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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
305 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 16
An explosion, attributed to the Italian Black Hand Gang, a secret society of miscreants, preceded a fire in a New York tenement house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The death of M. Clovis Hugues, the well-known French poet and publicist, which took place in Paris recently, closed an adventurous career…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the Fire Brigades Board this afternoon the resignation of Superintendlent Booker was received and acocpted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A destructive fire occurred at Dalby last night. Several shops were destroyed. Jobson v. Hegarty, Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The house of a man by the name of William Alexander was burnt down on Saturday night and a six-days-old baby [?]nt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The house of a man by the name of William Alexander was burnt down on Saturday night. and a six-days-old baby burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out at the Southern Railroad Deport, Boulder, Colorado, spreading to a powder magasine containing 100O pounds of dynamite which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire engine, dashing off to a call last night, collided with a telephone past in Collins-street. The horse was killed and four of the firemen injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at the stables, Lambton B. colliery, yesterday, when 19 valuable pit hor[?]es were, destroyed before they could be liberated. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is estimated that about £1200 worth of damage was done by the fire in the stables at the Lambten colliery. It was found impossible to rescue 13…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Union Oil Engine Company's works at Woolloomooloo, which were destroyed by fire yesterday, contained a quantity of petrol machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade Board in its report to the Chief Secretary, states that Mr. Goorgo Booker, who recently resigned his position of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in Sussex-street at midnight, when the premises of Dudley and Co. and Messrs. Charles Murray and Turnor were wholly destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The vessel Forth, from Calcutta, landed at Mauritius the passengers and crew of the stenmor Fortunntus bound from Caloutta to Sydney, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a fire in an eight-roomed house at Colingrove, West Perth, the brigade found on arrival there that the fire was in the drawing-room and bedroom in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire at Parkes yesterday destroyed four shops in Clarinda-street. A MINER KILLED. Sydney, Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The woolshed at Corona station, Longreach, has been totally destroyed by fire. A few bales of wool and some sheep were burnt. Shearing had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage caused by the fire at the Corona woolshed is estimated at £5000. Over 80 men have been thrown out of work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A destructive fire has destroyed three-fourths of Hakudotu, Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While a house was burning at Bowral yesterday the local fire brigade was powerless to do anything to save it. Owing to the lack of funds no horses…
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