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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
155 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 8
A disastrous fire broke out this morning in Colney Hatch lunatic asylum, and soon assumed great proportions. It is reported that many of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire at Colney Hatch lunatic asylum caused 50 deaths. The outbreak occurred at half past 5 o'clock in an annexe containing 200…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clear's Family Hotel, Queenstown, was discovered to be on fire early yesterday. The brigade was quickly on the scene, and a good pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some of the insane patients at the Colney Hatch fire evaded the nurses and roamed about the grounds in their night attire until daylight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire at Colney Hatch lunatic asylum caused 50 deaths. The outbreak occurred at half past 5 o'clock in an annexe containing 200…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annexe which caught fire at C[?]ney Hatch Asylum contained 330 [?]per cripples, 100 [?]dridden. Thirty-five engines and 200 fireman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE occurred In a three-roomed wood, iron, and stone dwelling in Piperstreet, South Broken Hill, on Saturday afternoon. The exertions of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT half past 8 on Saturday night the brigade waa called by telephone to an outbreak of fire in Iodide-stroob, above Chapple-street, where a four-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A telegram from Queenstown states that following on the intense heat serions bush fires raged furiously on Sunday, and when they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mungindi mailm[?], who has arrived at St. George, reports that the Ballamon woolshed, the property of the Australian Pastoral Company, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large fire is reported to have destroyed several hundred pounds' worth of property at Kapunda to-day. The fire occurred in the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last night E A. Joyce, 41 years of age, living at Q[?]or[?], and C J. Oagh started a fire in a gully for the purpose of burning off some porcupine grass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A sensational fire occurred in the city early this morning. A night cabman noticed smoke issuing from some of the windows of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early on Sunday morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call from an alarm at the intersection of Kiug William and Grenfell streets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRTWEEN 1 and 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a grocery store, in Oxide-street, near the Tydvil Hotel, occupied by W. J. Sutton, and in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr T[?] v[?] works at Walford, England, have been destroyed by [?] The damage is estimated at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The tram sheds at Danedin, valued at £10,000, were destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT about a quarter-part 6 o'clock last evening an [?]break of fire occurred in Messrs C. M'Cowan and Co.'s tailor's shop at the corner of Argent and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr. Tibble' Vi-[?] works at Walford, E gland, have berm destroyed by fire The damage in estimated 'at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terible fire has occurred at K[?]tz Mi[?]to, a town of about 10000 in[?]ts in in Ga[?], in Austria. No less than 370 private houses,…
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