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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
576 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 24 of 29
At half-past four o'clock this afternoon, the bonded store of Messrs. Elliott Bros., manufacturing chemists, of Balmain, was found to be ablaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire yesterday occurred at Hokitika which destroyed the Empire Hotel, gutted the Union steamship Company's office and badly [?]eorched the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A destructive fire broke out in one of the bond stores at Elliott Brothers' Chemical Works, Balmain, last evening. The work of fighting the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A cottage was destroyed by fire at Taralgon last night. Its occupants, a family named Doherty, were in bed at the time but effected their escape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire which broke out at Elliott Bros.' Chemical Works, Balmain, last night was still smouldering this morning. Dense columns of smoke were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out on the farm of F. Bowman, near One Tree Hill to-day, and destroyed a large shed, waggonette spring dray, and a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two fishermen, named William Barrett and Edward Egbid, were jointly charged, at the Perth Police Court, to-day, with lighting a fire near the explosives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A house at Hyde Park (Adelaide), occupied by J. Reynolds and owned by A. Mitchell, was partially destroved by fire carly yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A most disastrous fire occurred right in the very heart of Hobart to-day. The flames broke out in a workshop attached to Messrs. Willams Bros.'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early yesterday morning Sergeant Dance arrested a man at Surry, Hilla, whom he took to the police station and charged with burglary, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Sardinia," one of the Ellerman-Papayanni line of steamers engaged in transporting Moorish Mohammedans on their pilgrimage to Mecca, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible scenes were witnessed on Tuesday after the steamer Sardinia, on the way from Malta to Alexandria (Egypt), with a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 8.45 this morning the Fire Brigade received a call by telephone to a fire which occurred in a bootmaker's shop at the corner of Blende…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ellerman-Papayanni steamer, which burst into flames immediately on leaving the harbour yesterday on her voyage from Malta…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further particulars are to hand relative to the ill-fated steamer Sardinia, on which a fire broke out on Tuesday shortly after its departure from Malta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire brigade received a call at a quarter to nine on Saturday morning to the corner of Blende and Bagot Streets, where it was found that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Montenegro has mounted a series of heavy batteries on Mount Loochet, dominating Catharo, in Austria. The "Daily Mail" Paris correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out [?]s morning at the slington Hotel, Maitland-road. A lodger, named John Wilks, was suffocated before he could be got out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigade was summoned by telephone message to William Lane about 12.30 p.m. yesterday, where a small fire was found to be burning in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Word has been received from Thursday Island that a big fire occurred at Victoria Parade, Thursday Island, yesterday, destroying four shops and…
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