Two Fires
SHORTLY after 9 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Haydn, a small shopkeeper in Oxide-street, between Mica and Lane streets The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1892
126 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 7
Twelve Miles of Fire. Tremendous Bush Blaze. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Never in the history of Upper Riverina has a fire of such stupendous size and so disastrous in its results been known as the one now burning. It started at Brookong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bendigo. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
An extensive fire broke out in the centre of Bendigo at about last midnight. It originated in Hargraves-street, at the end of the stable and storage sheds, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ship on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A fire broke out last night on board the W. H. Lincoln, lying at Wooloomooloo Bay. Great damage was done to every part of the cargo, and the hold was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Bromide-street. A Boarding-house Burned
SHORTLY after 10 o'clock last night the alarm was sounded for a fire in Bromide-street, nearly opposite the Pig and Whistle Hotel. The premises attacked…
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THIS morning, before Mr. Badham, P.M., James Stevens and Arthur Wallace were charged with stealing wine from Sayers' Hotel during the fire last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Big Fire. Warm Welcome to the Visitors. No Water to Stay the Flames. Waugh's Printing Office Destroyed
JUST as the mine whistles were proclaiming the hour of 8 last night the alarm of fire was raised, and, as such a sound at any time quickens the pulse…
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TO-MORROW night the local Fire Brigade will be tendered a benefit by the Gerald-Duff Dramatic Co., assisted by a number of local amateurs. The complete…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Looting at Fires. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—On looking round this town, and especially at the fire on Wednesday evening, I find we are short of many things as well as a water supply, and one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in an Engine-house. £10,000 Damage. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
At 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a big fire broke out in the engine-house of the Lazarus and Lazurus No. 1 Companies, on New Chum Hill, Bendigo. Work had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires and Drought. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Telegrams from Bourke state that slight showers have fallen, cooling the air. The heat for a time was great, and bush fires broke out in several parts,…
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The University of Columbia, Missouri, U. S. A., has been burned down; 40,000 books were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire in Oxide-street
MR. R. B. PELL, coroner, held an inquest, to-day into the circumstances attending the fire in Oxide-street on Wednesday last, whereby the premises of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A fire occurred in Robertson's stables, at Caulfield, last night. Though every effort was made to rescue them, four valuable horses perished in the flames…
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THE manner in which the public turned out last night and crammed the Theatre Royal is satisfactory proof of the present popularity of the Fire Brigade. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. Big Fires in Leeds and London. London
A big fire has occurred at the soap works in Leeds. The damage is estimated at £300,000. The Midland railway station, at Leeds, and the permanent way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Coburg. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A destructive fire broke out shortly before 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, on the premises of Mr. John P. Butler, grocer and wine merchant, Sydney-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Hotel Burned. Big Fire at Acacia
THE Acacia Dam Hotel, one of the oldest licensed houses on the Barrier, haying been erected between six and seven years ago, and which for years served as the half-way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Zeehan. Damage, £30,000. [By Telegraph.] Launceston
By a big fire at Zeehan yesterday Malcahy's Hotel and the post and telegraph offices were destroyed, the total damage being between £25,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Big Blaze. Wooden Shanties the Cause. the Silver Age Singed
THE fire fiend, as our American cousins would say, again spread his baneful wings over the town last night, and was not appeased until about £3000 worth of…
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