Fires in the City
The City Brigade received a call by telephone to a fire in Oxide-street at about 9.30 o'clock on Saturday night. The fire, which was in the kitchen of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
503 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 26
At the Fire Station. a Social and a Call
The Fire Brigadesmen are deservedly popular with air sections of the community, and on New Year's Eve the friends of the fire-fighters tendered the…
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The City Brigade received a call at 2.25 o'clock this morning to attend a fire at the rear of Messrs. Eaton and Bolton's store, Argent-street. On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Oklahoma City. Vancouver
A fire yestorday wiped out a large area of the business section of Oklahoma City. The frozen hydrants placed obstacles in the way of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at N. Z. Boardinghouse. the Place Destroyed. Two Men Perish in Flames. Wellington
A fire occurred last night in a boardinghouse at Wellington (N.Z.), the place being destroyed. Twenty-five boarders escaped through…
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The South Broken Hill Brigade received a call at 1.45 o'clock this morning to a fire in Wilson-street, when a wood, iron, and stone house, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train on Fire in Poland. Many Passengers Burnt to Death. [Reuter's Message.] Warsaw
The carelessness of a passenger carrying benzine set fire to a train at Grodno (Poland) to-day. Many passengers were burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mexican Church on Fire. a Terrible Panic. Eighteen People Believed to Have Perished. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver, Wednestday
A packed church at St. Luis Potozi (Mexico) was burned to the ground yesterday through a candle setting fire to the New Year's decorations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Houndsditch Crime. Further Particulars of Fight. Between Police and Anarchists. Two Bodies Found in Ruins. Fire Believed to Be Work of Anarchists. [Reuter's Message.] London
Further particulars are to hand concerning the fight between the police and anarchists at the Anarchist Club's quarters. Jubilee-street and…
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An electrical motor overturned at Ottawa (Canada) yesterday, and started a fire. The building was gutted, and valuable machinery destroyed. The loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Streaky Bay. Flour Mills Destroyed. Adelaide
A fire occurred at Streaky Bay last night, and destroyed Gager's flour mills. The estimated damage is £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Steamer. Caused by Spontaneous Combustion. [Reuter's Message.] Lorenzo Marques
The steamer Newby Hall yesterday caught fire at Lorenzo Marques (Portuguese East Africa), the fire being caused by spontaneous combustion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →College Destroyed by Fire. Superior and Assistant Superior. Meet Their Deaths. After Aiding Students and Teachers to Escape. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver
St. Joseph's College, Grandby (Quebec), was destroyed by fire last night. The Superior and Assistant Superior aided 30 students and teachers to…
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Shortly after 3.30 yesterday morning the Central Fire Brigade received a call by telephone from the Brewers' Arms Hotel, and on proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in New York. Lodging-house in Chinatown. Six People Burned. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver
A five storey lodging-house in Chinatown, New York, was destroyed by fire last night, sis people being burned. A hundred Chinese dashed out of the…
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The Railway Town Brigade received a call to a fire in a two-roomed woodand-iron house, owned and occupied by Robert Clarke, situated in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sulphur Mine. Rome
A fire occurred in a sulphur mine at Truro (Italy) to-day, seven miners being suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Mills Destroyed by Fire. Hamburg
The North German jute spinning mills at Hamburg were destroyed by lire yesterday, rendering 1500 people workless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Station on Fire. Supposed to Be Act of Strikers. [Reuter's Message.] Santiago
The Cenral Railway Station at Santiago, Chile, was partially burned yesterday, the sleeping and restaurant cars, being destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disastrous Bush Fire. Sydney
A most disastrous bush fire is raging on the back country of the Malice Cliffs station, near Wentworth. It is covering an area 80 miles long and 20…
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