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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
155 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 8
Soon after 9 o'clock last night a ory of fire was raised in Grenfell street and fire alarms were at the same moment sounded The s[?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the fire at Messrs. Holden and Frost's had been subdued yesterday morning a couple of firemen who were left in charge were specially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest on Holden and Frost's fire in Grenfell-street was held to-day, The jury found that the fire was accidentally caused, but no explanation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An inquiry has been held into the recent fatal fire at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum. The jury found that there was no evidenoe to show the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday the weathar was most oppressive. About midday the temperature was 94 degrees in the shade, and the city was enveloped in a lurid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many of the country districts report the weather as bitterly cold. Bush fires have done great damage in the Dangog district, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ingalo Downs homestead, Charleville, with the exception of the store, has been destroyed by fire. At Boonah a fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Breden, who with his wife was terribly burnt recently by a fire in a buggy at St. Arnaud, died yesterday from the effects of his injuries. His…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN speaking of the experiments carried out by the British Fire Prevention Committee, Engineering says:—We have always had great faith in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Clifton Hotel at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U. S. A, has been burnt. Twenty of the inmates were killed and 40 [?]jared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire at the Clifton Hotel, Cidar Rapids, Ioa, U. S. A., was caused by the fusion of electric light wires in the basement of the building. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The stables, storeroom, and ginger beer factory attached to the West End Hotel, Menindie, have been destroyed by fire. The damage in calculated at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Clifton Hotel at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U. S A, has been burnt. Twenty of the inmates were killed and 40 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday afternoon the house of B. Sandford, at Renmark, was destroyed by fire. Sandford and his wife reached the home not as the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A big fire has occurred at Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia. Nineteen buildings were burnt to the ground. The damage is estimated at 250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire has occurred at Rotherhithe, a London suburb, in Surrey, in a molster's building. Two hundred fireman were present fighting the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early yesterday a fire oooarred in Mitchell-street, Bourke, in a terrace of six wooden shops owned by Mr. Gow, at present on a visit to the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A [?]ons fire broke out in [?]arly on Sunday morning last. The fire [?] in pre[?] owned be Mr. [?] V. Gow, general[?] who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out late last night on the premises, St Kilda-road, close to the city, ocupied by Hordley and Co., wholesale confectioners. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at the New Hopeful mine, Eaglehawk, yesterday evening As a consequence the men were unable to descend the mine. Apparently the…
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