Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Ship on Fire. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
The barque Blengfell was set on fire off Margate, on the English coast, by an explosion of petroleum. The vessel was burned to the waters'…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 17
When the Dress Catches Fire
SCORES of lives are lost every year in Australia through females' clothes catching fire. In many cases it is believed that the lives might be saved by following simple rules;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Destructive Fire. Two Cottages Gutted
Two cottages situated at the corner of Wolfram and Bromide streets were gutted by a fire which broke out about a quarter to 5 o'clock this afternoon. Both cottages were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Steamer on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The English steamer Buteshire, lying at a wharf in the harbor, caught fire early this morning in No. 3 hatchway. All the fire brigades of the city are at present at the fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Wednesday, October 19, 1898. the Fire Brigade
PEOPLE grow restive under the mismanagement of the Fire Brigade. The fact is that the board has in one sense been taken too seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Ship on Fire. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
The barque Blengfell was set on fire off Margate, on the English coast, by an explosion of petroleum. The vessel was burned to the waters'…
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ABOUT 20 citizens interested in the formation of a Volunteer Fire Brigade in Broken Hill met at the Denver City Hotel last night, and a short informal discussion took place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire on the Buteshire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
It was nearly 2 oclock this afternoon before the fire on the steamer Buteshire, in Sydney Harbor, was under control. The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Dunedin. Auckland
A fire at Dunedin has partly destroyed Messrs Reid and Gray's agricultural works, with a loss of about £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ship Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
The ship Buteshire, while lying at Miller's Point, caught fire early yesterday morning, and was completely gutted. Fortunately all her cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Council and the Fire Board. Mr. Mills Refutes the Mayor's Statement
AT the meeting of the Municipal Council or Thursday night the Major (Alderman Strachan) was asked if it was a fact that the council was in arrears in its contribution to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council and the Fire Board. Mr. Mills' Figures Challenged
ON Saturday Mr. Mills, secretary of the Fire Board, talking with a MINER reporter on the dispute between the board and the municipal council on the subject of arrears, quoted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade and Town Council. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—The Municipal Council's relation with the Broken Hill Fire Brigade Board have been placed before the public as most questionable. These lines are peuned not with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade. The Municipal Contributions
A REMARK made to a MINER reporter by Mr. Mills, secretary of the Fire Brigade Board, that the Municipal Council has seized every opportunity to make an excuse for not paying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Monday, October 31, 1898. a Municipal Fire Brigade
THE suggestion that the Broken Hill Municipal Counoil should completely take over and control the work of the fire Brigade is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Outbreak of Fire
A FEW minutes before 10 o'clock last night a telephone message was received at the fire station that a fire had broken out in Railway Town. The brigade turned out with most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Fire. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
A fire at Srinigar, in Kashmir, in India, has caused £66,000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Big Fire. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
A fire at Srinigar, in Kashmir, in India, has caused £66,000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Storm. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
A bootmaker's shop at Hammond, belonging to a man named Hardy, was completely gutted by fire to-day. Although strong efforts were made by the residents to save the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Unfortunate Fire
SOME rather curious developments are reported to have occurred in connection with a recent fire which destroyed a pawnbroking establishment (the Sunday…
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