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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
576 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 29
A great oil fire occurred at Tampico (Mexico) yesterday, millions of gallons being burnt. The fire culminated in a terrific explosion, tearing a vast hole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The bush fires which have been causing such tremendous devastation and suffering in British Columbia have now reached the Crow's Nest region, where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As a result of the bush fires the whole of the Kootenay Country (British Columbia), away from the railway lines, is seething with flames…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday a fire occurred at the Shepparton Fire Station, and the apparatus intended for use in the fire brigades procession in Melbourne during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As a result of the destruction of Fernie through the bush fires in British Colambia, pestilence is now feared among the distressed inhabitants of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →As a result of the destruction of Fernie through the bush fires in British Columbia, pestilence is now feared among the distressed inhabitants of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Winston Churchill, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, who was one of the gueste at Burley Hall, Rutlandshire, when the house was, a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in a stable at Katanning (W.A.) last night. Two horses were haltered in the stalls, when the blaze caught the halter ot one, and so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An outbreak of fire occurred last evening in a room adjoining a fourroomed stone house, situated in Blendestreet, Railway Town. The room and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The large sawmills and planing works at Newcastle, the property of the Mayor (Mr. Cook), were destroyed by fire on Saturday night, the damage being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The squabble in connection with the Church, of England at Alexandra the incumbent of which, the Rev. E. H. Scott, has been deprived of the living…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred last night at a confectionery and aerated water factory belonging to Albany Bell, situated near the northern boundary of Perth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Criterion Hotel, Trafalgar, has been destroyed by fire. Patrick M'N[?] billiard marker, who was arrested on suspicion and released on…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires are sweepinf along the Yosemite Valley and the Sierra Nevada in California. The fires threaten to destroy the giant redwoods of the forests…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after half-past 9 o'clock on Saturday night the Fire Brigade was called to a fire which had broken cut in n four-roomed wood and iron house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire which broke out in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople, was still unextinguished last night. Fifteen hundred houses and shops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the fire which occurred at Constantinople on Sunday 7000 people have been rendered homeless. Five thousand buildings have been destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly, after 3 o'clock this afternoon, an alarm of fire was given at the fire station, and the brigade turned out. The outbreak, which occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire brigade made a particularly smart turn out in connection with the fire (fortunately extinguished before any serious damage was done at W…
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