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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
332 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 17
Sixteen business premises at Gore have been destroyed by fire. The fire started at the horse bazaar, where 11 horses were burned to death. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very destructive fire has occurred at Waihi. The flames broke out in the central part of the town, and the buildings, being mostly of wood,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queen's Club Hotel, valued at £3000, and two shops, with their contents, valued at £1000 have been destroyed by fire at Coraki…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It appears that the big fire on Sunday morning (of which a brief account has already been wired) was first seen at a quarter past 2 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire exceeding in the extent of its destructiveness even that mammothoutbreak which lately devastated portion of Flinders-lane occurred in the heart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous conflagration broke out in London at an early hour this morning, resulting in immense destraction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE broke out on board the barqae Northenhay, lying at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Wharf, last Wednesday night, says the Port Pirie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lord Mayor has opened a fand for the relief of the persons rendered unemployed by the great fire in London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is somewhat important to fix the time when the great fire which destroyed so many extensive premises at the corner of Elizabeth and Flinders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queen's Club Hotel, valued at £3000, and two shops, with their contents, valued at £1000 have been destroyed by fire at Coraki…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The buildings in the neighborhood of Jewin-crescent, destroyed by fire on Saturday morning, occupied an area of four and a half aeres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It appears that the big fire on Sunday morning (of which a brief account has already been wired) was first seen at a quarter past 2 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lord Mayor has opened a fund for the relief of the persons rendered unemployed by the great fire in London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire destroyed 13 buildings at the mining township of Wachi on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Daily Telegraph states that the losses sustained by the English insurance companies in the Melbourne fire amount to £200,OOO; but the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The largest conflagration ever known in Australia occurred early yesterday morning. The block of buildings known as Flinders Lane was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire, earned by a gas explosion, occurred in East Control early on Saturday morning. The fire commenced in a building in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A huge crack is gradually widening in the eastern wall of Fink's Buildings, the result of the fire. The wall is dangerous, as it may collapse at any moment. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The total amount of the insurances in the great fire is £600,000. A special bill was passed through Parliament last night authorising the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Moore, a well-known contractor, has undertaken the task of removing the dangerous walls left by the fire. A start will be made with the erection of…
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