Fire Brigade Board
THE monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held yesterday afternoon In the Mayor's darler, There was a fall attendance of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
207 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 11
A Tragic Fire. A Mother Rescues her Child. MELBOURNE
Last night a fire broke out in a cottage, In Ballarat East, occupied by a deaf and damb couple named Darham. The flames quickly spread…
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A serious fire occurred at West Perth, accompanied by a pathetic incident, at 5 a.m. yesterday Mr. Frolly, a newsagent, said good bye to his son Raymond, 4 yean old, and went…
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THE Fan Insurance Company, founded in the year 1710, is the oldest purely fire office in the world. During its long and honorable career the company has always been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Among Te[?]ts. An Exciting Configration. One Man Badly Burnt. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A fine broke one in a rabbit factory at Compion, Mount Gambler, on Saturday is a row of 11[?]ts. The fire was caused by a speark from a camp fire. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on a Collier. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
A fire broke out just before daylight this morning on the [?] coliler Glauous, just berthed from Newcastle on the south side of the river…
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THE Fire, Brigade received a call at about 2 o'clock this morning to Railway Town. The burning of a four-roomed wood-and-iron house in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— the War. Russians in Manchuria A Reign of Fire and Sword. Sensational Statements. [By Telegraph.] Po[?]t Darwin, Wednesday Afternoon
The steamer E[?]ern, which has arrived here from Chins and Japan, brings newspapers full of the most sen[?]tional war items…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Wellington. Damage, £50,000 [By Telegraph.] Wellington
A huge fire occurred fast night In Wellington, in the four-storied warehouse of Kempthorne and Prosser, drug merchants. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia and Japan. Doings Around Niu-chwang. Japanese Fleet in the Vicinity. a Night Mistake Op the Russians. Shore Guns Fire at Junks. Russian Surprise on the Yalu. [Reuter's Messages.] London
Admiral Alexleff reports from Manoharia to St. Petersburg that the Japanese fleet from before Port Arthur is at present [?]sing in the direction of Niu chwang. The British sloop E[?]plegle, 6 guns, which was protecting British…
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THE Fire Brigade received a call at a quarter past 9 o'clock on Saturday night to the residence of Mr. W Waugh, in Welfram-street. The cause…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Adelaide Fire. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
Early last evening a fire destroyed the premises of W. J. R[?]ling, [?] smith, of [?]-street, who was in partnership with R. E Hermann in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preculiar Pheno[?]e[?]on. Sinking for Fire. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A peculiar phenomenon was witnessed at the Eagle Point village settlement, close so Bairnedale, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Phenomnon. Sluking for Fire [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A peculiar phenomenon was witnessed at the Eagle Point village settlement, close to Bairnsdale, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Toronto [Reuter's Message] London, Wednesday Afternoon
A huge fire has occurred in the city of Toronto, in Canada. Many [?] of buildings in the wholesale area of the city have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Toronto Fire. Damage, £13,000,000. [Reuter's Message.] London
The f[?] reported from Toronto, Canada, proves to be even greater than first understood. One hundred and thirty buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
An extensive are occurred in the Citizens' Buildings, Queen-street, Melbourne, last night. The two top floors of the building were destroyed. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. The Declining Birthrate Bushrangers in the Transvaal Big Fire Near London. [Reuter's Messages] London, Tuesday Afternoon
The Bishop of Ripon, in the course of an address at Leeds, said that the terrible increase in the number of fashionable childless unions was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest. Further Details. Heavy Artillery Fire. an Extraordinary Statement. Reported Plot Against Australia. London
Reuter's correspondent cables that the Japanese[?] Guards, after resistance, occupied Kurito. Their loss by death is unknown, but 25 men were wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Argent-street. a Six-roomed House Destroyed
During the put tew year Broken Hill has been remarkably free from fires of a serious description, and the business portion of Argent-street has bean particularly immune…
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