A Melbourne Fire. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
About 8 o'clock last night the warehouse being erected in Flinders-street, by Messrs. Sargood, Butler, Nicol, and Ewen was found to be burning. The outbreak was first…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 10
Fire at Port Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
The fire brigade received a call to the sugar refinery at Port Adelaide last night, where they found that the raw sugar was alight in a large brick store, in which about £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Mine. Men's Quarters Burned. [By Telegraph.] Hobart
A brief wire has been received from Waratah suiting that a fire is raging at the Mount Magnet mine. The men's quarters have been burned to the ground. A miner named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Series of Disasters. Shipwreck, Avalanche, Fire, and Flood. [Reuter's Messages.] a Collier Wrecked. the Crew Drowned. London
The steam collier Arno has been wrecked off Portsmouth, on the English coast. Although the disaster happened close inshore, 18 of the crew were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Mount Magnet. Considerable Damage. [By Telegraph.] Launceston
The fire at the Mount Magnet mine did considerable damage, but the hard work of the men prevented the loss being greater. The ore-shed, assay office, manager's house,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mysterious Fire. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
A mysterious fire broke out on Johnson's farm, Nantwarra, on Saturday. When the hands went to dinner everything was right, but on returning they found a shed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Im Melbourne. £40,000 Damage. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A fire which occurred yesterday at Henty's Free Stores, in Flinders-lane, proved more disastrous than was at first expected. The premises were gutted end damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at South Broken Hill. Mr. T. C. Hosking's Attacked. Excellent Brigade Work
AT a little after 10 o'clock last night an out break of fire was discovered in the back portion of Mr. T. C. Hosking's grocery, Patton-street, South Broken Hill, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Alarms of Fires
THE firemen have been kept pretty busy since Saturday evening attending to fire alarms. At about 6[?]30 on Saturday evening, in response to the fire whistles, they turned out for a fire;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide Town Hall on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Saturday Afternoon
Shortly after last midnight an alarm of fire was given for the Adelaide Town Hall, a watchman having discovered a fire blazing in the kitchen on the second floor. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The damage caused by the fire at M'Kittrick's (not M'Intosh's) stores, Grafton, on Saturday, is estimated at £15,000. The origin of the blaze is unknown, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide Town Hall on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Saturday Afternoon
Shortly after last midnight an alarm of fire was given for the Adelaide Town Hall, a watchman having discovered a fire blazing in the kitchen on the second floor. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Sky Scraper on Fire
NO fire in years has attracted more attention in New York City and throughout the country (says Leslie's Weekly) than the one which occurred on December 5 on Broadway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fall into the Fire. MELBOURNE
Mrs. Ryan, the wife of a miner living at Fosterville, in Gippsland, was sitting up on Saturday night awaiting the return of her husband from work, when she dozed and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Board
THE first ordinary monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board for the present year was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Before proceeding with the ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Henty's Bond. a Development. [By Telegram.] Melbourne
An extraordinary development has occurred in connection with the reccat fire at Henty's Bond. John Hill, aged 19, has been arrested on a charge of incendiarism. Hill was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Henty's. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The lad Hill, who, on his own confession, has been charged with incendiarism, now says that the fire was caused at Henty's Bond through his throwing a match amongst a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide Cyclorama on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
At half-past 2 o'clock this morning it was discovered that the Cyclorama building in the city was on fire. The brigades were at once summoned, and were soon on the spot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Serious Fire. Stampede at a Concert. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
There was a big sensation at Thorpdale last night. A militia concert was about half way through, when an alarm of fire was raised. A stampede followed; men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Kalgoorlie Fire. Hotel and Offices Burnt. A Big Blaze. [By Telegraph.] Kalgoorlie
Early yesterday morning another disastrous fire occurred here, resulting in the destruction of the buildings, at the corner of Hannans and Maritana streets, known as the Australia…
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