The Edithbur[?]h Fire. Later Particulars
The fire at the Commonwealth salt factory at Edithburg has burnt itself out. The whole factory was demolished, and damage was done to the sheds…
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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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The fire at the Commonwealth salt factory at Edithburg has burnt itself out. The whole factory was demolished, and damage was done to the sheds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last night a disastrous fire occurred at the Commonwealth salt factory, Edithburg, and it burnt fiercely, with no prospects of saving the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liabeuf, the Paris "apache" (hooligan), was guillotined at Paris at dawn to-day for the murder of a policeman in January last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Shepparton (Victoria) Court of General Sessions on Wednesday Helena Frances Baillie, a nurse, was presented on two charges of wilfully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The towns of Devlin and Lovalle (Ontario), have been practically destroyed by forest fires, 150 miles along the boundary between Canada and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred in the hold of the Federal-Ho[?]lder-Shire liner, Durham, at the north arm, Port Adelaide River on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Catholic presbytery adjoining the Newtown (N.S.W.) Orphanage was burnt it the ground on Friday night. The contents included a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sporks from a locomotive set fire to the lumber yards at Arnprior (Ontario) yesterday, and a million dollars (200,000) worth of sawn lumber was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual report of the New Zealand State Fire Insurance Department shows a profit for the year of £2698…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inhabitants of Cornucopia, in the State of Wisconsin (U.S.A.), have fled from their homes. The town is almost surrounded by raging forest tires and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There shops and an office were destroyed by fire at Yackandandah last night. The places destroyed were the office of Mr. Wray, solicitor, and shops…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hundreds of passengers on board the steamer Grand Republic were yesterday terrified at a fire which broke out amidships. The steamer raced to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An important new industry is about to be started in New South Wales. The Minister of Customs has received from the Electrolytic Refining and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire has practically destroyed the town of Campbelltown, in Northern New Brunswick, Canada. Only two houses have been left standing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Nautical Court decided on Saturday at Auckland that the evidence was inconclusive in the case of the fire on the steamer Indradevi, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The firemen of the Central Fire Station were treated to a surprise last night, when a number of lady friends, be[?]t upon giving them a social evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire has caused the death of 200 horses and one man, and has destroyed seven blocks of buildings at Portland, in the State of Oregon, U.S.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 9.15 p.m. on Saturday, the Central Fire Station received a call to a fire in Piper-street, South Broken Hill. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About 6.30 last evening the Central Fire Station received a call by telephone to a fire of a serious nature at Mrs. Neimke's boarding-houso,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Metropolitan steamship pier. (New York) six floats and several barges were burned to-day. The damage is estimated at £600,000…
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