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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
373 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 19
The Annie Maud, ship, from Rio Janeiro, South America, has arrived at this port. The captain reports a remarkable experience in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Accounts amounting to £19 14s. 10d., and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gordon Hotel, seven miles out on the road from Bairnsdale, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night; and Ellen Bosse, an elderly woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jasper's woolshed at Meranturn has been destroyed by fire. Its origin is unknown. The place was insured for £250…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Parkes telegram reports that early this morning a seven-roomed house occupied by a widow named Mrs. Quinn, her sister, Miss Perry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir James, however, ignored his mother's glance. He rose quietly and with a certain dignity of manner a moment later, went to where his wife was sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Parkes telegram reports that early this morning a seven-roomed house occupied by a widow named Mrs. Quinn, her sister, Miss Perry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A telegram from Gympie reports a sensational ballooning experieace there. A balloon ascent and parachute descent had been advertised to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extensive fire has occurred in the well-known shipbuilding yards of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, in Belfast, Ireland. The damage done is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of a terrible fatal fire comes from Toowoomba. A man named King and his family occupied a cottage in the town. The wife and five children…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Friday Afternoon. News of a terrible fatal fire comes from Toowoomba. A man named King and his family occupied a cottage in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Thursday nights (as was reported on the following day) a cottage occupied by a family named King, at Toowoomba, was burned to the ground;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with the fire which occurred at Sandringham ia Ralph's stables on Thursday, when three horses were burned, incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire of a peculiar character occurred on Saturday evening at the branch of the Commercial Bank, Central Kempsey. The manager, who was sleeping upstairs, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shed which has for a little time past been occupied as a dwelling by John Lane and his family, residing at Willoughby, was attacked by fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A. fire of a peculiar character occurred on Saturday evening at the branch of the Commercial Bank, Central Kempsey. The manager, who was sleeping upstairs, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Intelligence has been received that the town of Kubin, in Hungary, has been totally destroyed by fire. No particulars are yet to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intelligence hes been received that the town of Kubin, in Hungary, has been totally destroyed by fire. No particulars are yet to hand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another extensive fire has occurred in the suburb of Bermondsey, by which warehouses covering an acre and a half in extent were destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The troopship Jumna, while lying at the Albert Docks, was gutted by fire. The town of Brestletovsk, in Russia,…
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