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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
469 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 24
Mr. James Patten, the American wheat and cotton king, encountered a hostile demonstration at the Manchester Royal Exchange to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An outbreak of fire occurred at Wlitley's Emporium, London, to-day. The customers and 4000 assistants were removed without confusion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "China Post" newspaper to hand by mail gives the following particulars of serious rioting in Canton during February…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire which resulted in the complete destruction of the fourstorey moulding pattern store belonging to the foundry firm of Silverthorne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The strictest secrecy has (says the "Age" of March 11) been maintained by the Mines Department regarding a series of outbreaks of fire among the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The most disastrous bush fires ever known in the Blackwood district (W.A.), have swept over Bridgetown, Upper Blackwood, Warren and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The most disastrous bush fires ever known in the Blackwood district (W.A.), have swept over Bridgetown, Upper Blackwood, Warren and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The sun's rays through a show bottle in a chemist's window at Crookwell caused an outbreak of the yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Agricultural Show opened yesterday. An outbreak of fire occurred in the pavilion at the show, caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A train at Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S.A., was derailed yesterday in turning a curre at a high speed. The derailment caused the sleeping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night the Fire Brigade received a telephone call to a fire in Beryl-street South. It was in a four-roomd wood and iron house, owned and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in a terrace of shops in Cowper-street, Waverley, yesterday. A draper's shop was severely damaged, and two other shops suffered from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire, which is at present occupying the attention of the police, occurred at Hawthorn yesterday. The property is owned and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out at Fremantle on Sunday morning and damaged a considerable portion of the Occidental buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northumberland colliery dispute has resulted in a fire that broke out in the workings gaining hold of the Rancliffe colliery, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chicago has been the seene of a terrible fire, due to an explosion of benzine. The seene of the tragedy was Fish's furniture shop, a ten-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Albany, on Sunday, a fire broke out in the bunkers of the launch Bruce, which contained coal brought lately from South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Additional details concerning the fire at a dancing hall at Ockerito, a Hungarian village, are available. The room was a barnlike structure,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious bush fires have occurred in the Mirboo district (Victoria). Already four or five families have been rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush fires have occurred af Leongatha (Gippsland). Several horses and much fencing and grass have been destroyed. At Hamilton a family spent…
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