Destructive Fire. An Alpine Town Barned Down. [By Cable.] London
News has just been received of the imminent destruction by fire of the town of Grundewald, in the Swiss Alps, a great summer resort of tourists…
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Fires & bushfires, 1892
126 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 7
Fire and Influenza in Peru. LONDON
A great fire has been raging at Callao, the cheif seaport of Peru. The oifices of the Pacific South American Steamship Company, were amongst the…
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A disastrous fire has occurred in Jermyn-crescent, Aldgate, a suburb of London, by which an immense block of buildings was completely destroyed…
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AT 5.40 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was given by the big mine, the signal whistles denoting that the scene of the conflagration was at Round Hill…
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THE coroner (Mr. R. B. Pell) held an inquiry at Round Hill this morning into the fire which destroyed M Pherson's Bound Hill Hotel on Thursday morning[?]…
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THE coroner (Mr. R. B. Pell) held an inquiry at Round Hill this morning into the fire which destroyed M Pherson's Round Hill Hotel on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Explosion. a Ship Totally Destroyed. Narrow Escape of Captain and Crew. [By Cable.] London
A terrific explosion of gunpowder, resulting in the total destruction of the ship Auch Mountain, has occurred on the river Clyde, in Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Desperate Escape. a Prisoner Sets Fire to His Cell. Burns Barracks and Courthouse. And Escapes. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A telegram from Bourketown, in the far north, gives an account of a desperate escape made from the police barracks there by a notorious Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. Big Fire in Quebec. LONDON
A large and destructive fire has swept a portion of the city of Quebec, the old capital of Canada. The result of the fire was that 120 families were…
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AT about 8.30 o'clock last night the alarm "fire" was given by the Proprietary whistle, South Broken Hill being denoted as the locality in which the…
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THE quarterly meeting of the brigade was held at the station last night, Captain Dewar in the chair. The whole of the members were present…
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FOR some time past a movement has been on foot having for its object the formation of a Volunteer Fire brigade at South Broken Hill. Foremost in the movement…
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ABOUT five minutes past 11 on Saturday night the alarm of fire was sounded both from the Town Hall and by the Proprietary and British…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the members of the Broken Hill Fire Brigade was held in the[?] board-room last evening, Captain Dewar presiding. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saturday Night's Fire. The Inquest
AN inquest on the fire which occurred at North Broken Broken Hill on Saturday night last, resulting in the destruction of the dwelling-house of one, Otto William…
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A very destructive fire has occurred at Eaglewood, near Chicago, U. S. A. Damage to the extent of 500,000 dollars was done, and several persons…
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Sir,—At the inquest held at the Newmarket Hotel yesterday Otto William Baxter, in giving evidence, is reported to have said that he had suspected I was the…
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE BARRIER MINER SIR,—I with a great many others was greatly surprised at the result of the spacial meeting of the fire brigade with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster. The Scotch Express in Collision. Two Trains on Fire. Loss of Life Feared. [By Cable.] London
News has just reached London to the effect that the Scotch express, travelling to London, has met with a disaster in Yorkshire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disastrous Fire. Four Shops and a Hotel Destroyed
AT about 7.15 last evening one of the three largest fires which it has been the Barrier's misfortune to witness occurred in Argent-street, almost…
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