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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
176 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 9
The extensive cotton and woollen mills of Messrs. Campbell and Elliott, of Philadelphia, U.S.A., have been completely destroyed by fire. The damage wrought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A VERY enjoyable smoke social was given by the members of the Fire Brigade at the Carrington Shades last night. The chair was occupied by Captain Solomon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire occurred at the town of Dallas, in the State of Texas, U.S.A., yesterday. Five hundred barrels of whiskey and a large amount of property…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHORTLY before 7 o'clock last night a fire occurred in the premises of Messrs. E. Peters and Co., corn and chaff merchants, Argent-street, and, though the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. R. B. PELL (Coroner) held an inquest on the recent fire at Peters' chaff store at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel this afternoon. Mr. Dunstan was foreman of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sygel's coopers' store in Chicago was destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at 750,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE members of the Fire Brigade are beginning to get impatient at the delay in the erection of a new fire station, which the municipal council undertook to erect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shocking disaster, accompanied by great loss of life and property, is reported from America. A huge boiler exploded in a lower part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE first alarm of fire was sounded from the Town Hall. tower this Afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock. A few firemen were just finishing the rigging up of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABOUT 3 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was sounded. The glare was in the south-west. Before the mine whistle blew, the fire engine was clear, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The hage pile of brick buildings known as Burston's malt house, in Flinders-street, was attacked by fire at an early hour this morning. The fire had got a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The immense lakes or reservoirs of petroleum, near Batoum, a Russian town on the Black Sea, are now in full blaze, and the safety of the town itself is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"General" Booth, chief of the Salvation Army, arrived at Melbourne on Saturday night. Though he was expected on Friday, he did [?]ot arrive till 8 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A dest[?]active fire broke out on board the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Rome, while in dock at Gre[?]no[?]k. The staterooms were destroyed, and damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE quarterly meeting of the Broken Rill Fire Brigade was held last night at the old Council Chambers, Vice-Captain Dewar in the chair. The secretary stated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ten wharves and 35 warehouses have been destroyed by fire at Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, in North America. The total damage wrought is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE broke out shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon in a three-roomed wood and canvas honse opposite the Imperial Dam, North Broken Hill. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the time of cabling a great fire is raging in Goley-street, in the city. The efforts of the brigades to check it have been, so far, unavailing, and it is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire which broke out in Tooley. street on Sunday night and which raged throughout Monday has now been got under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large and doatructivo fire occurred early this morning at the warehouse of Alfred Shaw. Notwithstanding the strenuous exertions of the fire brigades,…
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