An Open-cut Fire. £200 Worth of Property Destroyed
THE mine whistle blew out shrilly just before 12 o'clock last night for a fire along the line of lode. Many people imagined that another disaster such as…
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Fires & bushfires, 1896
266 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 14
The Weather. Terrific Heat. Several Deaths Reported. Hush Fires in Many Parts of the Country. Sydney
The heat yesterday was unprecedented in the annuls of the colony. In the city the temperature reached 108 in the shade, and a great number…
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An alarm of fire was given shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. It was caused by a crate filled with straw igniting in Messrs. D. and W. Murray's…
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TO-MORROW at 2 p.m. an inquest will be held at the courthouse upon the fire which occurred at the corner of Argent and Sulphide streets on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—I am sorry to say that we have had a great many fires at night lately, and cannot find out the cause. We have now a book to enter down those…
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AN alarm of fire was given shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. It was caused by a crate filled with straw igniting in Messrs. D. and W. Murray's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Brigades
THE Fire Brigades have recently come in for a good deal of adverse criticism, and the complaints which have been rife were voiced in a letter appearing…
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE BARRIER MINER. SIR,—I am sorry to say that we have had a great many fires at night lately, and cannot find out the cause. We…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fire-proofing Paint
A FIRE-RESISTING paint for woodwork has recently been tested in New York which seems to possess rather remarkable properties. It is composed of phosphate of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire at Mr. Toope's. The Inquest
AN inquest was opened at the courthouse this afternoon upon the fire which occurred on tho morning of Boxing Day, whereby Mr. Toope's tea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire on the Cintra. The Inquest. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon
An inquiry was opened by the Marine Board to-day on the fire which broke out on board the Cintra on Sunday, on her way to West…
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THE brigade turned out at 9 o'clock last night for an alarm of fire in the North division. It was found that the blaze from Sugars' brick kiln had again been mistaken…
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AN inquest was opened at the courthouse this afternoon upon the fire which occurred on the morning of Boxing Day, whereby Mr. Toope's tea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fatal Fire. a Fall Down a Cellar in Flames. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
At Cobram on. Saturday night O'Brien's wine cafe and boarding-house was destroyed by fire. John Ryan, laborer, 34, was roasted to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire on the Cintba. The Marine Court's Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Court of Marine Inquiry finds itself unable to give a decided opinion regarding the cause of the fire which lately occurred on the steamer Cintra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Hotel. One of the Inmates Roasted Alive. [By Telegraph] Auckland
A hotel at Palmerston North has been totally destroyed by fire. One of the inmates, named Michael Power, was roasted to death. The landlord,…
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THE thermometer at the post-office rose higher after 2 p.m., the maximum register being a fraction over 97 degrees in the shade. By 4 p.m. the…
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The reports received by Mr. Russell, Government Astronomer, show that almost everywhere in the inlands the thermometers are rising again rapidly;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Bromide-street. Good Work by the Brigade. The Use of Fire Plugs
A FOUR-ROOMED wood-and-iron house in Bromide street, owned by Mr. Champion, and occupied by Mr. John Moore, a miner on Block 14, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. Fire on a Steamer, LONDON
A fire broke out on board the steamer Gulf of Venice, while loading at the docks for a voyage to Australian ports. The holds were flooded with…
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