A Colliery Fire. Thirty-Six Miners Perish. [Reuter's Message.] London
A disastrous fire has occurred in a colliery at Whitewick, in Leicestershire. No less than 36 miners, who were entombed in the pit, perished…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 17
Fire Alarms
ON Saturday afternoon the Fire Brigade was called three times within three hours. The first alarm, shortly after 3 o'clock, was reported in Saturday's MINER the second was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire at Nyngan. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Roberts' store—a new brick building—and Barrett's Hotel, Nyngan, were completely gutted by fire yesternight. The damage is set down at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Nyngan. Sydney
A disastrous fire a raging at Nyngan. Barrett's hotel and Robert's store have been destroyed, the estimated loss being £10,000. The fire was still spreading at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spain Will Not Issue Letters of Marque. the Blockade of Havana. the Morro Castle Battery Opens Fire. Another Spanish Steamer Taken
When the ship Shenandoah was seized by the Spaniards, she is said to have been flying the British flag. A bill has been introduced into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Glasgow. Sixty Firms Suffer Loss. [Reuter's Message.] Londonm, Wednesday Afternoon
A disastrous fire has occurred in the business centre of Glasgow (Scotland). Sixty firms suffered severe loss, and the damage is estimated at £200,000, The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Crystal-street. a Man Badly Burnt
A THREE-ROOMED wood and from house in Crystal-street north, near the Junction line, owned and occupied by two brothers named Johnston, was completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Glasgow. London, April 27
A big fire broke out in Glasgow, doing damage to the extent of £200,000. Sixty firms are affected. The Roman Catholin Cathodral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
Bush fires are raging in the Tingha district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plague Riot[?] in India. Police Fire on [?]e Crowd. [Reuter's Message.] London
Reports from Calcutta are to the effect that serious plag[?]te riots have broken out at Garshane[?], in the Bombay presidency. The police, in[?] their attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at the Big Mine. Operations at the Fire-affected Area. Duplication of the Concentrating Plant
THERE is still some heat in the affected section of Block 12 of the Broken Hill Proprietary, and at times pyroligneous Roses find their way through the upcast shaft in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Surrender of Manilla. Provisional Authority being Established. Promotion of Admiral Dewey. The Fire In Manilla. The Philippines to Garrisoned. Angry Scenes In the Spanish Cortes. The Capture of Spanish Arms. Reported Loss of Two Gunboats. Revolutionary Riots in Madrid. Officers Join the Republican Side. Other Spanish Towns Held by the Rioters. [Reuter's Messages.] Surrender of Manilla. the Report True. Provisional Government Being Formed. London
The news received yesterday afternoon from Washington, the seat of the United States Government, that the city of Manilla, the capital of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Communication with the Cuban Insurgents. Supplies Landed in the Island. The states Landing Party Attacked. Charge of Spanish Cavalry. Caught Between Americans and Insurgents. The Force Annihilated. Destitution in Havanna. Movements of Spanish Fleet. Anxiety About Admiral Dewey. [Reuter's Messages.] Landing Supplies for the Cubans. a Fight on the Shore. Spanish Cavalry Annihilated. Between Two Fires. London
News has been received of a smart engagement between the Spanish, the Americans, and the Cuban insurgents on the Spanish const. The Spaniards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Maitland. Off Barranjoey. Eighteen Lives Lost. Twenty-eight Others Missing. Almost Certainly Drowned. Awful Night at Sea. the Engine Fires Extinguished. on the Rocks. the Vessel Parts Amidships. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Sydney, was in a state of panic all day Saturday and yesterday. Hour after hour crowds which increased in numbers thronged the steamship companies' offices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Madrid. Week's Supply of Bread Burnt. London
Reports from Madrid state that as the result of a fire at a wheat store in that city a whole week's bread supply has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— a Fatal Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
A house occupied by Mrs. Farrell, an elderly woman, and her daughter, situated off Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, took fire yesterday night. Mrs. Farrell was so severely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War. Control of the Philippines. General Merritt Appointed. A Volunteer Signalling Corps. Fire In Madrid. The Bread Supply Destroyed. Extra Taxation Rejected. A Prize Court. [Reuter's Messages.] Rumors of Peace. Not Confirmed. London
The London Daily Telegraph announces that the foreign, ambassadors at Washington are discussing a movement in favor of arranging for peace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Argent-street
AT a quarter-past 8 this morning the Brigade received a call by telephone from the Chilled Meat Company in Argent-street, and on proceeding to the spot found that one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Destroyed by Fire. Stored Against Attack. London
By a fire at Andover, a town in the State of Massachusetts, £50,000 worth of wool was destroyed. The wool was stored at Andover hy a Boston firm to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Commodore Sampson's Fleet. The Bombardment of Puerto Rico. San Juan Under Heavy Fire. Nine American Warships Engaged. Spanish Ships to the Rescue. Two Destroyed. Surrender of the Fort. Blockade of Manilla. Starving the Garrison Into Submission. Where Is that Spanish Squadron? Where It Ought to be. Reported Attack on Clenfuegos. The American Vessels Driven Back. [Beuter's Messages.] Bombardment of San Juan. by the United States Fleet. the Town Surrenders. a Fort Reduced to Ashes. Two Spanish Ships Destroyed. Residents and Consuls Flee. London
Intelligence has just reached London from Port-au-Prince, the capital of the Republic of Hayti, that the combined United States squadron, which left the…
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