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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
576 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 29
A number of insurgent Arabs on the banks of the Tigris yesterday subjected the British steamer Blooselynch to a heavy rifle fire. The Turkish patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the second time yesterday the Central Fire Brigade turned out to a fire, just before 8 o'clock last night, in Williams-street North. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Fire Brigade attended a calf of fire at the extreme end of North Broken Hill early this afternoon, but its services were of no avail in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At five minutes to 11 o'clock last night a fire occurred in a 3-roomed wood-and-iron house, owned by Mrs. Holland, and occupied by Daniel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Bourke yesterday Cobb and Co.'s factory was totally destroyed by fire, and nearly all the contents, consisting of tools and ch[?] consumed. One…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A weatherboard cottage in Orson-street, Hay, occupied by Robert Donohue, butcher, was gutted by fire last night. The outbreak occurred as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram was received in the city this afternoon intimating that Mr. Steele, the adjuster for the Underwriters' Association South Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A strange story of a riot at an Irish wedding party comes from county Leitrim. While wedding festivities were in full swing at the house of a Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stephen Desnagen (30) had a quarrel with his wife outside their home at Waterloo last night, and fired several revolver shots at her. Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at Heslop's tannery, Clifton Hill, yesterday morning. The caretaker, Michael Lynch, had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The kitchen and billiard room of Mortlock's Hotel, Burraga, wcro practically destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire destroyed over a square mile of Chelsea, a suburb of Boston (U.S.A). Th[?]en church [?], two public libraries, the Children's Hospital, dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire at Boston started in a ragpicker's shop. It has rendered 10,000 people homeless. Four additional deaths are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The York Hotel, a well-known country hostelry, 60 years old and a favorite stopping place on the Hobart to Launceston road in the old coaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The rear portion of the Sou[?]h Australian Brush Company's factory in Hyde-street, Adelaide, composed of wood and iron, was completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a fire at Elmdorn, stud farm, Lexington, in the State of Kentucky (U.S.A.), 32 thoroughbred blood marcs, including Toque (Rubio's half sister),…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What do you think of the big Boston fire reported in the papers this week?" asked the reporter of Superintendent Lamborne, in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mounted-constable Ewens, stationed at Goolwa, has telephoned to the Commissioner of Police (Colonel Madley) that whilst he was engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The brigantine Saren, a wooden vessel of 269 tons, owned by R. and M. Dendy, bas been practically destroyed by fire. The vessel has been out of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Ipswich (Queensland) late last night the residence of Mrs. Craig was totally destroyed by fire. An infant, 3 months old, was burned to death…
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