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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 10
A MEETING of the Fire Brigades Board was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall. There were present Alderman Dunstan, Mayor (in the chair), Messrs. J. Sully, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In your report of the Fire Brigades Board meeting appears one statement made by Mr. John Souter—"Alderman Hendry made a speech which was lies hum start to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Halkett, while attempting to save life at a fire at the Coventry Hotel yesterday morning, was severely burned, an I would have perished but for the pluck of a young…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The affairs of the local Fire Brigade are "a bit mixed;" and I see little hope of improrement whilst the board remains as at present constituted. That at least two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six shops in Woodward-steet, principally restaurants, were destroyed by fire yesterday. Several of the inmates had narrow escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday morning about 1 a.m. the fire-bell gave out its sound, and it was quickly discovered that Kennedy's Hall on the opposite side of the road to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE other night the Weat End Hotel Theatre, known as Kennedy's Hall, Wilcannia, was completely destroyed by fire. The flames had too much hold for the fire hose to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquiry into the cause of the fire at Kennedy's Hall was held at the Court House at 2 p.m. yesterday, before Mr J. W. Fletcher, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT 8.30 o'clock yesterday morning the Fire Brigade was summoned by a call from the British mine. A fire had broken out in the changeroom at the mill, but it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at Queenstown on Saturday by which six houses, owned by William Carpenter, and occupied by his workmen, were destroyed. In the debris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible disaster has occurred at St. Helen's, a municipal borough in Lancashire, England. St. Helen's possesses extensive plateglass manufactories,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By a fire which occurred in Paris yesterday the valuable library of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, containing 40,000 volumes, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOME interesting reports and correspondence boaring on the constitution of the Fire Brigades Board and the negotiations to municipalise the brigade was read at last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONLY the other day the MINER published an account of the Vanderblit-Fair wedding, covering a description of the enormously expensive trosseau of the b[?]ide. Now word…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The town of Perosow, in Lithuania, a grand duchy dividing Russia and Prussia, has been destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by incendiaries. Over 3000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A despatch from British Columbia states that a fire recently broke out in Dawson City, the chief town on the Klondyke. The flames spread with great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire at Dawson City, on the Klondyke, it is reported, was caused by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The town of Perosow, in Lithuania, a grand duchy dividing Russia and Prussia, has been destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by incendiaries. Over 3000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dawson City, Klondyke, has been practically destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at £800,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire at Dawson City, on the Klondyke, it is reported, was caused by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp…
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