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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
155 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 8
The fire at E[?]n, which destroyed the residence of Mr Kinderaley, one of the masters, and caused the death of two students and injury, to others,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A house at Hackney, owned by Mrs. Jalla Garber, who is at present visiting Broken Hill, was gatted by fire last night, with the exception of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great forest fires are raging in the Canadian maritime provinces, causing a vast amount of damage. Several towns are menaced by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Manchester Cup (one mile and a half) run this afternoon resulted:— Zlofauval, 1; Clifton Hill, 2; Bacheor's Batton, 3…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The bursting of the Sp[?]rtanburgh dam in South C[?]roline, U. S A, caused by a cloud-burst, drowned at least 50 of the operatives in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great forest fires are still raging in the North Atlantic S[?]tes of America, extending right to Washington. The fires can be observed 600 miles away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The latest news from the United States is that a group of towns on the east side of the Mississippi, north-east of St. Louis, is from 10 to 18 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cable received to-day states that teh flooded River Mississippi at St. Louis is now falling, and that the [?] of St. Louis, for some days in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great floods continue in the United States. The Congaree River, in South Carolina, is 13[?]. above the danger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cable received to-day states that the flooded River Miselesippi at St. Louis ia now falling, and that the city of St. Louis, for some days in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One result of the great floods in the States is that 10,000 people have been rendered homeless around St. Louis alone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cobargo, a township of between 500 and 600 people, on the road between Boga and Moruya, on the South Coast, was the scene of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire occurred yesterday at Greenock, a seaport city of Renfrew, Scotland, resulting in the loss of seven lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire occurred at the Ardgoman distillery, Greenock. A million of gallons of whisky ignited and the spirits ran through the street sowers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER the town had been left without water it was not long before a fire occurred. The blazz broke out about 8 o'clock last night in a fou[?]med…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held in the Mayor's parior at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Messrs. J. S[?]lly and J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →F. F. Mottram, a prospector, met with a painful accident at Angipen[?]. He was sitting over a fire when he suddenly took a fit and fell into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire has [?]ured in the W[?]hi gold mine, on the Thames. Five miners are imprisoned. The damage is expected to be large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER a long spell from active service the fire brigade resolved an alarm at 20 minutes past 9 last night by telephone from Argent-street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trouble in the Caucasus, in Southern Russia, continues and is, if anything, extended. The position is very serious…
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