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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
194 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 10
An explosion in Tarrant and Co.'s druggists' store in New York caused a panic and a fatal stampede in the street. The building took fire, and the bla[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superintendent Garvin has just received further information regarding the killing of Joe Governor this morning During the shooting, it appears, several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Alfred Milner, speakingat Claremont, in Cape Colony, said that the manufacture of sedition in Cape Colony was proceeding merrily, but the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Details received of the recent fighting at Frederickstadt show that 2000 Boers were engaged, After heavy fighting many of the enemy emerged from cover and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire occurred at Castlemaine last night, destroying five premises—Todd's tailoring shop, Barnes' fruit shop, Tippet's soddlory depot, Ottey's wine saloon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The schooner Mary Madley, which arrived from Tasmania this morning, reports having on Sunday sighted a ship flying signals of distress. The vessel proved to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As Mrs. James Taylor was engaged over a kitchen fire at Derby an explosion occurred and she was badly injured. Her arm was broken near the wrist, the flesh was torn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Fire Brigade was called shortly before 5 o'clock this evening, by telephone, to a fire at the corner of Beryl and Gossan streets, in a three roomed house owned and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A grass fire occurred on Saturday on the Hay irrigation area and before it was extinguished two haystacks, the property of Robert Mann, were destroyed, A grass fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHORTLY before 10 o'clock last night an outbreak of fire occurred in a canvas humpy in Piper-street, South Broken Hill, owned and occupied by Patrick Ryan. The South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in the carriage sheds on the Deniliquin-Moama railway yesterday, and the buildings and contents were totally destroyed with the exception of two engines,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A STRONG glare in the direction of the Zinc Works about 2.30 this morning set the fire whistles blowing. The brigade turned out, and found that a buge mound of bags and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE most destructive fire that has occurred in Broken Hill for some considerable time broke out this morning. It swept away six shops and partially gutted another, besides…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Rotokin, which has arrived from Fiji, reports that the Russian ship Occident, bound from Hamburg to China with a cargo of coal, cement, and general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"HELP one another" is good Scripture and good advice; but at times, and especially when a big fire is raging, it is frequently misinterpreted. That was the mistake made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANOTHER destructive fire occurred this morning at about 3 o'clock, completely destroying the grocer's shop and dwelling of Mr. J. Brown, at the corner of Gypsum and Gaffney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. J. BROWN'S store and stock at Railway Town, which were destroyed by fire this morning, were insured for £450 in the London and Liverpool and Globe Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Barbados correspondent of the Central News writes (the Daily News corespondent of October 25 reported) that the Russian barque Montrosa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—The statements with regard to the origin of the fire in Argent-street are wrong. In the first place, the MINER says Constable Riley was the first to see the fire, that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY after mid-day yesterday a fourroomed cottage in Wyman-street, occupied by Thomas Nolan, council employee, was destroyed by fire. The fire started in the…
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