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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
194 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 10
Telegrams from New York report another disastrous conflagration on the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River at New York. During a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The cargo of the New Zealand steamer Matatua caught fire at Monte Video, in South America, owing to a defect in the insulation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day a fire destroyed a chicory mill in Pulteney-street, leased by Charlick Bros. The brigade soon had the flames under control after arrival, but the damage had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The stores of the Standard Oil Company, in Now Jersey (U.S.A ) were set on fire by lighting. The damage is estimated at a million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The remarkable accuracy of the Chinese artillery practice in the attack on Tientsin on Friday last is said to have amazed the allies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North German Lloyd's mail steamer Saale, one of the four so seriously damaged in the recent fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Indraghari, while loading for Sydney at Woolwich, England, yesterday, was badly damaged by a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serlous fire has occured at Manna. The Bank of New Zealand and a number of business places were destroyed. The damage isestimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE sensation of the week in the Lake Superior copper district and in mining circles eenerally is the fire which broke out on Sunday in the Calumet and Hecla mine (says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE R.M S Moana, which arrived at Auckland on Tuesday, brought San Francisco files containing an account of the great fire at Hoboken Dock, in New York. from which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Clyde Fellmongery and Tannery Works, on the Barwon River, Geelong, were burned down yesterday. The damage is estimated at £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held in the Town Hall this afternoon. In the absence of the Mayor, Mr. J. M. Stphens presided. The report of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Row and Scorsby's stables at Dandenong were burnt to the ground last night. Nine valuable horses perished in the flames. Incendiarism is suspected, and black trackers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A telegram from Forbes states that the house of a man named Kent, at Engowra, caught fire while two young children were in the hours. An aunt, M s. Finn, rushed in to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The crew of the ocean-liner Cymric, on a voyage from Queenstown (Ireland) to New York, battled for 36 hours with an alarming fire in the forehold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning at an early hour an awful fire occurred in a large weatherboard grocery and produce store and dwelling occupied by William Jenkin at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expressions of sympathy are pouring in from all quarters with the Jenkin family at Ballarat. The family is in straitened circumstances, and practical assistance is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT 8 o'clock last night the Fire Brigade was summoned by telephone to a fire in Crystal-street, on the summit of Billygoat Hill. A four-roomed wood-and-iron building,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fatal fire occurred at Ballarat on Sunday morning when a weatherboard building occupied by thirteen persons was destroyed, and seven lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday night a fire broke out in the Children's Hospital, in the drying-room the laundry. The whole of the bedlinen intended for use this week was destroyed,…
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