Bush Fires. Covering Extensive Range of Country. Sydney
An extensive fire is raging in the Lachlan district. The dense scrub along the Kangarooiho and Broula ranges is burning fiercely…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
414 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 21
Bush Fires. in Gundagai District. Five Thousand Acres Devastated. Hundreds of Fire-fighters. Sydney
Bush fires are again prevalent in the Gundagai district. Five thousand acres have been devastated. The fire is four miles wide and travelling fast in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Blayney. Sydney
At 2. o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in a shop in Adelaide-street, Bla[?]. The flames spread with great rapidity. Soon other shops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tne Arcent-street Fire. the Insurances
The buildings which were destroyed in the Argent-street fire this morning were insured with the New Zealand Company, but the figures are not available…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chapel Over Coal Fit. Threatened by Mestirious Fire Underground
An underground fire, not an uncommon phenomenon in the [?] Country, where the coal lies al[?] on the surface, is (says the "Deccan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Port Pirie. Four-roomed House Damaged. Port Pirie
A fire occurred at Port Pirie West to-day, which badly damaged a fourroomed weatherboard house occupied by Patrick Fitzgerald, and owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Blende-street Fire. a Fatal Termination. Death of Mrs. Campbell
Mrs. Campbell, the woman who was severely burned in the Blende-street fire yesterday morning, scrumbed to her injuries at the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Currie-street. Adelaide
A fire occurred last evening in the basement of the Austral Chambers, Currie-street. The basement was occupied by Mr. Goldman, patent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Extinguished with Milk. Melbourne
A grass fire yesterday occurred at Epping Park, Shepparton. No water was available and the fire was extinguished with sour milk from a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Blende-street Fire. the Adjourned Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
The adjouned inquest on the body of Essic Fox or Esther Campbell, the victim of the Blende-street fire, was resumed by the Coroner, Mr. T. Hall, J.P., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Argent-street Fire. an lNQUIRY Held. an Open Verdict
The Coroner, Mr. T. Hall, J.P., held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire which occurred in Argent-street on the morning of December 31, 1908,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires in Yass District. Mountain Seething Mass of Flames. Picnic Party's Exciting Experience. Sydney
The latest particulars from the scene of the bush fires confirm the gravest fears of the Yass people that the mountains beyond the Little River are a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Blehde-street Fire. To the Editor
Sir.—In your report of the inquiry into the burning fatality in connection with the Blende-street fire, appearing in the Third Edition of Thursday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Railway Station. Building and Signal Apparatus Destroyed. Melbourne
The railway station building and signal apparatus on the up line at Spring Vale station were totall destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Back Creek. Caused by a Child. Playing with Matches. Melbourne
Regarding the fire at Back Creck when £79 in notes and five sovereigns (trust money) were destroyed, it transpires that a child, 2 years old, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Manor on Fire. London
Pickhurst Manor, Mr. Hayes's residence at Huntley Walker, was burnt last night. Fourteen motor-cars were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Furniture Van on Fire. Considerable Damage Done. Adelaide
While a large furniture van was proceeding along the Port-road, Hindmarsh, yesterday, the furniture was noticed to be on fire. The whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Creat City Fire. Furniture Factory Devastated. Damage Considerable. Great Loss of Employment. Sydney
Within on hour this morning, a fine five storey building covering about an acre, in the Haymarket, and having a frontage to Engine-street was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at South Broken Hill
A fire occurred in Bonanza-street, South Broken Hill, at about 12 o'clock, when a three-roomed house owned and occupied by Mr. T. H. Twaits, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Country Mansion. Guests in Evening Dress Fight the Flames. "Black As Stokers."
Brad[?] Hall near Tiverton, Deron, the country sent of Mr. Lionel Walrend, M.P., narrowly escaped destrution by fire late on Thursday night…
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