Fire in a Cold Mine. AUCKLAND
The body of Graham, one of the two miners missing in the fire in the Jubilee gold mine, Waitikuri, has been found. Evidently Graham was suffocated whilst attempting to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 17
Suspicious Fire
[?] fire which was [?] before [?] but which gives rise [?] occured last night at the Commercial Hotel. About quarter to 10…
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AT the meenting of the Fire Brigade Board this afternoon accounts amounting to £57 17s. 2d. were passed for payment. The resignation of Volunteer-fireman Morris was accepted…
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AT the monthly meeting of the Fire Board, held at the Town Hall this afternoon, the refusal of the Fire Underwrites' Association in South Anstralia to contribute one-third of…
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SINCE the Fire Brigade Board arrived at its decision on Friday to shut up the fire station as a means of compelling the South Australian insurance companies to contribute to the…
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YESTERDAY (owing to the fierce wind that prevailed) was a day particularly suited for a big conflagration, and about 3 o'clock in the afternoon a fire started in the very heart of…
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SAYS the Evening News: "Broken Hill residents seem anxious to distinguish themselves on original lines. After some of them agreeing to boycott France, the Fire Brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire in China. a City Partially Destroyed. [Rbuter's Message.] London
A terrible conflagration has devastated a great part of the city of Hankow, in China. Hankow has a population of about 400,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire. Damage, £35,000. Thirty-five Buildings Burned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The great fire which broke out in Regentstreet, Redfern, on Saturday afternoon was extinguished after most strenuous efforts, but not before damage to the extent of over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney. a Redfern Street Ablaze. Conflagration Still Raging. Firemen Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Evening
A tremendous fire broke out on the edge of the city this afternoon, and is still raging. Ere it is extinguished, it threatens to destroy a goodly portion of the main section of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Redfern. Incidents of the Conflagration
THE fire at Redfern on Saturday afternoon started in one of the yards of Messrs. Hudson Brothers' buildings at the corner of Regent and Holden streets, and was so small when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Leigh's Creek. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon
Early this morning a fire occurred at the Leigh's Creek Hotel, kept by Mr. Frank Booth, who, with his family and servants, barely had time to escape. The occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Disastrous Fire at Redfern. Sydeney
A great fire occurred at Redfern on Saturday afternoon last, Hudson Cros' immence sawmills being totally destroyed. During the progress of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Leigh's Creek. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon
Early this morning a fire occurred at the Leigh's Creek Hotel, kept by Mr. Frank Booth, who, with his family and servants, barely had time to escape. The occupants…
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A fire at Hankow, in China, destroyed ten thousand homes, and a thousand lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at South Broker Hill
ABOUT a quarter to 9 last night a fire broke out in a three-roomed cottage in Eyre-street, South Broken Hill. The house had been unoccupied for about three weeks, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Queensland. Longreach in Flames. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A telegram from Longreach, in the Rockhampton district, states that a fire broke out yesterday afternoon in Brydon's Hotel, which was burnt to the ground in 15 minutes…
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The jury returned an open verdict in the Redfern fire. Early on Friday morning a man named William Austin was found in a…
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A great fire occurred at Longreach yesterday afternoon, by which one side of a street, including two hotels and 26 buildings were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Longreach Fire. Damage £60,000 Fatal Results. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The fire at Longreach has been extinguished. It destroyed the Imperial, Great Western, Welcome Home, and Queen's hotels and 20 shops. The damage is estimated at £60,000,…
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