Fire at South Broken Hill
Last night shortly after half past 7, the Soutli Broken Hill Fire Brigade received a call by the mine whistles to a fire [?]n a four-roomed wood and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1910
469 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 24
Fire in Argent-street North
At 9.45 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade received a telephone call to a fire in Argent-street North. The fire was in a four-roomed wood, iron,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bombay Fire. Women and Children Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London
A fire broke out in a cotton warehouse at Bombay to-day, and in the panic which ensued 25 women and children were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A New Zealand Fire. Mother and Daughter Burnt to Death. Sydney
An elderly woman named Coutts and her daughter were burnt to death in a fire which destroyed their home at Normanhy (New Zealand)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Blende-street. Smart Work by Police and Fire Brigade
At 2.20 a.m. this morning the Fire Brigade was called by the police to a fire in a 7-roomed boarding house in Blende-street, owned and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nameless Volcano. in a Samoan Valley. a Serpent of Fire
What (says the "Herald") had been a peaceful, sleepy, very beautiful valli on the north coast of Savaii, in Samoa, became suddenly an inferno of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Blaze in Argent Street. Social Democratic Club's Premises Partially Destroyed. Damage Estimates at £2500. Good Work by Fire Brigade
A destructive fire occurred in Argent-street this morning by which the back portion of the Social Democratic Club's buildings and contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mansion on Fire. London
The Hope End mansion occupying the site of Mrs. Browning's home, near Ledbury, was destroyed by fire last night. The house party lost its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire at Glen Innes. Row of Shops Destroyed. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred at Glen Innes at 4 o'clock this morning, when a row of wooden simps and two brick shops in Grey-street, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Fires. School and Factory Burnt Down. Wellington
Two fires occured at Palmerston North (New Zealand) last night, when the High School as destroyed and a large furniture fac[?]ory burnt down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grain Warehouse on Fire. London
Dudin's grain warehouse, Rothermthe, containing 15,000 quarters, caught fire last night, the damage being estimated at £40,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Argent-street Fire. Damage Now Stated to Be £1500
On making further inquiries with regard to the damage in connection with the fire which partly destroyed the Social Democratic Club's buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyed by Fire. Roman Catholic Church at Timaru. Wellington
The Roman Catholic Church at Timaru, with its contents, has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wyalong. Grand Central Hotel Destroyed. Sydney
A fire at Wyalong yesterday destroyed the Grand Central Hotel and a Chinese store and dwelling house. The contents of the building were also lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Sets Fire to Herself. Dies in the Hospital. Melbourne
Nellie Lee Wong Sow (24), the Europoan wife of a Chinese cabinet-maker, of Little Bourke-streot, Melbourne, who had been drinking heavily poured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires at Palmerston North. Believed to Be Due to Escaped Prisoner. Suspected Man Chased by Police. Wellington
Considerable excitement prevails at Palmerston North, New Zealand, owing to the general belief that the fires in that town on Tuesday night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dreadful Suicide. Young Woman Saturates Her Clothes with Kerosene. and Sets Fire to Them. Melbourne
Nellie Lee Wong, formerly Nellie Sow, a young European woman, who was married to a Chinese four years ago, died in tho Melbourne Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic on a Steamer. Fire in Coal Bunkers. Hatch Blown to Pieces. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Newcastle liner Cairnrona, bound to America with 900 Russians and Armenians, discovered its coal bunkers on fire off Beachy Head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Mine Fire Brigade
The members of the Central mine fire brigade, under Mr. A. Mussared, were given a little bit of exercise yesterday, when they were called to a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recognition of Fire Brigade's Services
Mr. J. M. Lamborne (District Officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, in charge of the Broken Hill district) has received the following…
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