Fire at Mount Morgan. £15,000 Damage. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A destructive fire has occurred in the township of Mount Morgan, near the famous Mount Morgan mine. The damage is estimated at £15,000. A…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
332 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 17
Fire Brigade Board
THE monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall last night. Present: Messrs. J Souter and J. Sully (members), G. A…
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Property valued at £15,000 has been destroyed by fire at Mount Morgan. One whole block of buildings was gutted. No water was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Perils of Fire. Three Children Roasted in Mudgee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
Mr. Patrick Chevers, private residence at Albury has been destroyed by fire. The inmates barely escaped in their nightshirts…
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Mr. Patrick Chevers, private residence at Albury has been destroyed by fire. The inmates barely escaped in their nightshirts…
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THI Fire Brigade Board met this afternoon, and resolved to at once write to Shand, Mason, and Co., London, ordering a horse carrido and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Coolgardie. Damage Estimated at £30,000. Some ex-Broken Hill Sufferers. [By Telegraph.] Coolgardie
Old Barrientes settled here dread now the alarm of fire as much asever they did in the early days of the Hill The danger is, in fact, rather greater here,…
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THE Fire Brigade Board met this afternoon, and resolved to at once write to Shand, Mason, and Co., London, ordering a horse curricle and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in an Orphanage. Fifteen Girls Burned to Death. [By Cable.] London
New York messages briefly report a terrible calamity through fire in Texas, U.S.A. The fire broke out in Buckner's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney. The Eagle Tobacco Factory Destroyed. Two Firemen Overcome by Smoke. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
The Eagle Company's tobacco factory, in Clarence street, was destroyed by fire to-day. The damage is estimated at £36,000. The insurances on stock…
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A great fire is raging in Clarence-street, the Eagle Tobacco Factory and other adjoining buildings being in flames. Great destruction is probable…
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The Buckner Orphanage, in Texas, America, has been destroyed by fire. Fifteen girls, inmates of the institution, perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Fire. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
A fire occurred in the Vienna Cafe early this morning, but it was quickly extinguished with comparatively little damage…
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A pawnbroker's shop in the suburb of Alexandria was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. A girl of 17, named Jesale Delborey, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire in a Tiger's Den. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
It has transpired that while Fitzgerald Brothers' circus was travelling by train from the Barrier a spark from the engine fired the tiger's den…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Phila Delphia. Two Million Dollars Damage. [By Cable.] London
A great fire has devastated the city of Philadelphia, U. S. A. Thirty buildings were completely destroyed. The damage is estimated…
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THE report of Superintendent Hansen on the work of the Central Fire Brigade for the past year is a very satisfactory document. In every…
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SUPERINTENDENT HANSEN, of the Fire Brigade, has prepared and presented his annual report to the board. Therein he states that the total number of calls for fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in the Clyde Shipbuilding Yards. LONDON
A serious fire has occurred at the shipbuilding yards of the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on the River Clyde, Scotland. Much machinery was…
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A fire has occurred in Malp[?]ole and Company's warehouse at Camden Town, a London suburb. The building and its contents were destroyed…
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