Fire at Port Adelaide. Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon
A large fire broke out at Port Ade laide this morning in the cargo shed. adjoining the Dock Wharf in the locality of much shipping. Within the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
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Bush Fires in Tasmania. Hobart
At Zeehan to-day the record. heat of the present summer was experienced. Heavy bush fires are raging, and the town is enveloped in smoke…
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Fresh outbreaks of bush fires occurred at Daylesford yesterday afternoon. The fires extended over, an area over two miles wide. From 300…
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At Yass Police Court a travelling tinsmith named Edward Godson was fined.£5, with £2 witnesses' expenses, fort the careless use of fire at Wee…
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Experts on whisky submitted some illuminating evidence at North London on December 8, when the hearing was resumed of summonses taken…
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Just as "The Miner" was going to press a report was received that a fire had broken out underground in the Junction mine…
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This morning it was hoped that the outbreak of fire in the Junction mine had been got under control, but this, unfortunately, does not seem to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in the Junction. Fighting the Fumes. Numbers of Men Overcome. Getting Water on the Fire
The fire which broke out underground in the Junction mine vesterday afternoon was still burning this morning Owing to the fact that it was so soon…
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A fire broke out last evening in a house in Williams-lane, West Broken Hill, occupied by Mr. Levi Carter. The Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene,…
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There were no fresh developments this afternoon in connection with the fire that is burning at the 550ft. level of the Junction mine. The management…
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There is no change in the state of affairs at the Junction mine. The work of sealing down the four shafts—M'Intyre, Browne, Marsh, and the Junctions…
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At a conference of managers held at Mr. Beaumont's office on the Junction this morning to consider the whole of the circumstances in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in the Mines. Outbreak in the Proprietary. BLOCK 11 Burning at the 400ft. a Mysterious Occurrence
"Misfortunes never come singly" is an old saw which has had only too ample verification in Broken Hill. The last unfortunate occurrence to check…
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The fire in Block 11, Proprietary mine is now under complete control. A brick wall which is being erected on the south side is now almost…
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Satisfactory progress is now being made towards getting to close quarters with the fire at the Junction mine. Last night M'Intyre shaft was opened in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in yesterday's Late Editions:— the Mines' Fires. the Proprietary
Inquiries at the Proprietory mine [?] this afternoon clicited the fact that no change had occurred at the scene of the fire at [?] 200ft…
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Three or tour unsuccessful attempts to enter the underground workings near the region ot the fire in the Junetion mine wore made by parties, of men…
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The problem of how best to cope with the fire in the Junction mine has not yet been solved, and was this morning made the subject of a…
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A start was made at the Junction mino this morning to get everything in readiness for putting into practice the scheme which is to be adopted under…
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As already announced, the Junction mine fire was this morning made the subject of a conference of representatives of the Junction, Junction North,…
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