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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

368 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 19

Fire Calls

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 11

The Central Fire Brigade had three calls on Thursday. In the morning it was…

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Fire Calls

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 11

The Central Fire Brigade had three calls on Thursday. In the morning it was…

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Fire Call

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 4

At 7.30 o'clock last night a quantity of clothing caught alight in the back of a motor utility in Argent…

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Fire Calls

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 1

At 7.30 p.m. yesterday, Central Fire Brigade received a call to Argent Line off Sulphide Street…

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8 Babies Die in Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 1

London, Monday: Eight of 15 babies taken from a blazing maternity hospital nursery ward at Reading last…

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Egyptians Fire on British Cairo, April 19

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 1

Three Egyptian gunmen yesterday ambushed a British military Army car,…

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Chimney Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 11

The Central Pire Brigade attended a chimney, fire in Wolfram Street yesterday afternoon. The call came…

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13 Babies Perish in London Home Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

London, Tuesday: Grief-stricken mothers, some carrying bundles of their dead babies' clothing, left the Dellwood Maternity Home, at Reading (Berkshire),…

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Two Babies Survive Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 16

London, Wednesday: The two surviving babies of the Reading Maternity Home fire on Sunday have a good…

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Explosives Factory Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 1

Melbourne: Experts and detectives are investigating a report that the fire at Nobel (Australia) Pty. Ltd…

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Nobel Fire Mystery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Melbourne: A fire which destroyed a storage hut containing gelignite and nitro-glycerine at Nobel…

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Tv Hint Saved Her Life in Fire

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 8

LONDON,: A television program saved the life of sixyear-old Diana Durrell,…

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Office of City Solicitor Is Gutted by Fire

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which completely gutted the offices of John R Edwards, Son and Brown, 281 Argent…

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Car Fire

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 8

The Central Fire Brigade answered a call early, last night. A motor car parked in a garage had caught alight…

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Disastrous Fire Destroys Office of Solicitor

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

Damage totalling many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire that destroyed the office of J. R. Edwards, Son and Brown, solicitors, 281 Argent Street, at 4 a.m. yesterday…

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Many Files Saved in City Office Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 1

Following the fire in his office, Mr. M. Austen Brown, solicitor, has been heartened by the help and offers of practical assistance and co-operation received from legal…

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Fire Destroys Planes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 12

Vancouver, Friday: Fire ripped through the main hangar of the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Sea…

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Fire Bug is Suspected

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 11

Melbourne: The Mordialloc Lifesaving Club and an eight roomed house at Seaford were destroyed by…

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Fire Bug is Suspected

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 11

Melbourne: The Mordialloc Lifesaving Club and an eight roomed house at Seaford were destroyed by…

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Fire Destroys Timber Mills

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

Melbourne: In 20 minutes today a fire swept through a Brunswick timber mill and caused more than £30,000…

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