A Fire Station Destroyed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station in George-street West was partly destroyed by fire last night a few minutes after 9 o'clock, owing to a lantern setting fire to some…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
240 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 12
The Year's Fires
DURING last year more damage than usual was done by fire in Broken Hill. For several years past the number of serious fires has not been so large, nor have there been so many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreaks of Fire
BETWEEN 9 and 1O o'clock last night the brigade was twice called out to fires. The first outbreak occurred in a workshop attar hed to premises owned by T. Williams,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Inverell. [By Telegraph.] Sidney
A fire at Inverell last night destroyed £6000 worth of property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Bush Fires. In the Wagga District. Great Damage Done. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A telegram from Wages states that a big bush fire started at Grubben Gullen on New Year's Day, and, burning through Egan's Creek, continued its ravages through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in an Orphan Asylum. Great Loss of Life. [Reuter's Message.] London
A fire occurred in an asylum at Rochester, New York State, U. S. A., in which 175 orphans were accommodated. A boiler exploded, battering a wing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burnt Out in a Duststorm
DURING yesterday afternoon's duststorm a fire broke out in a two-roomod wjod and. iron house in Brown street, near the Cable Hotel, and the building and its contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the Boulder
A BIG fire occurred in Boulder City, W. A,, on Thursday night. Five shops were utterly destroyed, and other premises, including Mulcahy's Grand Hotel, were seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Auckland. Damage, £100,000. [By Telegrap.] Auckland
A fire occurred yesterday at Bond and Bell's warehouse, Auckland, and spread to the premises occupied by Nathan and Co. and Owen nnd Co. The efforts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incendiary Bush Fires. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday. [?]
It is believed that several of the b[?]sh fires started in the back country recently were the work ot incendiaries. The police are Investigating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
There was a big and fierce fire in the city last night, the premises of Mason, Firth, and M'Cutcheon, printers and manufacturing stationers, being gutted in an hour. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Picton
THE dwelling-house owned and occupied by W. H. Pailthorpc, in Wyman-atreet, just beyond the Picton Chinch, was yesterday, together with its contents, totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Geelong. a Block of Buildings Burst. Damage, £16.000. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
An extensive fire occurred at Geelong yesterday, by which a block of buildings in Moorabool street was reduced to chanel and smoking ruins. The block consisted mainly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Startling Experience with Fire. SYDNEY
Edward Locke and his wife were driving from O'Connell to Locksley, near Bathurst, yesterday, and when a mile from the village Mrs. Locke's clothes were found to be on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Grafton. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A fire yesterday totally destroyed Moore head and Co.'s and two other shops in Princess-street, Grafton, on the Clarence River. The firemen were hampered by want…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Town Destroyed by Fire. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The town of Heaterville, in the North lsland, near Wanganui, has been practically destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. lt is only partly covered by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Large Fire in Perth
A [?] broke ont in the Bon M[?]rche S[?]ore[?], o[?]e of the large[?]t dr[?]pery establishments in Perth, about 9 o'clock on Thursday night T[?] brigade wa[?] [?]oon on the [?]c[?]ne, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in Tasmania. I[?] the Mount Lyell Country. Two Towns Endangered. Many Houses B[?]rnt. Mine Plants [?]n D[?]nger. [By Telegraph.[?] Hoba[?]t, F[?]iday Evening
A tel[?]gram from Q[?]eenstown state[?] that the recent [?]ot weather has caused an outbr[?]k of bush fires in [?]be vicinity of [?]nstown. On Thursday a big fire was raging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queenstown Fires. Revived on Saturday. [By Telegraph.] Lau[?]ceston, Sunday Evening
The fires at Queenstown, which were quiescent yesterday, were revived to-day under the influence of a light southerly wind. The sparks of a light southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Montreal. Damage, £1,000,000. [Reuter's Message.) London
Reater's correspondent reports that the wholesale business quarter in Montreal, in Canada, has been barned. Incladud ia the buildings destroyed were…
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