Small Fire
The Fire Brigade received a call this afternoon to a three-roomed house in Cobalt-street Railway Town. The outbreak was caused by a spark flying…
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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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The Fire Brigade received a call this afternoon to a three-roomed house in Cobalt-street Railway Town. The outbreak was caused by a spark flying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 8 o'clock last night the bell at th Central fire Station rang out in dann The call line from Railway Town and the double reel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Melbourne County Court today Michael David Lynch, commercial traveller, was awarded £60 damages against James Tognini, storekeeper, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cargo of 10,000 tons of jute was destroyed to day by fire on the ship City of York, lying in Tilburj Docks, in the Thames, just below London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Metropolitan Fire Brigade's eight-oar crew, on Saturday, rowing on Sydney Harbor, easily beat the crew from H.M.S. Challenger, a warship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out late this afternoon a four-roomod wood-and-iron house near the Consols mine. The house was owned and occupied by James Rowe,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the Port Adelaide City Council last night the following resolution was carried:—That this council views with regret the action…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New Zealand Hardware Company's premises at Dunedin have been practically destroyed by fire. The insurances effected on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out early yesterday morning at D. Marsh's Carriage Works at Geraldton. A high wind was blowing at the time, and the water supply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly before 6 o'clock last night the Fire Brigade received a call to North Broken Hill, a fire having broken out in a house next to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ordinary monthly meeting of the Broken Hill Fire Brigade Board was held yesterday at the Town Hall the Mayor (Alderman T Ivey) presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred at midnight on Wednesday at a large boarding house in Wanganui Several people had narrow escapes from being burn: to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the course of the next weak or two Port Adelaido will be in the possession of a floating fire engine appliance, which is much needed in the vicinity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A little warm vapor, rising, from [?] shaft sank in the open cut [?] over the original seat of the firs in Block Proprietary mine, and condensing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A smell of fire was noticeable on Sunday on the Atlantic liner The Gothic. The following day it was discovered that the No. 4 hold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire has broken out on board the ship Perthshire, near to Los Palmas, the chief town, of the Canary, Islands. The fire originated, in this ship, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is feared, that the loss resultant from the fire on board the Atlantic liner Gothic will exceed £200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steam launch Ada, which was purchased in Sydney for the purpos[?] of a service fire float at Port Adelaide, arrived this morning. She had a long,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The surveyor of the Salvage Association believes that the fire in the Atlantic liner, the Gothic, originated spontaneously among the wool, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two bales of wool, which were part of the cargo of the Atlantic liner Gothic, which was a few days since destroyed by fire, placed on the deck…
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