fire at Cunnamulla

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

Brisbane, April 4. — Five men were killed and four critically injured in on explosion and fire that destroyed the Commercial Hotel, Cunnomulla, this afternoon…

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40 Die, 60 Hurt in Korean Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

Pusan (Korea), Sun.: The death roll of Pusan's latest-fire rose to 37 today as emergency squads combed blackened ruins in search of more bodies…

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Two Fires Cause £5,000 Damage

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 1

Sydney, April 4: Two fires in Sydney yesterday caused more than £5,000 worth of damage…

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Another Fire Death at Cunnamulla

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 11

Brisbane: A preliminary inquest into the deaths of six men after the fire at the Commercial Hotel at…

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Warship Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 1

London, Wed.: A small fire broke out in the Vanguard, 42,000-ton flagship of the British Home Fleet…

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Fire Call

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

The Central and South fire Brigades attended a fire call to 37 Comstock St. where a chimney had caught…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

Following an unavoidable lapse of fifteen years the sixth Volunteer Fire Brigades Demonstration, under the…

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Chamber Of Commerce Meeting More Modern Fire Engines To Be Requested

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night, discussion took place on the matter of a new Crystal Street Station…

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Rubbish Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2
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The Central Fire [?] received a call yesterday afternoon. An amount of rubbish in…

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Seventh Fire Death

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

Brisbane: The seventh victim of the hotel explosion at Cunnamulla on Sunday, died in the Brisbane…

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Seventh Fire Death

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

Brisbane: The seventh victim of the hotel explosion at Cunnamulla on Sunday, died,in the Brisbane…

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Solar Fire at Best

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

Adelaide—Solar Fire brought a run of minor placings to an end when she easily outclassed her six…

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Mountain Hotel Gutted by Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2

Sydney: People fled in night attire when fire gutted a portion of a private hotel at Blackheath, in the Blue Mountains, early to-day…

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Mountain Hotel Gutted by Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2

Sydney— People fled in night attire when fire gutted a portion of a private hotel at Blackheath, in the Blue Mountains, early today…

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Girl Saved from Fire by Guest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

Melbourne: A family friend saved an unconscious girl from a fire…

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Rubbish Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 1

The Central Fire Brigade received a call at 8 o'clock last night from the Hospital. A quantity of rubbish…

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Fire at the South

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 2

A garage used as a storeroom at the rear of premises at 322 Piper Street was severely damaged by…

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Fire Call

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 12

South and Central Fire Brigades attended a fire at the Ozone Cafe this afternoon. The call came through…

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