In Praise of the Fire Brigade
To the Fire Brigade, as already mentioned in the MINER, every credit must be given for saving yesterday morning a valuable portion of Argent street…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 17
The Argent-street Fire
AN inquest will be opened at the Courthouse this afternoon into the fire that occurred on Monday morning in A. Y. Harris' tobacconist's shop. Argent-street…
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A block of shops has been destroyed by fire at Kalgoorlie. The damage is estimated at £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Argent-street Fire. The Inquest
THE inquest on the recent fire at A. Y. Harris' tobacconist shop, Argent-street, was opened this afternoon before the Coroner (Mr. Makinson, P.M.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne Fire. a Renewed Outbreak. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
The debrie in Sargood, Butler, and Nicol's warehouse, which was ruined by the great fire some time ago, by some means ignited this morning. There were fears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at a Tannery. £10,000 Damage. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Steel's tannery at North Melbourne was destroyed by fire last night. The contents and building were insured for £8000; but the damage is set down at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires in Tasmania. The Flames on a Coal Mine. Narrow Escapes from Suffocation. [By Telegraph.] Hobart
The weather is cooler to-day; but the longed-for rain has not yet come, and further destruction from bush fires continues to be reported…
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AFTER the inquest on the fire at Harris' tobacconist shop was over yesterday evening, Superintendent Hansen, of the fire brigade, discovered the remains of the books…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Argent-street Fire. The Inquest
THE inquest on the recent fire at A. Y. Barris' tobacconist shop, Argent-street, was opened this afternoon before the Coroper (Mr Makinson, P. M.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Melbourne Fire. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
The dobris in Sargood, Butler, and Nicol's warchouse, which was ruined by the great fire some time ago, by some means ignited this morning. There were fears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at the Boulder. Mr. J. H. Cummins Burned out and Injured. [By Telegraph.] Kalgoorlie
A fire occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at the Boulder, in a block occupied by the Westralia Hotel and other premises, a little south of the Great Boulder mine and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
Reports still come to hand from Gippsland and other places showing that extensive damage has been done to the country by bush fires. In some districts the damage…
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IT is to be hoped that neither the municipal council, the public, the insurance companies, nor the Government will forget the work done by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Fire. a Verdict of "Wilfully Caused." [Reuter's Message.] London
The inquest on the Cripple Gate (London) fire has at length been concluded, and a verdict has been returned that the fire was wilfully caused in a stack of goods in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gippsland Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Tales of privation and distress continue to arise from Gippsland as the result of the great bush fires there. The Government has granted every possible assistance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bush Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
Reports still come to hand from Gippsland and other places showing that extensive damage has been done to the country by bush fires. In come districts the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in New Zealand Great Destruction. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
Reports of the devastation wrought by buch fires continue to come in from varions parts of the colony. Fires are raging both in the north and south islands, and…
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THE Daily, News remarks:—"Recent disastrous fires in London and elsewhere have brought prominently to the front the importance of an early alarm on such occasions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Coolgardie. Four Shops Consumed. [By Telegraph.] Coolgardie
A fire broke out in Bayley-street last night, by which four shops next to Fa[?]han's Hotel were burnt down The brigade arrived last, but did plendid work in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Fire Extinguishers. The Use of Chemical Engines
IT seems strange (says the Daily Telegraph) that modern science has not devised a better means of extinguishing a fire than by the primitive…
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