The Boulder Fire Brigade
The coming into force of the new Fire Brigades Act in West Australia has been attended by some rather mournful episodes. This was on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1910
469 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 24
The Brussels Exhibition Fire. London
The machinery hall at the Brussels Exhibition has been saved. Safes, containing jewels, valued at £600,000 sterling, in the Belgian…
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The British and Belgium sections of the exhibition were completely. destroyed. The French wine court perished in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brussels Exhibition Fire Hydrants Located with Difficulty. the De Beers Diamonds Recovered. [Reuter's Message.] London
Britain, suggests to Belgium that a joint board of exports be appointed to apportiou the responsibility for the losses incurred by the Exhibition fire…
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Lord Lytton states that the British tion of the Brussels Exhibition was stroyed in five minutes. The Bri[?] pictures and old plate were in a…
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An outbreak of fire in Jersey City killed two persons. The damage exceeds a million dollars, and includes the establishments of Messrs…
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The executive president of the Brussels Exhibition commenting on the great exaggerations of damage which were started by the local newspapers,…
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The British exhibitors are rebuilding their stands at the Brussels Exhibition…
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When the De Beers large safe was opened the diamonds were-found to be in good condition. The wood and velvet shelves were found to be…
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A fire occurred during a cinematograph performance at the Palace. Kettering, Northamptonshire. A panic occurred in the gallery. The pianist…
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An outbreak of fire destroyed Messrs. Morley and Lanceley's millinery establishment at Brixton. The girls rushed into the streets in their…
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At a little after 2 o'olook yesterday morning the mine whistles sounded the alarm for a fire which had broken out in South Broken Hill. The particle…
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The forest fires which have been raging for some time have completely beaten, the efforts of the soldiers and the male inhabitants of Wallace,…
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The names of the firemen who fought the flames on board the steamer South Africa and thus prevented the explosion of 120 tons of blasting gelatine…
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An inquiry into the cause of the fire on the steamer South Africa will be held to-morrow or Wednesday. A survey of the vessel was made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensation at Port Adelaide. Fire Aboard Explosive-laden Ship. the Town, in Terror. Church Services Discontinued. Gallant Fight with the Flames. the Fire Brigade's Heroism. and Ultimate Victory. Adelaide
There was almost a panic at Port Adelaide last night, when it was made known that the steamer South Africa, heavily laden with explosives, lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Forest Fires in America. Many Persons Incinerated. a Wall of Flame for Sixty Miles. [Reuter's Message.] London
A hundred square miles of country is afire in Idaho. Thirty persons were in[?]nerated at Wallace, and there are a thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the American Forest Fires. an Idaho Town Threatened. Over 600 Fire Fighters Missing. [Reuter's Message.] London
The forest flames now threaten Thompson, Montana. The 600 soldiers who left the town of Thompson Falls on Saturday to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire on the South Africa. Marine Board's Inquiry. Adelaide
The verdict of the Marine Board, which inquired into the cause of the fire on board the steamer South Africa, was that there was no evidence to show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Forest Fires. Still Burning Fierucely. Great Damage Done. Many Persons Missing. Hospital Train Reported to Have Been Destroyed. Great Loss of Life Feared. [Reuter's Message.] London
The forest fires that have been raging in the States of I[?]aho and Montana and in the eastern portion of the State of Washington are still burning…
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