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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 17
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,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 fire at Srinigar, in Kashmir, in India, has caused £66,000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire at Srinigar, in Kashmir, in India, has caused £66,000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
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