Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
From parts of the metropolitan district bush fires can be seen at night to the north, southeast, and west Immense damage is being done, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1895
373 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 19
The Proprietary Mill. Outbreak of Fire at the Concentrators
WHAT might have been a serious conflagration at the Broken Hill Proprietary concentrating mill on Sunday night was only averted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Copper Mine. The Workings Ablaze. Thirty Men Entombed. [By Cable.] London
A despatch from New York reports that the Oceola copper mine, situated in the State of Michigan, is on fire. The flames have spread throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in the West. a Fire-roomed House Barned
THESE were two or three alarms of fire early last evening, but they were for nothing more serious than lighted chimneys. About half-past 1 o'clock…
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THE Coroner (Mr. A. N. Barnett) has not decided whether an inquest shall be held on the fire which took place at Block 10 on Saturday evening. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fatal Fire. An Old Couple Burned to Death. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
Particulars of the fatal fire at Elsternwick this morning are now available. Joseph Lane, aged 82, and his wife Sarah, aged 72, a very weak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Wave. Two Persons Burned to Death. £15,000 Damage at a Vineyard. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Intelligence has just come to hand that two persons were burned to death at Elsternwick during the night. No particulars of the fire were available at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires at the Mines a Suggestion from Superintendent Han[?]n
SPEAKING at the farewell to Mr. S. V. Dewar last night, Mr. H. R. Ha[?]sen, superint[?]ndent of the Fire Brigade, said that it might not be genera[?]ly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fatal Fire. An Old Couple Burned to Death. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
Particulars of the fatal fire at E'sternwick this morning are now available. Joseph Lane, aged 82, and his wife Sarah, aged 72, a very weak…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire in Block 11. M'Gregor Shaft Opened
M'Gregor shaft, through which carbonic acid gas has been forced lately in order to extinguish what fire, if any, existed in Block 11, was opened up on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. Fire on a Ship. Seven Ladies Perish. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening
A steamer bound from Leith, in Scotland, to London took fire at sea. The passengers were asleep at the time, and on being aroused were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Ship. Seven Ladies Perish. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening
A steamer bound from Leith,in Scotland, to London took fire at sea. The passengers were asleep at the time, and on being aroused were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Bordeaux Exhibition. Electric Pavilion Destroyed. London
A serious fire has occurred at the exhibition at Bordeaux, in the South of France, which has now been open for some months. The electric pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Cab
THE alarm was given last night for a fire at the South. The central brigade turned out but could fined no trace of it. From the statement of a fireman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Block 10 Fire
MR, CUTHBERT ALLISON, secretary of the Fire Brigade Board, has received from Captain Warren, manager of the Block 10 mine, a cheque for £10 for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Argent-street. a Fruit Shop. Destroyed
SHORTLY after 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out, in a three-roomed fruit shop and general store in Argentstreet, opposite Rittberger's buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bordeaux Exhibition. Electric Pavilion Destroyed. [By Cable.] London
A serious fire has occurred at the exhibition at Bordeaux, in the South of France, which has now been open for home months. The electric pavilion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Cab
THE alarm was given last night for a fire a[?] the South. The central brigade turned out, but could fined no trace of it. From the statement of a fireman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fires in America. a Great Northern Train's Experience
A T[?]LEGR[?]M from Spokane, Washington, dated the 20th August, says:—Passengers on the west-bound Great Northern train had a narrow escape from death last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at the West
LAST night a water closet at the late residence of Mr. E. A. Ashcroft, Thomas street, between Bromide and Kaolin streets, was destroyed by fire…
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