Alarm of Fire
AT half-past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a telephone call took the Brigade with the carricle up to the Water Supply Company's works, West Broken Hill, to an outbreak of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 17
The Two Squadrons. War Correspondents to be Shot. Capture of a Spanish Gunboat. Attempt to Decoy American Ships Under Fire. London, May 16
Admiral Sampson's squadorn has reached Puerto Plata, and the Spanish squadron has arrived at Curacoa. The fleets are now about 600 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Cruiser. 1300 Tons of Ammunition Abroad. Thirteen Men Succumb. London
The coal in the bunkers of the United States cruiser St. Paul took fire while there were 1300 tons of ammunition on board. The flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. a Battle Fought. Heavy Cannonading Heard. The Spanish Fleets. Troops for the Philippines. Sensational Fire on a U. S. Cruiser. Saving the Magazine. Thirteen Men Succumb American Volunteers. Unprepared for Service [Reuter's Messages.] a Big Battle. on Sunday. Firing All Day. Heavy Fog Obscures the View. London
The Commandant of the Island of Tortuga, which is situated about 50 miles west of Key West, and almost to the north of Havanna, has reported to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spanish Troops for the Philippines. Heavy Cannonading Heard. British Cables to be Cut. Fire on Board an American Cruiser. London, May 19
It is reported that a Spanish squadron is forming at Cadiz, and will convey 11,000 troops to the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Mine. LONDON
A fire has occurred in a mine at Dortmund, in Prussian Westphalia, on the Emster. Forty-five of the miners have perished from the fire and fumes…
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AT about half-past 8 Inst night a fire broke out in a wood-and-iron store in Thomas-street, off Bromide-street, owned and occupied by William J. Sutton. The stock consisted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Argent-street. Narrow Escape of an Infant
AT about a quarter-past 10 this morning a fire broke out in the Carrington Shades Boardinghouse, Argent-street, but fortunately the flames were extinguished before they had…
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The Central Horse Bazaar has being destroyed by fire; the damage done amounting to about £8000. Twenty-seven horses were roasted alive…
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Captain W. T. Schley, in command of the cruising squadron in the West Indies, has forwarded a despatch to the Hon. John D. Long, Secretary to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Spanish Fleet. Caught in a Trap. Between Two Fires. Operations to Be Expedited. Disorder at Key West a Revolt in the Carolines. [Reuter's Messages.] Revolt Against Spanish Rule. London
The natives of the Caroline Islands, a numerous coral group in the Pacific, east of the Philippines and south of the Ladrones, have risen in revolt against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon
A fire at Ascot Vale last night destroyed a house occupied by W. Whitford. A child, aged 3 years, was severely burned. A fire broke out in Gingatt's unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Exciting Arrest. a Constable Fires his Revolver
ABOUT 6 o'clock last evening Mr. Perkins, licensee of the Excelsior Hotel, Railway Town, reported to Constable Hynes that a swagman had entered his hotel and asked him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon
A fire at Ascot Vale last night destroyed a house occupied by W. Whitford. A child, aged [?] was severely burned. A [?]broke out in Gingatt's unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Exciting Arrest. a Constable Fires his Revolver
ABOUT 6 o'clock last evening Mr. Perkins, licensce of the Excelsior Hotel, Railway Town, reported to Constable Hynes that a swagman had entered his hotel and asked him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Great Fire. 4000 Houses Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London
A great and terrible fire has occurred in the city of Peshawar, in the Punjaub India. No less than 4000 houses have been destroyed by the flames. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Board
AT the last meeting of the Fliree [?] Board Mr. J. Sa[?] in the chair the registration of the second permanent firerman, [?] Allen. was accepted and it was decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire. Seven Persons B[?] [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon
A fatal fire has occured at Sumlior[?], a popular English watteringplace. Several Houses were [?], in one off which a mut[?] and six children…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in Glasgow
A BIG fire occured in Glasgow, near Clydeside, on April 23 (as briefly cabled to the MINER), by which a block of buildings, used for the most part as warchouses,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon
A fatal fire has occurred at Scarborough, a popular English wateringplace. Several houses were burned, in [?] of which a mother and six children…
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