Fire at the Palace Hotel
A FIRE broke out just before 8 o'clock last night in one of the back bedrooms of the Palace Hotel. The brigade were telephoned for and were quickly…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
332 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 17
Fire at Railway Town
BETWEEN 5 and 6 o'clock a small fire occurred on the outskirts of Railway Town, a small wood and iron kitchen and dining-room, attached to the…
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IT transpires that one of the surface buildings at the South mine had a narrow escape from destruction on Monday night. The blazs was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heat Wave in the East. Death from Heat Apoplexy. Serious Bush Fire at Dungog. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Sydney has been remarkably free from the heat waves which have visited the western parts of the colony during this month, the weather being…
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THE Government has granted the Broken Hill Fire Brigade Board a subsidy for the past year of £208 3s. 4d. Notification was received by the Treasurer of the board this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Bush Fire. Sydney
An immense bush fire broke out yesterday near Dungog, and many buildings in the town narrowly escaped being ablaze. Thousands of acres of…
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A MEETING of the Fire Brigade Board was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Alderman Holdsworth) presided. This being the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Hospital. the Building Destroyed. London, March 1
A great fire has occurred at Benin, in West Africa, at the hospital containing the men wounded in a recent battle. The building was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at Germanton. Sydney
Three children have been burnt to death near Germuaten through the house catching fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Government House. a Sittingroom Gutted. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
During the progress of a dance at Government House last night a fire broke out in Mrs. Freeman Thomas' sitting-room, which was entirely gutted,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hospital Destroyed by Fire. Perth
Mo[?]cham's price to hospital at Kalgoorlie has been destroyed by fire. The patients were re[?]ed with some difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at General Post Office. Sydney
A fire broke out at the General Post Office early this morning, caused by the fusing of some electric wires. The brigade arrived and extinguished the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. Latest Cable News. a Big American Blaze. LONDON, Tuesday Evening
Messrs. Ely and Walker's dry goods store in St. Louis, Missouri, has been destroyed by fire The damage is estimated at 1,700,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Murder Charge. a Man Assaulted by his Paramour. He Fires Several Shots at Her. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
John Wilson, aged 35, was brought before the City Court to-day, charged with shooting with intent to murder Catherine Spiers yesterday. Spiers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Huge Fire Engine
IT is said that Liverpool possesses the largest fire engine in the world. It has a capacity from 1900 to 2100 gallons of water per minute. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Sea. Sydney
News has been received of the burning of the barque Pondragon at sea. The crow escaped in the boats, and were picked up after eight days' exposure, by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Disastrous Fire. £350,000 Damage at St. Louis. London, March 17
A great fire tins occurred at St. Louis, U.S.A. The damage done is estimated at £350,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Alarm of Fire
AN alarm or fire was sounded a little after 6 o'clock last evening, ostensibly somewhere "along the line of lode;" but although the Brigade telephoned to every mine north and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Fire Alarms
AN alarm of fire was [?]iven on Saturday evening shortly after 6 o'clock for a house in Blende-street Nor[?]h, occupied by Henry Rowe. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade
THE secretary of the Fire Brigade Board (Mr. G. A. Mills) has received notification that the Government grant of £200 for the carrent year is now…
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