Fire at Bundaberg. Sugar Plantations Damaged
A serious fire [?] on Wednesday at the Seaview and Hummock plantal [?] near [?] Queensland, owned by Mr. T. Holland and Mr. W…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
576 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 29
New Fire Alarm
Following up the iden of the Postmaster-General (Mr. Muuger) that all post offices, wherever possible, should be connected by telephone with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Miraculous Escape. From Death by Fire. Councillor's Whiskers Burned Off. House and Furniture Destroyed. Melbourne
Councillor Ross, of [?] while rending a newspaper before the fire last night fell asleep and woke suddenly to find his clothes on fire, and his…
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An alarm of fire was cummunicnted to the Fire Station from the City Post Office this afternoon. The fire was caused by tar in the Post Office yard…
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A case of fire crackers on bourd the Schwaben, loading at Bremen for Australia, exploded to-day, killing the cook. The wholo consignment of 26…
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A fire, which ignited the framework of two shafts at a colliery in Anchinleck, Ayrshire, caused the imprisonment of 60 men. After tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Railway Town. a Barberas Shop Destroyed
A fire occurred shortly before 2 o'clock in a barber's shop in. Berylstreet, Railway Town. The shop which is owned by Mrs. Timms und occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Girls Burned to Death. a Celluloid Fuctory Fire
Sevent[?] persons, mostly young workgirls, were burned to death and many others injured at a disastrous fire which raged at ace[?] factory in…
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Colonel Genders the well-known fire claims adjuster of Adelaide, after a little longer, absence than usual from Broken Hill, has again arrived in this…
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At 12.35 this morning the South Brokon Hill Fire Brigade was called out to a fine in Eyre-street by an alarm from the mine whistles. The fire [?]…
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A fire occurred in the Broken Hill Chambers at midnight, the damage bein considerable. The insurances total £58,000 in the North British…
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Recently the State School at Diamond Hill, Bendigo, was destroyed by fire. Two of the scholars, Redvers Eddy and Christopher Halliday, are…
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A fire occurred on Saturday morning in the large eight-storied building at the corner of Queen-street and [?] ders-lane, known as Broken Hill…
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A stack of chaff on Howard; Smith, and Co.'s wharf was in Hames yesterday afternoon. After an hour's hard work the firemen were the masters of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Normanhurst Court on Fire. Lord Brassey's Sussex Seat. Many Valuable Treasures Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London
A fire originating in the kitchen on Sunday afternoon destroyed the eastern part of Normanhurst Court (Lord [?] Sussex seat), Though…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire in British Columbia. Works Tremendous Havoc. Eight Hundred Lives Lost. Ten Thousand People Homeless. Seven Towns Destroyed. [Roeuter's Message.] London
Tho bush fire in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, which wiped out the town of Fernie on Sunday, is still raging. It is expected that 800 lives…
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A [?] are yesterday destroved the town of Fernie (British Columbia), ouw people being rendered homeless. A hundred were injured and 70 killed,…
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Additional particulars relative to the bush fire in British Columbia, which has wrought such tremendous devastation, show that on Saturday morning the…
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The monthly meeting of the Fird Brigade's Board was hold on Tuesday, the Mayor (Aldorman J. H. Ivey), Messrs. Stephens and Suilly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Chicago Dock. London
A fire at the Burlington dock, Chicago, last night destroyed two elevators and over half a million bushels of grain…
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