Fire Brigade Social
A SOCIAL to Captain S. V. Dewar, prior to his trip to New Zealand, was given by the members of the Broken Hill Fire Brigade at Delamore's…
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Fires & bushfires, 1893
203 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 11
The World's Disasters. Cholera, Collision, and Fire. [By Cable.] London
The hot weather and prolonged drought in France have tended to the spread of the cholera epidemic. A number of deaths from the disease…
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The recent extreme heat in England has caused fires in many parts. Eleven miles of moor lands in Yorkshire are in flames…
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EARLY this morning a fire broke out in a three-roomed wooden house in Williams-street. The manual and four firemen proceeded to the scene, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Melbourne. a Book Store Destroyed. [Br Telegraph.] Melbourne
Another big fire occurred in the city last night, the scene being Messrs. Melville, Mullen, and Slade's bookstoreroom, in Little Collins-street,…
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AN eight-roomed dwelling house in Lane-street North, near Mauger's Hall, together with a kitchen, was almost entirely, destroyed by fire last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Explosions in Ships of War. a Terrible Catalogue
THE Edgar, a fine 74-gun ship just returned from American waters, in 1711, blew up in Portsmouth Harbor, with great loss of life, few escaping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Colliery Disaster. The Entombed Miners Perish. The Pit on Fire. [By Cable.] London
The whole of the 140 miners who, as previously cabled, were cut off by an explosion of firedamp in the Thornhill colliery, Scotland, have perished,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at the World's Fair. a Cold Storage Warehouse Destroyed. Twenty-five Firemen Killed. [By Cable.] London
A cold storage warehouse at the Chicago Exhibition has been burned down. Twenty-five of the firemen, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Mica-street. a Four-Roomed House Destroyed
AT about 11 o'clock last night a fourroomed cottage at the corner of Mica and Iodide streets was totally destroyed by fire. It was owned by a…
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THE fortnightly meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall last evening. Present: The Mayor (in the chair), Alderman Odgers, and Messrs…
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THE fortnightly meeting of the Board was held at the Town Hall last evening. Present: The Mayor (in the chair), Alderman Odgers, and Messrs…
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The four-masted barque Cedarbank, of Newcastle, New South Wales, which left for San Francisco in March last with a cargo of coal, has arrived at her…
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THE fortnightly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall last night. Present—The Mayor (in the chair), Aldermen Philp and…
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AN improvement in connection with the Fire Brigade service has recently been introduced. The harness is now suspended by pulleys over the shafts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in the Mauritius. LONDON
An extensive and destructive conf[?]gration has been raging in St. Louis, the capital of the island of Mauritius. Two hundred houses were consumed by…
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Aa extensive fire has occurred at the Liverpool docks. The flames covered three acres of ground, but the destruction was chiefly confined to…
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AT the meeting of the municipal council last night a deputation from the Fire Brigade Board, consisting of Messrs. G. Fordham, S. E. Hocking,…
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IT is not too much to hope both that the municipal council will find no legal difficulty in the way of voting the £250 asked for by the Fire Brigade Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's Disasters. Havoc by Fire, Flood, and Cholera. [By Cable.] London
A despatch from New York reports that a destructive fire has devastated the town of Minneapolis, U.S.A. Two hundred houses were destroyed and…
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