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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
207 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 11
The destructive fire which recently demolished many fathoms of Taylor's shaft, at Wallaroo Mines, appears to have been effectually choked out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A two-roomed wood and iron house, situated on the honanza lesse North Broken Hill, was destroyed by fire his afternoon. The outbreak occurred about 4 o'clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following are additional p[?]ars of the disastrous fire, by which the [?]ge were house of T. and [?] Murrin and Co., [?] m[?]gers, of Auckland, New Zealand, W[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The brigade received a telephone call at 1.35 this morning to a fire on the M[?]die-road, behind the British mine, and on proceeding to the spot with the double reel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Consols on the Berlin Bourse have declined to points in a week. Forces of Chinese bandits are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in one of the bedrooms of Mr. T. H. Thomas's residence in Williamsstreet, between 8 and 9 o'clock last night, but the blaze was extinguished by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The brigude received a call hy whiatle at 10.20 p.m. o'clock on Saturday night, and both re[?] went in search of the fire. The hunt proved fruitiess, however, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in a two-st[?]y building occupied by the Sphinx Motor and Cycle Works in Peel-street. Adelaide, on Sturday evening. Considerable damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lieutenant-General Sakharoff reports to St. Petersburg that the Japanese are constructing fortifications around Feng-hwang-cheng, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lieutenant-General Sakharoff reports to St. Petersburg that the Japanese are constructing fortifications around Feng-hwang-cheng, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frad Krons (23) fell into the fire while suffering from an opileptic fit at Albury yesterday and died from his injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Blue Anchor liner Wakool, [?]000 tons, left Melbourne on Wednesday homeward bound, via Cape Colony. A fire broke out in the straw and fruit and trees in the hold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the monthly meeting of the Broken Hill Fire Brigado board held in the Town Hall on Thursday, the chairman, Aldermnn Retallick, mentioned the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peoria, an important commercial city of Illinois, U.S.A., on the Illinois River, with a population of over 30,000, has been the centre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The story of the fire on a New York excursion steamer yesterday, by which many hundreds lost their lives, is heartrending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire on the excursion steamer General Slocum on the East River, New York, originated (according to latest reports), not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →So far the bodies of 530 victims of the General Slocum disaster on the East River, New York, have been recovered, while the number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible catastrophe is reported from New York, where an excursion steamer was burnt. There were 1000 children and 300 adults, connected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade received a call out last night at about midnight, but after an exhaustive search returned to the station, and entered another false alarm in the log…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday, at midnight, the residence of Thomas [?], a farmer at Ex[?], Mossval[?], was destroyed by fire. Hunnis[?]'s wife, aged 33, and his two…
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