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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
414 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 21
Senior-constable Coreoran returned last night to White Cliffs from Yancannia station with two men in custody, James Brown and John Edwards, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred yesterday mining on the premises of Nat Lowil lace manufacturer, at Newtown, and [?]sulted in one of the buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Fire Brigades Board was held this afternoon in the Council Chamber. The Mayor (Alderman J. Long) presided, and there were also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 3.20 this afternoon the Fire Brigade got a call to a fire that had broken out in a 3-roomed wood and iron cottage in Beryl-lane, Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two fires occurred yesterday at Rochester, New York State, scores of costly buildings, including churches, being consumed. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The White Cliffs correspondent of "The Miner" writes:— Mr. C. J. Clarke, J.P. Coroner, who, in company with Senior-conatable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The refreshment shop of Mrs. C. Jenkinson, Commercial-road, Port Adelaide, was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. Two adjoiming shops were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A panic occurred on Saturday at a biograph entertainment at Newtown. A film caught fire and a rush was made. For the doors, a number of children…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tegram from Rookewell (Texas) appearing in the "Daily Chronicle" of March 9, states tha Anderson Ellis, a negro who was identified as the man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A wooden building at San Francisco which, after the earthquake, had been used as a boarding-house, accommodating 300 laborers, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The George-street North branch of the Post Office and the Government stores adjoining were burnt out this morning. The fire started at 4 o clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ono of the large bonded warehouses at Belfast, belonging to the firm of M'Conncll and Co., Whisky merchants, was destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News arrived in Broken Hill just after noon to-day that the extensive Sydney stores of the G.P.O. were burning. The stores are situated in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after noon yesterday, when the dusistorm which blew all day was at its beight, a fire broke out in a fourroomed wood-and-iron house in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Zechan yesterday a four-roomed house, occupied by a minor named Thomas Tilley was burned with its contents. Tilley's children were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early on Thursday morning (as already shortly reported in "The Miner") a fire was discovered in the six-storeyed building at 212…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An alarming earthquake extending over the Algarvo and Oporto provinces (Portugal) caused much damage yesterday. Several people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A dwelling, occupied by an old couple named Rogerson, was destroyed by fire at Ballarat East last night. The outbreak was caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Commercial Hotel Romsey (Vic.), was destroyed by fire last night. James Dick, a married man, was burnt to death. His remains were found in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 1.30 this morning the Fire Brigade received a call to a fire that had broken out in a shop in Krantz's Buildings in Oxide-street, occupied by…
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